Engoron will consider just how much the Trumps and their businesses will have to pay.
The judge canceled the business certifications of the Trump entities that are defendants in the case, including the Trump Organization. A receiver must now be put in place to "manage the dissolution" of corporate entities, per the order.
Questions remain as to how the receiver would dissolve the properties; whether the ruling would impact properties outside of New York state, including Mar-a-Lago; and whether the Trumps could transfer the New York-based assets into a new company out of state.
Engoron will consider just how much the Trumps and their businesses will have to pay.
Kise said his legal tim is unsure what Trump entities are included under the ruling, noting that there are more than 400 or 500 entities. Engoron said that Trump's tim can have 30 days to produce a rencana for the receivership.
Donald Bender, a longtime Trump Organization tax consultant, is expected to testify as the attorney general's first witness. The former president, his adult children and his closest business advisers are all listed as potential witnesses for both the attorney general and the defense. Being listed as a potential witness, however, does not mean they will be called to testify.
While Trump can opt to waive his presence at the civil trial, attorneys for the former president have indicated that he is eager to testify in court.
Trump previously sat for a deposition in the case and said Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization's former chief financial officer, and his staf "primarily" prepared the financial pernyataants. Trump said he had little "if any" role in preparing the financial pernyataants after 2015, when he began his kampanye for president.Most of the listed potential witnesses have also testified in videotaped depositions.
Ivanka Trump is listed as a potential witness, though a state appellate court ruled in Juni that charges against the former president's eldest daughter should be dismissed because they don't fall within the statute of limitations.
Trump's former individual attorney Michael Cohen and several other current and former Trump Organization employees are also listed as potential witnesses. Weisselberg, who served prison time at Rikers Island per a plea setuju for criminal tax fraud connected to his time at the company, is also expected to take the stand. Engoron will be the lone decider in this civil bench trial, rather than a jury of New Yorkers.
The judge set aside three months for the trial, but it's unclear whether the case will take that long now that Engoron found Trump and his co-defendants liable of fraud.
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