Trump isn't getting a jury in his $250 million civil fraud trial because his lawyers failed to ask for one

• Former President Donald Trump was entitled to receive a jury trial in his New York civil fraud case.
• And while he himself wanted a trial by jury, his attorneys didn't correctly fill out court paperwork.
• Instead, Trump will receive a bench trial solely decided by a judge he's repeatedly attacked.

Former President Donald Trump won't receive a jury trial in his $250 million civil fraud case in New York because his lawyers never asked for one.

Trump's trial in his civil fraud case began on Monday morning in a downtown Manhattan courtroom, where the embattled former president made a surprise appearance.