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WATCH: Trump lays into ‘corrupt’ New York AG Letitia

James for being 'stuck' off campaign trail at fraud trial
Trump and his codefendants are accused of overvaluing his assets
By Brandon Gillespie Fox News

Published October 4, 2023 4:48pm EDT

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Trump lays into ‘corrupt’ New York AG Letitia James for being 'stuck' off campaign trail at fraud trial
Former President Donald Trump laid into Democrat New York Attorney General Letitia James after leaving a Lower Manhattan Court on Wednesday, the
third day of his civil fraud trial concerning the alleged overvaluation of his assets.

Former President Donald Trump laid into Democrat New York Attorney General Letitia
James after leaving a Lower Manhattan Court on Wednesday, the third day of his civil
fraud trial concerning the alleged overvaluation of his assets.

After exiting the courtroom, Trump stopped to address members of the media waiting
outside and lamented being "stuck" at the trial rather than campaigning for president. He
accused James of coordinating with the Justice Department to keep him off the
campaign trail.

"I'm here, stuck here, and can't campaign. I'd rather be right now in Iowa. I'd rather be in
I

New Hampshire or South Carolina or Ohio or a lot of other places. But I'm stuck here
because have a corrupt attorney general that communicates with the DOJ in Washington
I

to keep me nice and busy, because I'm leading Biden in the polls by a lot," Trump said.

JUDGE IMPOSES PARTIAL GAG ORDER IN TRUMP ORG TRIAL, BLOCKING PARTIES
FROM VERBAL ATTACKS AGAINST COURT STAFF

Democrat New York Attorney General Letitia James and former President Donald Trump. (Getty Images)

"This is election interference. They made up a fake case, these fraudulent people. And the
judge already knows what he's going to do. He's a Democrat judge. In all fairness to him
he has no choice," Trump said. "I know this city better than anybody who knows this city.
Nobody knows it like I do. He's a Democrat judge out of the clubhouses, he's controlled,
and it's a shame. What's going on here is a shame. Our whole system is corrupt. This is
corrupt, Atlanta is corrupt, and what's coming out of D.C. is corrupt."

He accused James of wanting "the publicity" from targeting him and his finances because
she was running for governor of New York amid the investigation in 2021, a bid that she
ultimately dropped after just two months to instead run for re-election as attorney general.

Trump also used the opportunity to blast Judge Arthur Engoron, who is overseeing the
trial, for valuing his Florida Mar-a-Lago estate at just $18 million, rather than what he
claims should be "50 to 100 times more than that."

WHAT DOES MCCARTHY'S REMOVAL MEAN FOR BIDEN INVESTIGATIONS, DAILY

FUNCTIONING OF THE HOUSE? EXPERTS WEIGH IN

Former President Donald Trump flanked by his attorneys at the New York State Supreme Court in New York, US, on
Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

"The smallest house in Palm Beach is probably worth $50 million. And this is the biggest,
the best anywhere in the country. There's nothing like it," he said. "And by the way, my
financial documents are valued much less than my actual value, which nobody even
knows. But the financial documents that I gave to the bank are much less than my actual
net worth."

"They can't be fraudulent because I gave them lower numbers. I'm probably one of the only
people ever to seek a loan — I didn't even need the loan, because you see the kind of cash I
have. I didn't even need loans," he added.

Trump went on to say he never planned to reveal just how much cash he had due to the
success of his private company, but that James' lawsuit forced him to do so. He added
that her team had "no case" against him.

POTENTIAL NAIL-BITER RACE IN DEEP-RED STATE HEATS UP AS DEM NOMINEE

ACCUSES GOP GOVERNOR, FAMILY OF CORRUPTION

L - Former President Donald Trump R - New York Judge Arthur Engoron (Fox News)

Engoron ruled last week that Trump and the Trump Organization committed fraud while
building his real estate empire by deceiving banks, insurers and others by overvaluing his
assets and exaggerating his net worth on paperwork used in making deals and securing
financing.

The trial this week stems from James' lawsuit against Trump, his children and the Trump
Organization, alleging that Trump "inflated his net worth by billions of dollars" and said his
children helped him to do so.

Fox News' Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.

Brandon Gillespie is an associate editor at Fox News. Follow him on Twitter at @brandon_cg.

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