Judge Blocks Trump From Secretly Transferring His Money
By Katherine Fung On 10/5/23 at 11:49 AM EDT
Judge Arthur Engoron is taking precautionary steps against former President Donald Trump, blocking Trump from making any moves to secretly protect his money while his civil fraud trial is underway.
Engoron issued a new ruling on Thursday morning, ordering all the defendants named in the lawsuit to provide a list of all the entities they currently own and to what extent any third party may have an ownership or interest in those entities. They must also provide advance notice for "the creation of a new entity" and "any anticipated transfer of assets or liabilities to any other entities."
Trump, his two eldest sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, Allen Weisselberg, and Trump Organization controller Jeffrey McConney will have a week to disclose all of the information to former federal judge Barbara Jones, the court-appointed monitor currently overseeing the company's finances.
The order comes ahead of the fourth day of Trump's civil trial in Manhattan. Engoron has already agreed with prosecutors that there is "conclusive evidence" that the former president inflated his assets and canceled the Trump Organization's business certification. New York Attorney Letitia James is seeking $250 million in damages from Trump as well as an additional ban that would prevent Trump and his two sons from conducting business in the state.
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