completely against him. this is a jury that is a lot more diverse and it is it clear that he can get a fair trial in new york city okay? hey, good point to evan perez. thank you very much. are chief legal analyst, laura coates, is also outside the courthouse in new york city. laura, as we heard as we head full steam toward this trial trump continues to rail against that so-called gag order. watch and listen to this again daughter has to come home people are allowed to speak about me and i have a gambling just to show you how much more unshared is laura, how much of an issue is this this gag order is not intended to sign helen s a defendant for the sake of silencing and defendant every defendant has a right to a defense, and of course, a presumption of innocence. the goal of a gag orders to ensure a fair trial that includes not only for statements made about and five, the defendant, but also savings that might intimidate,
neil: some in a legal type all my cases, i forgot to mention what s going on with donald trump today in the civil trial where he got a chance to say some things at the end of it. the new york city supreme court with more. hey, neil, closing arguments are said to end any second now. the states making their case after we unexpectedly heard from former president donald trump himself during closing arguments in the morning session before he left for lunch. when that happened, the judge told trump s lawyers to control him as he passionately defended himself saying he s an innocent man and being politically persecuted. take a look at the video as moments after that trump left the courthouse and went to wall street one of the buildings he s accused of fraudulently
remaining six counts where trump is struggling to find a way to resist the judge reaching the same conclusion. and then the damages issue the money and the junction just like a corporate death penalty for trump and his family. they may be forced out of their businesses depending on what the judge does here. i thought that there were technical arguments and at times during this very long trial trump s team actually scored some points but they did not focus on that. in the argument today certainly not in donald trump s press conference. i listed the defenses that he laid out. that his financial valuations were perfect. that is not persuasive. we know his condo 10,000 square feet he said it was 30,000 square feet. and the same with mar-a-lago. 40 wall street. and the seven springs estate.
overvaluing. he criticized letitia james for bringing the case against him. look at this. she campaigned on i will get trump. if you have seen any of her clips, horrible clips angry. it s all a conspiracy to try to get biden, who can put two sentence together, get him into office. trump s attorneys, neil, argued there is no victim because trump paid his loans back in full and again he says he s the victim of fraud and he said today he should be paid damages because of it. this is a bench trial meaning justice arthur has the sole discretion in deciding trump s punishment. he rolled before the trial trump is liable for fraud. this is 1 of 6 trials involving the former president right now. his defamation lawsuit trial with e. jean carroll set to start next week. if trump faces the new york
i m not a whiner like you are. i told you about my double hang nail situation. how are things looking there? a few days away, right? yeah, thank goodness. governor desantis will be out here in ames, iowa to get the vote out. he doesn t believe in the polls. he believes who will show up monday night. he thinks he can still upend the primary through iowa. we ll see about that. everyone except former president trump and you know why is on the ground right now crisscrossing the state today. it s all about the ground game, neil. how many commitments a caucus that you can get before monday night. form-president trump is ahead by double digits. he s been pleading with supporters to not get too comfortable. i spoke to folks that love trump. love the guy. think he s going to win. won t be caucusing.