NEW YORK (WABC) – Cases involving Donald Trump played out in four different courtrooms on Tuesday, three of them in New York.
The cases highlight the legal walls facing the former president as he re-enters the White House.
MAR-A-LAGO DOCUMENT CASE
A federal appeals court appears highly skeptical that former President Donald Trump had the right to have an independent arbitrator review documents seized by the FBI during a search of his Florida property.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, including two Trump appointees, has repeatedly opined that Trump sought special treatment for the so-called special master, who conducted an independent review of records taken during the Aug. 8 search. Mar-a-Lago.
During questioning, the justices indicated they were likely to side with the Justice Department, which had sought an immediate end to the special review process, which it said was unduly delaying the investigation into the presence of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. It was not yet clear when the court might rule.
TRUMP ORGANIZATION CRIMINAL CASE
In New York, the prosecutor’s office in Trump Organization Tax Fraud Trial rested their case on Monday earlier than expected, pinning hopes of a conviction of Donald Trump’s campaign largely on the words of two top executives who made the deals before testifying that they planned to avoid taxes on benefits paid by the company.
Allen Weiselberg, the company’s longtime chief financial officer, and Jeffrey McConney, senior vice president and controller, testified in the main part of the prosecution’s eight-day case.
Lawyers for the Trump Organization began their defense by calling as a witness an accountant who has handled tax returns and other financial matters for Trump, the Trump Organization and hundreds of Trump organizations since the 1980s.
NIAG CIVIL CASE
A separate team of Trump’s attorneys was scheduled to appear at the hearing as part of the hearing Civil action by the New York Attorney General against Trump, his children and the company.
The NYAG has already successfully installed a court-appointed monitor to monitor parts of the company.
ACTION FOR DEFAMATION
Former Elle columnist and GMA writer E. Jean Carroll was scheduled to appear in federal court for a hearing on her defamation suit against Trump.
A lawsuit against Trump is also pending against Carroll, who says he raped her in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. Carroll is suing under a New York law that goes into effect on Thanksgiving Day and allows alleged victims of sexual assault to file lawsuits regardless of the deadline.
Trump denies the allegations, saying Carroll made it up to sell the book. Carol has already sued Trump for defamation, saying his denials and disparaging comments in the media have damaged her reputation.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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