Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Battle Creek, Michigan in this December 18, 2019 file photo.
Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Battle Creek, Michigan in this December 18, 2019 file photo.
  • The judge for Donald Trump's $250 million New York business-fraud trial has set a grueling three-month schedule.
  • Testimony will run five days a week, October 2 to December 22, Justice Arthur Engoron estimated.
  • Lawyers for Trump and 14 co-defendants in the civil trial must share 120 minutes for opening statements.

Donald Trump will have to wait until Christmas or beyond to learn the fate of the Trump Organization, his Manhattan-based, multi-billion-dollar real-estate and golf-resort empire.