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4:43Now PlayingDonald Trump is going to ruin any chance he may have of getting off with a lighter punishment in the New York fraud trial by giving his own closing arguments when the case commences. According to reports, the former President will deliver his own version of a closing statement, and the second that he starts ranting about a "witch hunt" or anything political, it'll be game over for his company in New York. Farron Cousins explains what could happen.
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Donald Trump has apparently decided that since his New York fraud trial has just been so terrible since day one, he is gonna end it on the worst possible note by giving his own closing arguments in court. Now, as we all know, all that's left for the New York Fraud Trial once they come back is to deliver closing arguments. And according to reports this week, Donald Trump is gonna be one of the people on his side delivering those closing arguments. Trump is gonna stand up in front of the court, address the judge, address the prosecution, address all the people in the court that he has been fined for, you know, attacking when he was told not to. Um, so yeah, this is gonna be fun. Um, I really, really wish they had cameras in the courtroom because I would love to see what Donald Trump has to say. There is no way, there is zero chance whatsoever that Donald Trump is going to stand up and say a single thing that helps his case.
Like there is no way that could happen. I am saying there is a 0% chance it is impossible, even in a world where anything is possible, even as physics tells us that hey, certain things that seem impossible could be possible. No, no, no, no. It is impossible for Donald Trump to deliver a single statement in a closing argument that will help his case. Here's what's gonna happen. Donald Trump's gonna stand up. He's gonna say bad things about the prosecutor, attorney General, uh, Letitia James. He's gonna say bad things about the judge. He's gonna rant and rave like a lunatic about this being a political persecution. He's gonna talk about his polls. He's gonna trash Biden. He's gonna go after Jack Smith, even though Jack Smith isn't involved. And those are probably gonna be the sane things that he says. God only knows what kind of insane things this man is going to have vomit out of his mouth as he stands up in that courtroom, assuming, of course, he actually goes through with this.
Now, I can only assume two things. Again, if we're operating under the assumption that this report is accurate and he is gonna do this, it's either because, one, he knows that his lawyers have screwed things up so badly that hey, why not give it a shot? Right? So he either has no faith in his lawyers or his lawyers have no faith in themselves. It all comes down to his lawyers because his lawyers, again, led by Alina Haa, by the way, if she may not be the lead. But let's face it, she's pulling the strings. They either have no control over their client to the point where they cannot tell him, no, you're not gonna do this. Or they understand that, Hey, like we screwed up so bad. Like what's the worst
That could happen now? Right? Let's just put that guy up there. He'll say it. Hey, it'll save us some work. We don't have to write out our closing arguments or anything. Just let this guy do it and we're all gonna lose anyway. Hell, we already lost. Technically, Donald Trump doesn't seem to understand how much is on the line here. 'cause it's not just the $370 million that Letitia James is trying to get from him. It's also the fact that he will lose permanently, forever for all of eternity. His ability to do any kind of real estate business in New York, the state of New York, not just New York City folks, but in all of New York, Donald J. Trump, former president of the United States, will not be able to do any real estate business at all, which means Trump Tower, that's gone. Like it's gone. You, you can't have it anymore. You cannot rent out any spaces in it because that's doing real estate. You can't sell it. I mean, hell, Trump Tower may actually become property of the state of New York if he can't pay up the $370 million that he's gonna get hit with, and he's gonna risk it all by getting up in front of that court and insulting the judge, the one guy who has all of the authority to make the final decision here. Yeah, that seems like a real smart move. So once again, kudos to Donald Trump's legal team for not being able to stop him from doing this because y'all absolutely just lost everything for him.
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