00:00 Trump Fraud Trial In NYC Live Updates,
00:02 Ex-President Accuses Trial Judge Of Interfering With An Election, Says He Should Be Disbarred.
00:07 Former President Donald Trump is facing a judge inside a lower Manhattan courthouse Monday,
00:14 for the opening of a $250 million civil trial over charges he overinflated the values of his
00:20 many properties. The fraud lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James accuses Trump,
00:27 sons Eric and Don Jr., and the Trump Organization of a decades-long scheme.
00:32 The non-jury trial is scheduled to run until the end of December.
00:36 Trump Is Back In The Courtroom As Proceedings Return From Break
00:41 Trump has returned to the courtroom after saying during a lunch break that he would probably be
00:47 back when the session resumed. Trump accuses trial judge of interfering with an election,
00:53 says he should be disbarred. Speaking outside the courtroom while on lunch break,
00:59 Donald Trump insisted New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engeron,
01:02 the judge overseeing his fraud case, was wrong and should be disbarred.
01:06 "Let's go to trial because this is a judge that should be disbarred," Trump said.
01:12 "This is a judge that should be out of office. This is a judge that some people say could be
01:19 charged criminally for what he's doing," he said after flipping through a stack of articles
01:23 challenging the findings that over-inflating property values is illegal.
01:27 "He's interfering with an election and it's a disgrace," Trump said before thanking reporters.
01:33 While turning to leave, Trump was asked why he chose to attend the first day of the trial,
01:39 which he was not required to do, and responded that he wanted to "watch this witch hunt myself."
01:45 "This is a pure witch hunt for purposes of interfering with the elections of the
01:49 United States of America," Trump added as he went to leave.
01:52 "This judge should be disbarred, he shouldn't be allowed to be a judge."
01:57 Thank you.
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