Trump Defensive & Admonished as He Testifies in Financial Fraud Case While Running for Reelection

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🗓️ 7 November 2023

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Watch Part 2 of our interview with Lauren Aratani, reporter for the Guardian US who is covering former President Donald Trump’s New York civil fraud case.

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0:00.0	This is Democracy Now, Democracy Now.
0:05.0	Democracy Now.org, the War and Peace Report.
0:08.5	I'm Amy Goodman.
0:09.8	Former President Donald Trump lashed out from the witness down Monday during his New York
0:14.6	civil fraud trial in which much of his real estate empire is at stake.
0:20.4	On the witness down Monday, Trump bash Democratic New York Attorney General
0:24.8	Letitia James as a political hack and claim quote the fraud is her.
0:30.1	Judge Angoran told Trump, quote,
0:32.8	this is not a political rally,
0:35.2	and said to his lawyers, quote, I beseech you to control him.
0:40.3	Trump spoke outside the courtroom after his testimony.
0:44.0	I think it went very well.
0:46.0	I think you were there and you listen.
0:48.0	See what scam this is.
0:50.0	This is a case that should have never been brought.
0:52.0	It's a case that should have never been brought.
0:52.7	It's a case that should be dismissed immediately.
0:55.5	The fraud was on behalf of the court.
0:58.5	And this was the response from New York Attorney General
1:01.2	Leticia James to Trump's testimony.
1:04.8	He rambled, he hurled insults, but we expected that.
1:11.7	At the end of the day, the documentary evidence demonstrated that in fact he falsely inflated
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