Donald Trump, the former president, says he will publicly plead his case on Thursday after charging he is being denied a fair trial as Judge Arthur Engoron’s Long Island home receives bomb threats.
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Donald Trump, the former president, was back in Manhattan Thursday morning for the latest hearing in his civil financial fraud trial — the start of which was delayed after the presiding judge received a bomb threat at his Long Island home.
Judge Arthur Engoron — the frequent subject of Trump’s ire throughout the civil trial — received the bomb threat on the morning of Jan. 11 at his Nassau County home. According to NBC News, the threat came hours before the closing arguments were set to take place. The bomb squad rushed in and combed over Engoron’s home, causing proceedings to be slightly delayed.
“The Nassau County Police Department continues to investigate this morning’s threat and takes seriously any threat made to an individual,” Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, a Republican, said in a statement Thursday. “The Police Department continues to work with our local, state and federal law enforcement partners on all aspects of this case.”
Meanwhile, Trump — who, despite his myriad legal troubles and role in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection, remains the Republican Party’s frontrunner for president in 2024 — wasted little time Thursday making hefty accusations seconds after he arrived for closing arguments. Before even entering the Lower Manhattan courtroom, Trump took aim at both New York Attorney General Letitia James and Judge Engoron overseeing the case, calling the legal process “election interference.”
“It’s election interference at the highest level, it’s crazy,” Trump told reporters, falsely alleging that President Biden is behind his prosecution. “I want to speak, the judge is not letting me because I will bring up things he doesn’t want to hear.”
Trump had sought to offer the…
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