Trump due back in New York for questioning in state civil fraud case

Former President Donald Trump is due back in New York to be questioned Thursday in a $250 million civil fraud lawsuit against him by the state’s attorney general, according to a person familiar with the matter.
But the deposition will take place behind closed doors and is unlikely to draw the kind of attention that his surrender on separate criminal charges did last week.
Trump, who is seeking the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidential election, is expected at New York Attorney General Letitia James’ offices in lower Manhattan, where he will be asked about his business practices. The lawsuit accuses him and others of a decade-long scheme to manipulate the values of properties and his net worth in order to obtain favorable loans and tax benefits.
The case is scheduled for trial beginning Oct. 2. Thursday’s deposition could be used to try to discredit any testimony Trump may give at trial, or be offered as testimony if he is unavailable to appear.