Judge Juan Merchan said Monday that if former President Donald Trump chooses to testify in his criminal business records case, New York prosecutors are permitted to ask him about several rulings in recent civil lawsuits involving advice columnist E. Jean Carroll and fraud.
The Hill reported that Merchan decided prosecutors can cross-examine Trump about six of the 13 court rulings they requested they be allowed to raise, as they look to poke holes in the former president’s credibility before the jury.
Prosecutors may question Trump about two rulings that found he defamed Carroll by denying her claims of sexual assault, Merchan said, as well as the decision in Trump’s New York civil fraud trial that found he improperly manipulated property values.
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