Trump and his company have cases in 3 NYC courthouses this week — but only 1 could really hurt him

Donald Trump's lawyers will be in a New York state of mind this week when they argue for the former president and his company before state judges.

The New York Attorney General's $250 million fraud lawsuit, which seeks to run him, his three eldest children, and his company, the Trump Organization, out of New York state, is one of the three cases that could end badly for the president.

Trump lawyers will fight the attorney general's latest moves in the lawsuit when it goes to a civil judge in New York on Thursday.

James wants an independent monitor to be appointed as soon as possible. She wants the judge to prevent Trump from moving assets to a new entity called "Trump Organization II", which he registered in New York on the same day her lawsuit was filed.

If the juries reach guilty verdicts in the other New York City cases this week, there will be significant damage to the reputation of the city.

The Trump Organization criminal tax-fraud trial will begin its second week on Monday with opening statements by company lawyers.

If Trump's company is found guilty, it could face nearly $2 million in fines.

For 15 years, prosecutors say, executives received significant amounts of their pay off the books, in perks such as rent-free Trump- branded apartments that were never claimed as income to the IRS or to state and city tax authorities.

The Manhattan judge in that case, state Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, will preside as a jury of four women and eight men hear the prosecution's case.

They will hear an aggressive defense that claims these executives acted without the knowledge of anyone named Trump.

The third Trump case will begin jury selection in the Bronx on Monday.

The former president is accused in the lawsuit of forcing his security staff on protesters of Mexican heritage to attack them as they held a peaceful mock "Make America Racist Again" rally outside Trump Tower a few months after Trump announced his presidential run.

After being kept under wraps since their taping, the jury will eventually see a pair of dueling video depositions in a Bronx courtroom.

One from Trump will tell him that he didn't know about the protest until the next day, when he swore under oath.

According to a recent videotaped deposition from Michael Cohen, the then-presidential candidate ordered his security to get rid of the protesters and their signs.

Trump isn't expected to attend court in any of the New York City cases because his lawyers insist on his innocence.