white house and they have said that's to get trump. he's talked about not being allowed to not participate in closing arguments. he's characterizing this as a refusal from the judge. cnn has obtained documents and the judge was open to allowing him to preparing in closing arguments, but the judge wanted some guardrails, some restrictions. there's good reason for that. during the proceedings trump has attacked the judge, the district attorney, members of the court staff. the judge said, i would let you participate in closing arguments, but we have some restrictions. you have to stick to the facts and not attack your accusers. his lawyer said it was not tenable and the judge closed the door on this possibility. i expect this will be relitigated. i think this will come up again and trump pointing to the attorney general's campaign promise to prosecute him and