where he ll finally experience consequences for some of his actions. next week, tuesday, marks the beginning of the second e. jean carroll defamation trial. news on that later on. but first things first, developments ahead of closing arguments. tomorrow in new york s $250 million civil fraud lawsuit. the judge revealed he would not allow donald trump to deliver part of those closing arguments himself as he had requested. the reasoning, neither trump nor his attorneys ever got back to the judge agreeing to preconditions. in truth, it is hard to imagine what trump wanted more, an opportunity to put himself at the center of proceedings to deliver his message in his own way, or an opportunity like this, to complain, whine about being silenced, despite the fact his own team failed to respond to the judge on time. remember, in both cases, e. jean carroll s defamation and new york s civil fraud, trump s guilt has already been determined. these decisions will only settle the punish.
would that have a material effect on these civil cases? no. nice and easy answer there. i go back to where we started which is this idea that the time line is closing in. we knew this moment was going to arrive. we knew all of these things were going to crash down on each other. here we are. for both of you, where do you think the crescendo is? you know, i continue to think that we ve already gone past the crescendo, truthfully, that this is like a t.s. elliot poem, it s going to end not with a bang but a whimper. every time he appears in court, there are diminishing reports from him. his fund-raising has skyrocketed when he s been indicted. with each court appearance in that same case, he has to manufacture a new grievance to keep the grift going and it hasn t been as successful for him as it has been the first time. he has to keep coming up with
show up, so are you confident that law enforcement took the right steps even if there will be those who interpret everything as being overly prepared for anything that could have happened today? well, if i can shamelessly borrow a phrase from a t.s. elliot poem, this is how the rally ends not with a bang but a wimper. it seems it is wrapping up with not quite everybody going home yet, but seems police did exactly the right thing. they had some conflicting intelligence. they erred on the side of caution. that sent the right message. the group that organized today s rally is called look ahead, so let s do that. we had minimal presence today from anybody motivated to spend their cash on bus tickets, train tickets, airfare. they didn t come. what does this tell us?