Opening Arguments in Donald Trump's New York Fraud Trial

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 3 October 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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The civil case against Trump alleges that he gave bankers misleading financial information, including by inflating the square footage of his Trump Tower triplex and the values of his golf clubs. Judge Arthur Engoron has already granted the state a partial victory, yet hanging over it all is the fact that Attorney General Letitia James campaigned on going after the Trump Organization, a corrosive abuse of prosecutorial power. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Techno's briefing is supported by FTI Consulting.
0:03.3	From the world's largest cyber breaches to global fraud investigations,
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0:13.2	Learn more at FTIconsulting.com.
0:16.3	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:25.2	Donald Trump's business civil fraud trial begins in New York
0:29.2	a week after a judge grants a partial judgment in favor of the state.
0:34.0	Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.
0:37.2	We are joined today by my colleagues, columnists, Kim Strassel, and Bill McGurne.
0:43.5	Donald Trump has been under investigation by New York Attorney General Latisha James,
0:48.4	and the fraud trial in a Manhattan court began on Monday with both of them having a presence
0:54.1	in person. Let's start with a clip of the Attorney General outside the court house on Monday.
0:59.2	Donald Trump and the other defendants have committed persistent and repeated fraud.
1:05.6	Last week, we proved that in our emotional summary judgment.
1:09.6	Today, we will prove our other claims. My message is simple.
1:15.0	No matter how powerful you are, no matter how much money you think you may have,
1:20.1	no one is above the law, and it is my responsibility and my duty and my job to enforce it.
1:26.8	The law is both powerful and fragile, and today the court will prove our case.
1:32.9	And here is Donald Trump outside the court house.
1:35.4	This is a continuation of the single greatest witch hunt of all time.
1:41.6	We have a rogue judge who rules the properties of worth a tiny fraction,
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