‘The Person in This Room Hates Trump’: Attorney General James Denounced by Former President as He Addresses Court on Final Day of Fraud Trial

‘I am an innocent man,’ the former president told the court as his civil fraud trial came to a close.

President Trump and his lawyer Christopher Kise attend the closing arguments in the Trump Organization civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court, January 11, 2024, at New York City. Shannon Stapleton-Pool/Getty Images

MARIE POHL

Published: Jan 12, 2024, 12:26 AM ET
Updated:Jan 12, 2024, 07:56 AM ET

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