Former President Donald Trump is back in court for his fraud trial with New York Attorney General Letitia James and so is back to raging about what is going on and calling out what he sees as injustice. Speaking to reporters outside the courtroom on Wednesday, the former president even went so far as to say that the attacks on him represent the beginning of communism in America.
Beginning, the former president sounded off on the statute being used against him, suggesting that its use here is unconstitutional. “This witch hunt that’s going on using Statute 63(12) — which -is a consumer fraud statute, which may be unconstitutional — Doesn’t allow me a jury, doesn’t allow me anything,” he said.
“We have a prosecutor, Letitia James, who’s incompetent, what she’s doing to our state, forcing companies out by the thousands, Forcing people out. Forcing companies out by the thousands while crime and violent crime in particular, runs rampant. So this witch hunt does not allow me to do it,” he continued.
He then returned from attacking AG James generally to attacking the charges being used against him, saying, “A lot of people say, oh, that can’t be possible, somebody didn’t check a box. That’s nothing to do with it. Under 63(12), you are not entitled to a jury. It’s the first time it’s ever been used for a purpose like this. Never been used. They used it on me. The former president, the leading candidate.”
And, emphasizing what he thinks the intent behind the prosecution is, Trump said, “I’m leading Joe Biden by a lot, which is probably why this is still happening. No probably, it’s definitely. They’re Coordinating with Washington, 100%. But without that, do none of these cases would be going on. They’ve weaponized justice in our country. This trial is a disgrace. Never happened, a thing like this has never happened before. And it is simply – I put it in financial statements with a disclaimer. In other words, don’t even bother reading them, to the banks.”
He then spoke about the facts of the case as he sees them and how AG James got involved despite him having paid the banks back, saying, “I borrowed money on leverage. I borrowed money on a building or something. Maybe a different thing. I borrowed the money. I paid back the money in full, 100%. There were no defaults. There were no letters of reprimand. The banks were extremely happy and in many cases I gave the money back early. And then I got sued years later, by this horrible attorney general, this woman that ran for governor and failed. You know, she did this because she was running for governor and then she ran and she failed. She had no balls and they forced her out. She came back and she became Attorney General again. And we got stuck with it.”
Ending, he returned to the intent of the prosecution as he sees it and described it as “the beginning of communism in our country,” saying, “So she brought the case under the statute that had never been used for a thing like this before, ever. We’re not entitled to a jury. Because if I had a jury, even though it’s in New York and I think I’d be fine with New York. But if I had a jury, we’d win this case very easily, but I don’t have a jury. And you see, what’s happening. This is a railroading. And it’s the beginning of communism in our country. This is the beginning of communism.”
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