A New York judge ruled Tuesday that a fraud lawsuit brought by the New York attorney general against Donald Trump and his real estate school will go to trial, setting up a potentially unprecedented situation that could feature the Republican presidential front-runner taking the stand.

Justice Cynthia Kern on Tuesday denied Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s request for a summary judgment over charges by the attorney general that Trump University fraudulently bilked students out of a collective $40 million.

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