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‘Control Your Client’

Donald Trump’s disrespect for the law was on prominent display in a Manhattan courtroom earlier today.
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Donald Trump was determined to make one more scene in his fraud trial in New York today, and he succeeded.

After a Fox News town hall last night in Iowa, Trump flew to Manhattan, where he rose to speak during closing arguments in the trial—or perhaps more accurately, to rant.

“There wasn’t one witness against us,” Trump said, . He called the case a “political witch hunt” and said he was “an innocent man.” He said his financial statements were (naturally) “perfect.” In his I’m-rubber-you’re-glue way, he. He also attacked Justice Arthur Engoron, who is presiding over the case, saying, “You can’t listen for more than one minute.”

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