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Trump is now being asked whether the valuations of a number of his properties are accurate.

Instead of answering yes or no, Trump is giving speeches about how and why he invested in various properties.

Again the judge asks Trump's legal team to stop the speeches.

"I beseech you to control him if you can. If you can't, I will," Judge Engoron says.

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[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 52 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Ahead of today's court session, a former federal prosecutor told BBC News that Donald Trump's team was attacking the judge and the trial because "they know they’ve already lost".

Renato Mariotti says he expected Trump to try to "deflect responsibility" and blame accountants or other employees for the false valuations of properties.

He says Trump is going to have to "walk a tightrope" giving evidence today, but adds he believes the former president's legal team have internally "told him they're going to lose this case".

"They're attacking the judge, not to try to convince him, but because they already know they've lost and are trying to spin, or add some colour, to a very bad result." from Renato Mariotti, former federal prosecutor

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 33 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's already been a finding of fact that Trump is guilty of fraud. This isn't even up for debate and hasn't been for some time. The only thing to decide is the amount of financial liability Trump is going to suffer for the fraud he committed.

So Trump would've known for weeks that he's lost unless his plan is to redefine win as not lose as much as he could've.

[–] Davel23@kbin.social 19 points 10 months ago

He already did that with the 2020 election, he's got practice.

[–] necrobius@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

This will be a repeat of the 2020 election. "We will definitely win and if we don't, it's because the court is unfair".

The question is will his idiot followers storm the courthouse after the verdict?