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NY attorney general presses case against Trump in trial's second day
Legal ·October 3, 2023 · 3:28 PM UTC Donald Trump sat hunched over the defense table as testimony resumed on Tuesday at his civil fraud trial, with New York state's attorney general aiming to prove that the former U.S. president inflated his wealth by lying about his real estate empire.
