Ledger · Between terms · № 185
Announced he would testify in his own defense at the NY fraud trial
Never delivered“I will not be testifying on Monday. I have already testified to everything & have nothing more to say.”
- Promised
- , Truth Social, after his lawyers had told the court he would take the stand on December 11, 2023
- Stated deadline
- “Monday, December 11, 2023”
- Re-promised
- 2 times with a fresh deadline
- Topic
- Justice & the courts
- Era
- Between terms
What happened
Trump's team had scheduled him to testify under friendly questioning to rebut New York AG Letitia James's claim that he fraudulently inflated property values. On December 10, 2023 he cancelled in an all-caps Truth Social post calling the case a "witch hunt." He had testified once, under hostile questioning, on November 6, 2023. Judge Arthur Engoron ruled against him in February 2024 with a judgment exceeding $450 million with interest.