Trump appears in New York City for $250 million civil fraud trial

Former President Donald Trump arrived in New York City on Monday for the start of a civil fraud trial after he was found liable last month for inflating his net worth by billions of dollars.
Justice Arthur Engoron, a Democrat, is presiding over the nonjury trial, which is taking place at 10:00 a.m. in a lower Manhattan courtroom and is expected to last several hours.
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The trial will examine six claims in a sweeping lawsuit brought by Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James, who found Trump and the Trump Organization grossly overstated the value of several of their assets, including Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.
In a 35-page ruling, Engoron found that property, for example, was valued at around $18 million, while Trump maintains that it is worth more than $1 billion.
The morning of the hearing, James said in a statement, “For years, Donald Trump falsely inflated his net worth to enrich himself and cheat the system. We won the foundation of our case last week and proved that his purported net worth has long been rooted in incredible fraud.”
She added, “In this cou …