developments from trump s many legal problems. we begin with developments about the former president s rough time in court over fraud today. closing arguments underway in the case against trump and his two eldest sons in the entire allegedly fraudulent trump organization. you can see trump in atep dance. he s been in more courtrooms than campaign events. he turned towards cameras every time he could. he lashed out at the judge and the attorney general. and he did his set of grievances. there were closing arguments on behalf of donald trump by trump himself got involved briefly. as we reported on this program yesterday here on msnbc, donald trump is a civil defendant here. his request to speak during closing arguments or give some sort of grand closing statement, that was denied by the judge for a simple reason. donald trump s own lawyers basically refsed the rules that would bar personal attacks. you can see some of the court sketches as that was all dealt with. now the judge
Worked with the available information? you re one of the people that contributed to the public record on this and proven not only her case, but that the fine should be that stiff? i think the issue is the kind of pain it will inflict on him to pay a fine of that amount. he s never been a wealthy as he claimsbe. he s a comfortably rich man, but he s not a multi-billionaire. $370 million i money. the bigger part of the penalty that will hurt him reputationally and in terms of his sense of his legacy is if they re precluded from doing business in the state of new york. he rose to fame and riches on his father s shoulders. his father was an authentic entrepreneur and built the family s real estate holdings that trump made great use of. all that gets tied in a bow and shoved out the door if he loses the case. the wild card here is that judge engoron has a lot of discretion