Brian Laird on WNYc.

Brian Laird on WNYc.

Well, today is election day. Tomorrow night is the next Republican debate.

The presidential election is 52 weeks from today, right? And you might say, President, and hopefully for him, the next

president of the United States, Donald Trump, made his latest campaign appearance under oath. Specifically as you probably know

Trump testified yesterday in the 250 million dollar civil fraud case

brought by New York Attorney General Atticia James.

In addition to the money at stake is Trump's ability to continue doing business in the state.

Trump has been testing Justice Arthur Engarron's patience since the trial on October 2 began or began on

October 2nd accusing him and Attorney General James of political bias against him and

he certainly continued to do so on the witness

stand yesterday instead of directly answering questions posed by the

prosecution media outlets who were in the courtroom report Trump rambled about his wealth, the beauty of his properties, and his grievances with the judge and the attorney general in particular.

At one point, this prompted Judge and Goron to ask Trump's lawyer

can you control your client this is not a political rally this is a courtroom

but for Trump well even as a defendant, that's probably exactly what it was, a political rally.

And joining us now to offer some political and legal analysis on the charges against the former president in this

fraud trial in New York is Andrew Weisman professor of criminal and national

security law at NYU law law school lead prosecutor in Robert Mueller's Special Counsel's Office

and the author of Where Law Ends Inside the Mueller Investigation, as well as an MS NBC contributor.

Professor Weisman, always great to have you.

Welcome back to WNYC.

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