The former president believes he cannot win his New York fraud case, so is turning it into a campaign rally, a legal expert says.
Donald Trump knows he can’t win his New York fraud trial and is now treating it as a campaign rally, a legal expert has said.
Gillers spoke after Judge Arthur Engoron angrily accused Trump of making «speeches» from the stand and threatened to dismiss him as a witness.
Trump, his two eldest sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, as well as The Trump Organization, are co-defendants in the $250 million civil fraud trial brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is accusing the former president of inflating his net worth by billions of dollars to obtain benefits such as better bank loans and reduced tax bills. The defendants in this case have denied all the charges.
While giving evidence on Monday, Trump accused Engoron of being among the «haters» who were out to get him.
«You and every other Democrat district attorney, A.G., and U.S. attorney were coming at me from 15 different sides, all Democrats, all haters,» Trump told the judge.
«It’s a mistake to think that Trump views the trial as an ordinary litigant would. An ordinary litigant’s goal would be to win, or to lose as little as possible.
