Immediately after being fined $10,000 for a violation of his gag order in the New York fraud trial, former President Donald Trump left the courtroom and told reporters, "We won the trial. And the judge should end this trial immediately. Thank you."
The comment was confusing to former federal prosecutor Elie Honig, who swiftly weighed in on CNN to confirm that no, in fact, Trump had not won the trial – which has actually already been decided against him in summary judgment and is currently only trying to assess damages for his misconduct.
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"First of all, with respect to the statement ... that we just won this trial, that is false," said Honig. "He has not won this trial. To the contrary, the judge already has ruled against Donald Trump before the trial on one of the counts in this lawsuit. So Donald Trump has not won this trial."
"It seems like what he's saying is, I am pleased that my attorneys just did a good job on cross-examination of Michael Cohen and I'm confident we will win," Honig continued. "That remains to be seen for sure. His lawyers have been aggressively cross-examining Michael Cohen and examining certain things. The verdict will be up to the judge considering the weight of all the testimony."
Trump had been fined $10,000 for violating a gag order after making comments about the judge's clerk earlier Wednesday.
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