Former President Donald Trump appears to have gotten his wish.
According to sources, the 45th president and current front-runner for the presidency has received court approval to speak at the closing arguments in his $250 million civil fraud trial.
Following a discussion with Trump’s lawyers, Judge Arthur Engoron said Trump could speak with some conditions.
As CNN reports:
Trump and his team have used his court appearances to claim election interference by Joe Biden, paint his legal woes as political persecution, and draw media attention away from his Republican rivals who have struggled to chip away at his significant lead in the polls.
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Trump has clashed repeatedly with Engoron throughout the 11-week trial. The judge put a gag order in place barring comments about his staff the opening week of the trial after Trump posted attacks on social media about the judge’s clerk. Engoron fined Trump twice for violating the gag order – including hauling him onto the witness stand to answer questions about comments he made outside the courtroom when he complained about the “a person who is very partisan sitting alongside” the judge.
New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) is asking Engoron to impose a $370 million fine on Trump and a lifetime ban from the real estate industry in New York.
Engoron has already found Trump liable for business fraud.
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