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Former President Donald Trump's five-minute rant in his $370 million civil fraud trial Thursday wasn't curtailed by prosecutors because it was too good a chance to pass up, a legal analyst contends.

MSNBC's Lisa Rubin argues that Trump — accused by Attorney General Letitia James of defrauding lenders by inflating his assets — damaged his case when he addressed the New York City courtroom during closing arguments.

Former President Donald Trump suggested that New York Attorney General Letitia James should have to pay damages for bringing a $250 million fraud lawsuit against him.

During a break in Thursday's closing statements, Trump spoke to reporters outside the courtroom.

During closing arguments in Donald Trump's $370 million financial fraud civil trial, attorney Alina Habba was given a warning by Judge Arthur Engoron as she tried to impugn the reputation of New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Earlier Engoron had a back-and-forth with Trump attorney Chris Kise when the judge refused to allow the lawyer to claim his client is an "industry expert" in the real estate field, an exchange that CNN's Paula Reid speculated "likely got under Trump's skin."

An argument made by Donald Trump’s attorneys in one of multiple court cases the former president faces serves as a “DEFCON-1 warning” to what his reelection would entail, a new analysis contends.

David Corn, Mother Jones’ D.C. bureau chief, raised the alarm Thursday over arguments presented at Trump’s presidential immunity hearing in his federal election interference case.

President Joe Biden used Donald Trump's recent interview with Lou Dobbs to tout his economic successes after the previous president's defeat in the 2020 election.

“We have an economy that’s so fragile, and the only reason it’s running now is it’s running off the fumes of what we did,” Trump told Dobbs. “It’s just running off the fumes.”

Iowa’s Republican governor has an unverified X account she uses to vent frustration with former President Donald Trump, according to a new New York Times report.

Gov. Kim Reynolds has been linked to the account @Kimberl26890376 which shares memes and posts in support of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Trump’s struggling opponent in the 2024 presidential race, the Times reports.

Appearing on CNN, former prosecutor Karen Friedman Agnifilo suggested Donald Trump's attempt to present the closing argument in his $370 million financial fraud trial playing out in a Manhattan courtroom on Thursday was unprecedented and a sign that he thinks he can do a better job than his three attorneys handling the case.

Speaking with CNN host John Berman, Friedman Agnifilo pointed out that Judge Artur Engoron was right to put limitations on Trump if he was allowed to speak — which Trump and attorney Christopher Kise refused to agree to -- but Trump's demand spoke volumes about Trump's opinion of Kise and fellow Trump attorneys Alina Habba and Clifford Robert.

Stating that should Trump be allowed to speak on the grounds that "there was a lot less risk that a jury pool could be tainted by inappropriate information that could come out in a summation," the former prosecutor claimed she felt Trump is unhappy with his legal representation.

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Former President Donald Trump expressed concern for himself in a courthouse speech moments before attorneys were set to give closing remarks in his $250 million fraud trial.

At a Manhattan courthouse on Thursday, Trump spoke to reporters before entering the courtroom.

After reports that Judge Arthur Engoron received a bomb threat the night before he was expected to hear closing arguments in Donald Trump's now-$370 million financial fraud suit playing out in a Manhattan courtroom, CNN legal analyst Elie Hoenig put the blame on Donald Trump and his extremist rhetoric.

Speaking with in-studio host Kate Bolduan, the former prosecutor ticked off the multiple threats that have been made against judges and prosecutors pursuing the former president for his criminal actions.

Getting right to the point Hoenig bluntly stated, "This happens every time."

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Reacting to new polling showing Donald Trump losing older voters to President Joe Biden by a stunning margin, the panel on MSNBNC's "Morning Joe" suggested the former president is scaring away a key voting block he needs in his third bid for the Oval Office.

Noting that in the new poll, Biden leads 60 percent to 39 percent among voters over 65, the panel agreed that Trump's attacks on Biden's age may be a major factor along with the chaos that always accompanies Trump is scaring off older voters.