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its closing arguments in donald trump s civil fraud trial after a dramatic scene in which the former president himself addressed the court. the judge had only allowed trump to speak on the condition that he focus on the facts but the president quickly veered into other territory claiming he is an innocent man being persecuted d the judge telling defense counsel please control your client. th former president has already been found liable for inflating properties to get loan deals. the judge will attempt to issue his ruling by the end of the month. yasmin vossoughian is reporting for us outside the courtroom in new york. vaughn hillyard is urbandale, iowa, also with us, renato, former federal prosecutor. somebody might argue at least in terms of drama donald trump s a tough act to follow. reporter: yeah, i think that person would likely win that argument. nonetheless, i think lee tee james has a lot in store. she is not likely to offer closing arguments to other atto ....
quote, the financial statements are perfect. the bank s got all their money. the banks are happy as can be. the money is irrelevant. it s a small number. i m an innocent man persecuted by someone running for office. this state is vicious. and it takes away all my rightings. this is no fraud. it s a fraud on me. i did nothing wrong, he said. perhaps unsurprisingly, judge engoron interrupted asking chris kise to control your client, before calling the whole thing off and breaking for lunch. it s the prosecution s turn to deliver its close. asking for a $370 million fine as well as a ban on the trump organization in new york. prosecutors say the court has not heard any new facts from donald trump s team because, quote, most of the facts are undisputed. joining us from outside the manhattan courthouse, yasmin vossoughian. it got a bit spicy today. what else are we hearing from the prosecution right now? reporter: spicy is putting it lightly to say the least. i got to say, ....
we are doing well and fabulous, jake. we appreciate the trust and hav been watching your show. all fascinating, particularly this never repeat never seen before footage. j, thank you. we have more special live coverage of the january subcommittee hearing in the never before seen documentary footage for picketing, i m allison commodities. and i am else in coates. this is sienna tonight. bombshell the word for it. the committee say dispenser price for last and they voted t subpoena the former president donald trump which had to say that is kind of saving the best for less but is there already a spoiler alert is not going to show up? i think they might have som requests but i ll ask our legal experts about that but that was definitely the finale that they plant. i thought that footage was riveting and appalling. okay ps and i could have watched it for hours. i wanted and i thought to myself, what contrast between - remember the last time you hear about what d ....
Court appointed monitor. they go on to talk about the old post office building in washington, d.c. saying they used fraudulent documents to win the bid to renovate and operate a hotel there profiting, by the way, and this is part of the reason why they increased the fines that they re asking for from 250 million to 370 million, profiting $140 million. they concluded in this statement, chris, by saying this, the conclusion that defendants intended to defraud when preparing and certifying trump s statements of financial condition is inescapable. the myriad, deceptive schemes they employed to inflate asset values and conceal facts were so outrageous, they belie innocent explanation. that is just a portion, chris, of what we are likely to hear over the next two hours when it comes to the prosecution s closing arguments. the former president has, in ....
These closing arguments, which i want to read to you, setting up what we re likely to hear over the next couple of minutes or so, and then i m going to walk you through what we re getting from inside the courtroom. this is from the statement issued by attorney general letitia james. the conclusion that defendants intended to defraud when preparing and certifying trump s statements of financial condition is inescapable. the myriad deceptive schemes they employ to inflate asset values and conceal facts were so outrageous, they belie innocent explanation, and here are notes from inside the courtroom, some of the things that are standing out to me. i m going to read from my phone to make sure i m getting it as accurate as possible. were they acting with intent when they manipulated their annual financial statements as part of a conspiracy? did they know it? and the answer is, this is by the way, from the prosecution, and the answer is yes. ....