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Trump attacks AG as 'hack', accuses court of 'fraud' in yelling rant from witness stand
By Ben Kochman, Kyle Schnitzer and Priscilla DeGregory
Donald Trump's courtroom decorum began to breakdown as the former president began yelling and attacking the judge and the attorney general from the witness stand.
Trump had been testifying for the past roughly two hours in hushed tones until he became visibly agitated, speaking loudly saying that the Justice Arthur Engoron and New York Attorney General Letitia James were "trying to hurt" him.
The real estate tycoon called James a "political hack," accusing her of using "this case to become governor" and successfully using it for her current post.
Then Trump went after Engoron proclaiming, while pointing at the jurist: "Everybody's watching this case. He called me a fraud and he didn't know anything about me."
"The fraud is on the court and not on me," he continued to rant.
"When you rule Mar-A-Lago is worth $18 million and she rules it's worth $25 million, either people are very stupid or there's a fraud. The fraud is on behalf of the court."
In a decision from days before trial began, Engoron found Trump responble for some of James' main fraud allegations against Trump and cited a Florida official's appraisal of the Palm Beach golf club at a maximum of $27 million while Trump has claimed it's worth as much as $1.5 billion.
"He said I'm a fraud because I didn't value my property correctly," Trump continued to loudly ramble. "He's the one who didn't rule my property correctly."
Trump insisted he did a "great job" as president.
Before AG lawyer Kevin Wallace asked, "You're done?"
"I'm done," Trump responded.