des moines, iowa. this is the story this hour. former president trump just held a news conference in new york city. the closing arguments on the other side of this equation are still underway in this fraud trial. the former president saying again today that he s innocent. he s done nothing wrong. watch. so they have no case. it s a shame that a thing like this is able to happen. businesses leave new york. martha: hunter biden on the other coast of the country, we re waiting for his arrival in court in los angeles on tax charges. one day after causing chaos on capitol hill when he showed up unexpectedly at his contempt of congress hearing as if he was open to testifying and speaking at the hearing except when he didn t like the way things were going, he stormed out. matt whitaker is standing by here in iowa where he s born and raised in iowa. let s go to nate foy, our correspondent covering the trump trials and he s in new york city on the latest developments in that today
raised in iowa. let s go to nate foy, our correspondent covering the trump trials and he s in new york city on the latest developments in that today. hi, nate. hi, martha. the new york attorney general s office is making their closing arguments here. this is after president trump spoke at 40 wall street, one of the buildings he s accused of overvaluing that property in order to get better bank loans. he really called this case politically motivated not only by new york attorney general letitia james. president trump said he should be receiving monetary damages because of this lawsuit. this is after trump left the courthouse not too long ago. just before this, trump spoke in his own defense during closing arguments inside the courtroom. justin engoron told his lawyers
justin engoron ruled before this trial even began that trump is liable for fraud. so this trial is about deciding the scope of that and determining the punishment. justice engoron said his written ruling could come as early as the end of this month. a decision is not coming today. back to you, martha. martha: nate, thank you. let s bring in mat whitaker, former acting attorney general under president trump. he s here in iowa, which is his home state. we ll talk about iowa politics at the end of the segment. matt, good to have you with us today. you know, you look at it s stunning that the density of legal issues that the former president is dealing with at the same time trying to run a campaign. he s here just 10 or 12 hours ago doing a town hall with bret and i and this morning he s popping up, making public statements on his own behalf in this trial. you heard the judge said get