- cross-posted to:
- politics@beehaw.org
- cross-posted to:
- politics@beehaw.org
Closing arguments in New Yorkās civil fraud trial against Donald Trump took place on Thursday, and despite having been officially barred from personally delivering his defenseās closing statements, the former president launched into an unauthorized rant before the court and Judge Arthur Engoron.
Sources told Rolling Stone that Trump had been rehearsing what he thought would be a blistering, dramatic conclusion to the case that will determine the fate of his business empire.
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Based on what the two sources relay to Rolling Stone this week, it appears Engoronās assumption that Trump would use the forum to rave about his own grievances was right on the money. The former presidentās private ārehearsingā of what he planned to say included haranguing the judgeās staff, railing against the New York attorney general as āracistā and soft on crime, claiming that the trial was an example of the Democratic Party and Biden administration supposedly trying to ārigā the 2024 election, and gratuitously boasting of the values of his sprawling business and real-estate empire, among other jabs and bluster.
I mean, letās be real here. Trumpās 100% going to file an appeal no matter what Engoron does.
Itās not a question of if, but how many.
And how much traction they get, or if theyāre even heard at all.