Trump Fights an Uphill Battle in His Fraud Trial

“Two months into Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial, the case does not seem to be going well for him,” Politico reports.

“The judge has already ruled that he committed fraud, fined the former president twice for violating a gag order and declared him to be “not credible.” Trump and his lawyers, meanwhile, have repeatedly antagonized the judge, attacking him in the press and even disparaging his law clerk.”

“And now, as Trump’s lawyers roll out a defense that at times has looked more like a PR pitch, his New York real estate empire hangs in the balance, with a verdict expected in mid-December.”