Banker involved in big loans to Trump’s company testifies for his defense in civil fraud trial

Published November 28, 2023 4:26 PM

By JENNIFER PELTZ
Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — A Deutsche Bank executive says the bank followed its own guidelines — which include independently verifying information — when deciding to lend Donald Trump’s company hundreds of millions of dollars. David Williams testified Tuesday at Trump’s civil fraud trial. Trump’s lawyers asked anew for the case to be thrown out, and the judge said he would take that under advisement. The bank loans are a focus of New York Attorney General Letitia James’ claims that Trump and his company deceived lenders and insurers by giving them financial statements that badly overstated his asset values and overall net worth. The defendants deny the allegations.

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