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Laura Coates Live

Trump on trial, financial fallout, gun arrest near Capitol

Laura Coates Live

CNN

News

4.22.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Trump, under oath for hours today, was questioned about the value of his assets, The Trump Organization’s finances, and alleged fraud. A former Trump Organization executive joins to discuss her ex-boss’ fraud trial. Plus, Dan Alexander is a Senior Editor at Forbes. He speaks with Laura about the potential financial fallout from Trump’s fraud trial. And, two people are arrested near the Capitol building after crashing their car and allegedly being in possession of a gun with a ‘giggle switch’. Also, Quentin Fulks, Principal Deputy Campaign Manager for Biden Harris 2024, joins to talk about recent polling numbers across five key states that have some Democrats worried. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Well, Donald Trump has taken the stand today. The question is, is he speaking to the court or the court of public opinion? Tonight on Laura Coates Live. You know that old saying,

0:20.0

no thy audience?

0:22.0

Well, today it was clear that Judge Erganon and also Donald

0:26.1

Trump were speaking to two very different audiences. I mean it was clear that

0:30.6

Trump was not talking to the judge when he was trying to prove

0:33.6

that he did not commit fraud.

0:35.6

Now why is that so clear to me?

0:37.9

Well because the judge already held that in fact he did.

0:41.2

It was liable for fraud even before the trial even began. So his

0:45.1

statements today were not about mounting maybe a legal defense to that. It was

0:50.9

a political one. He wanted to send a message of defiance and frankly it went pretty much the way you'd expect when he was trying to do that

1:00.0

Some very familiar things he was saying slamming the New York AG Letitia James with one of his old favorites from the campaign trail now stop me if you've heard this one before

1:10.9

I'll prepare to be stopped calling the trial a political witch hunt.

1:17.0

Also saying quote this is a very unfair trial very very and I hope the public is watching.

1:23.1

Well, first, that's a whole lot of varies.

1:26.2

And the end there, that last statement

1:28.8

that he hopes the public is watching,

1:31.2

bingo, that's the tell.

1:34.2

That's exactly what he wanted.

1:36.4

Perhaps to campaign in the courtroom,

1:38.0

but there were no cameras in that courtroom,

1:40.4

only the relaying through reporters

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