Trump scolds New York AG in civil fraud trial after judge allows him to speak

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Former President Donald Trump, barred by a judge from making closing arguments, was temporarily allowed to speak at the end of his civil business fraud trial, using the time to scold the New York attorney general who brought the case.

“We have a situation where I’m an innocent man,” Trump told Judge Arthur Engoron, saying New York Attorney General Letitia James’s lawsuit seeking $370 million in damages is a “fraud on me.”

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