'This is Russia! This is China!' Trump rages at all involved in fraud case during speech
Former President Donald Trump gave an enraged public speech from Florida on Friday night after his massive loss in the New York civil fraud case, accusing anyone and everyone who touched the case — and some people who didn't — of being corrupt and out to destroy his political and business career.
Judge Arthur Engoron found Trump liable for more than $355 million in the case, after Attorney General Letitia James presented her case that he and his two adult sons systematically manipulated the value of their properties, lied to investors, and defrauded the state tax agency and banks issuing them loans — all of which Trump denied yet again in his response.
"It's a very sad day for, in my opinion, the country," said Trump. "A New York state judge just ruled that — he's crooked as you could get. A lot of people expected something like this, but not for the amount. This is a very dishonest man. This is a man who's been overturned already on this case four times. But a crooked New York state judge just ruled that I have to pay a fine of $355 million for having built a perfect company, great cash, great buildings, great everything."
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"It affects New York," Trump continued. "It's mostly talking about New York, where we have a totally corrupt attorney general. She campaigned on the fact that 'I will get Trump.' They've all seen it. More important than that, this is Russia, this is China, this is the same game...It all comes out of Biden. It's a witch hunt against a political opponent the likes of which our country has never seen before. You see it in Third World countries, banana republics, but you don't see it here."
"I just want to say this," said Trump. "You build a great company. There was no fraud. The banks all got their money, 100 percent. They love Trump. They testified that Trump is great, great customer, one of our best customers. They testified beautifully. And the judge knows that. He's just a corrupt person. We knew that from the beginning. We knew it right from the beginning because he wouldn't give it to the commercial division. This judge thought Mar-a-Lago is worth $18 million. It's worth anywhere from 50 to 100 times that amount.
He rules against me before he even got the case," Trump added. "He ruled against me. He said I was guilty. He didn't know what I was guilty of before he even got the case. Letitia James is a horribly corrupt attorney general. It's all having to do with election interference. The banks made a lot of money. They made $100 million."
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