Trump blasts New York AG amid ongoing fraud trial: ‘I have no rights’

Former President Trump known as out New York Lawyer Basic Letitia James in a video on Fact Social, claiming the Democrat was depriving him of his rights.

“This case ought to by no means have been introduced and will by no means have been allowed,” Trump mentioned within the video. “I’ve no rights.”

Trump has complained he’s not eligible for a jury within the case and has mentioned a gag order barring him from smearing courtroom employees is unfair.

Decide Arthur Engoron has already dominated Trump accountable for fraud within the case. His firm is accused of participating in a long time of fraud by inflating and deflating the worth of its property to pay much less in taxes and obtain higher insurance coverage protection.

James introduced the civil case final fall, suing the previous president, his grownup sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., together with former Trump Group executives Allen Weisselberg and Jeffrey McConney and associated enterprise entities.

The trial started in New York on Oct. 2. Trump has voluntarily proven up in courtroom a number of occasions and alleged the trial is a type of election interference.

“This trial is an election interference witch hunt and everyone is aware of it,” Trump mentioned within the video. “All the banks that I handled had been very pleased with us. They thought I used to be an amazing buyer.”

Within the video, Trump repeated the declare that James is “incompetent” and “a racist,” and he mentioned the state of New York ought to “intercede and cease this complete travesty of justice.”

Engoron’s choice successfully strips Trump of a few of his enterprise licenses and has the potential to remove a few of his properties, resembling Trump Tower in New York and Mar-a-Lago in Florida.

Trump is concerned in additional than a half-dozen civil lawsuits, regarding alleged monetary crimes and defamation concerning sexual assault. He presently faces 91 felony fees in 4 felony circumstances for alleged hush cash cover-up, defamation and his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.