Former US President Donald Trump appeared in court on Tuesday for the third week of a civil fraud trial in New York, on October 17, 2023.
Donald Trump and his co-defendants asked a judge Wednesday to grant a mistrial in the $250 million civil business fraud case that threatens the former president's business empire.
In a court filing, Trump, his two adult sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, the Trump Organization and its top executives argued that "the evidence of apparent and actual bias" in the case is "tangible and overwhelming."
The office of New York Attorney General Letitia James, who brought the sweeping fraud case, accused Trump of "trying to dismiss the truth and the facts" by throwing out the trial.
Trump's lawyers had previously told the court that they would seek a mistrial, the latest in a series of efforts to either halt or scrap the fraud case.
Persons:
Donald Trump, Trump, Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump, Arthur Engoron, Letitia James, James, Engoron
Organizations:
Trump Organization, New York
Locations:
New York, Manhattan