rights. on monday, donald trump was called to the stand to testify in a 250 million dollar civil fraud trial, that could break up his entire family s business empire. predictably, he was combative as a witness. he often gave long winded responses, and he avoided answering questions directly. instead, he took the opportunity to disparage laetitia james, the attorney general who brought the lawsuit, and arthur engoron, the judge presiding over the case who had ot punishment against the company. now on monday, angwin had asked the presidents attorneys to control their client while trump was on the stand. at one point, when asked about one of his properties, he declared, quote, i m not a windmill person. interestingly, no one had asked him anything about windmills. during another line of questioning about his financial statements from 2020, one trump began to reply, quote, i was so busy in the white house with china, russia, and keeping the country safe, at which point the lawyer
including a new threat from the former president. donald trump much like richard nixon openly opining about using the power of the federal government against his political enemies. his efforts to weaponize the justice system if he returns to office already underway. plus, the lawyer defending paul pelosi s attacker in court not denying he did it but arguing that david depape s decision to break into the pelosi house was fueled by conspiracy theories. he believed he was disrupting a corrupt, liberal network of child abusers, and believed it, according to his lawyer, with, quote, every ounce of his being. and the ongoing threats against elections. the latest on the fbi investigation after envelopes containing fentanyl, at least some of them had fentanyl in them, were sent to election workers in five states. one had a note inside that read end elections now. so we re going to cover all those stories this hour. we begin with former president trump insisting that if he s ree