During day 3 of the fraud trial, Trump weighs in on potential speaker nominations
Former President Donald Trump arrives in his courtroom in Manhattan on Wednesday for the third day of his fraud trial.
Trump entered the courtroom accompanied by his defense team, including attorney Alina Habba. Now reporters have asked Trump about firing former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Multiple Republican lawmakers offered Trump the chance to nominate McCarthy to replace him as speaker, declaring that Trump would do “what’s best for the country and the Republican Party.”
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A lot of people are asking me about this,” said Trump. He said there are other “great people” in the GOP who could handle the job.
“My focus is all on being president,” Trump said.
Trump laments being ‘stuck’ off campaign trail due to ‘corrupt’ AG Letitia James
Former President Donald Trump lashed out at New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday, saying she was “stuck” in New York City over civil fraud charges.
Trump said he would love to campaign in Iowa, New Hampshire, or elsewhere, but he can’t because of a “corrupt attorney general.” Trump attended the first three days of the trial.
“I’m here — stuck here and I can’t campaign,” Trump told reporters outside the courtroom. “I want to be in Iowa right now. I want to be in New Hampshire South Carolina Ohio or many other places. But I’m stuck here because I have a corrupt attorney general who communicates with the DOJ. Washington to keep me nice and busy.”
Trump has repeatedly called the civil charge against him an attempt at “election interference” by Democrats to prevent him from winning the 2024 presidential election.
Trump rages at Judge Engoron over low valuation of his properties, says state has ‘no case’
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday expressed anger at the court’s low valuation of his assets during the third day of his New York City civil fraud trial.
Judge Arthur Engoran attacked Trump with reporters outside the courtroom for listing his Mar-a-Lago resort for $18 million, which Trump argued was “50 to 100 times more than that” in real value.
“The smallest house in Palm Beach is probably worth $50 million, and [Mar-a-Lago] is the biggest, best anywhere in the country. So they brought it down to $18 million, and I overestimated it,” Trump said.
“And by the way, my financial documents are so much lower than my actual worth that no one knows,” he added. “But the financial documents we gave the bank were far below my actual net worth.”
Trump cited the New York Law Journal, which said “basically” James and the state had “no case” against him.
However, he said Engoran would take his side in the case because he was a “Democrat judge” and had “no choice.”