Donald Trump Continues To Blast Judge And Prosecutors In Testimony In New York Fraud Trial – Update
deadline.comUPDATE: Donald Trump continued to attack the judge and prosecutors in his civil fraud trial, but the proceedings later in the morning did get into some of the nitty gritty details of his property valuations.
At one point, per CNN, Trump attacked Judge Arthur Engoron‘s summary judgment ruling that concluded that the former president and his company had committed fraud by inflating the value of assets. “He called me a fraud and he didn’t know anything about me,” Trump said, telling the judge that it was a “terrible thing you have done.” He called the judge’s decision “fraudulent.” The judge let Trump go on, but when the former president argued that a disclaimer clause in his financial statements protected him from liability, the judge said that was not at issue. “Read my opinion again, or for the first time, perhaps,” the judge said, according to Politico.
Trump also attacked New York Attorney General Letitia James, who was seated in the courtroom, and said she didn’t “know what a 40 Wall Street is,” referring to the Trump property in lower Manhattan.
James later posted on X/Twitter, “Don’t tell, I can see it from my office window.” In the face of questioning over claimed real estate valuations, Trump defended his company’s internal controls, while throwing in boasts about his properties, including his golf course in Scotland.
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