Judge rejects Trump bid to delay New York fraud trial
Updated Wed, September 6, 2023 at 2:08 PM CDT·
By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A New York state judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump's bid to delay a scheduled Oct. 2 trial in state Attorney General Letitia James' civil fraud lawsuit accusing him, family members and his business of overvaluing assets by billions of dollars.
Trump and the other defendants had said the trial should be "briefly" delayed until three weeks after Justice Arthur Engoron ruled on both sides' requests for summary judgments, which seek victory on various legal issues without the need for a trial.
In a Tuesday night court filing, Trump accused James of "callous disregard" of a June 27 appeals court decision that prevented her from suing over loans that took place too long ago, "substantially" limiting the claims remaining for trial.
But in a one-sentence order, Engoron called Trump's arguments for a delay "completely without merit."
The judge had earlier this year said the Oct. 2 trial date would not change "come hell or high water."
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