"This is a political witch hunt... We have a situation where an innocent man has been stalked by someone running for office... They want to make sure I don't win anymore and that's partially election interference... What happened here is a fraud for me, we should receive damages." Donald Trump launched into a monologue in the courtroom at the end of the defense arguments of the trial for inflated assets after the judge, at the request of lawyers, surprisingly allowed him to speak as long as he stuck to the facts.
"The fact is that the financial statements are perfect, that there are no witnesses against us. The banks have been repaid of all their loans," Trump added, before being interrupted by the judge.
Donald Trump has arrived in court in Manhattan for the hearing of the closing arguments of the civil trial for the inflated assets, where he is accused along with his sons Donald Jr. and Eric. The courthouse is cordoned off and cordoned off by police, who have tightened security measures after the bomb threat at the home of Judge Arthur Engoron. The judge has previously established the existence of the fraud, he only has to quantify the penalty. The indictment has asked for $370 million in "ill-seedy gains," well beyond the $250 million so far aired, and the former president's ban from doing business in the Empire State. This would be a very hard blow to the tycoon's empire on the eve of the Republican primaries.
The judge in the trial for the Trump Organization's inflated assets will not issue the ruling today but by the end of the month. This was reported by the US media.
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