could last into years. obviously an appellate court will have a lot of interest in this case and move things more quickly. we see that happen all the time with donald trump. appeals can take a long time. bill: the point dana made. there is no precedent for the state of new york to put somebody on trial an convict them for misstating a value of a piece of property. this is the first time. if it were to reach the new york state supreme court level, is that republican, is that democrat in a blue state like new york? what s the breakdown. you are looking at democrat judges in the state of new york. at the end what they are going to be looking at are two separate things. abusive distraction or error. the standards you talk about in appeals courts. so the different legal issues and factual issues at play at each stage of appeal, the trump team will bring those up and seek the relief. they haven t found much favor from the appellate courts yet. dana: i want to play this for yo
harris: fox news alert. a live look now. the nation s 45th president donald trump said to watch him because he will be stepping up to the microphones again when he exits a new york city courtroom for closing arguments in his new york civil fraud trial. we showed those microphones to the left of the screen. we ll see him again. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. yesterday it seemed like we would hear directly from former president inside the courtroom for his own closing argument. but after asking the judge if he could do that, that is now not happening. that judge puts stipulations and restrictions on what that would look like and trump s legal team said they had issues with the judge s conditions to stick to relevant matters covered in the trial and not deliver a campaign speech. that s what the judge said he wanted. well, trump may be silenced inside that courtroom. he is never really silenced. he talked this morning. i want to speak and make a sum