‘A Rigged Trial’: Trump Decries New York Civil Fraud Trial, Defends Property Valuations

Sir, are you coming for a deposition later today? Yes, sir, we'll be back. What's the response to Jackson's attack on Trump? So, ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much. We're at a trial today that should not be taking place, as you know. We had a joint event recently that I just testified. And he said that Trump did nothing wrong. We made a loan. We were very happy with the loan. We got paid back. It was a good call. It was a very good transaction, and he would do it again. He was a very powerful witness. And we have other executives coming in from banks that will say the same thing. This is a disgraceful situation. This is an attorney general, Letitia, that went out and campaigned on, I will get Trump. I will get Trump no matter what. I'll get Trump, I promise. I'll get him. We have two tapes on her now that have come out since the trial because people took pictures because they couldn't believe her ranting and raving like a lunatic. But this is the attorney general of New York State, Letitia James, and she should be allowed to be attorney general. She's defrauded the public with this trial. She said that Mar-a-Lago – she convinced the judge that Mar-a-Lago was worth – in Palm Beach, Florida, the most expensive land in the world, I guess, and the most expensive house is definitely in the world. And Mar-a-Lago, the biggest house, the most spectacular place in all of Florida, is worth $18 million, when it's worth approximately – could be close to 100 times that amount. And based on that testimony and based on her convincing the judge that Mar-a-Lago was worth $18 million instead of a billion to a billion five, which would sell very easily, which we've already proven, but we'll have people come up and say that and prove it, the most important people, the brokers that make the sales. But based on that, he ruled against me. He ruled fraud. I mean, he said fraud. They are the fraudulent people because they ruled a house that was worth – they put down it's worth $18 million and it's worth maybe close to 100 times that amount. And based on that, they ruled against me having to do with fraud, which is a big statement. But they are the frauds because the house is worth a billion, a billion and a half, $750 million, which is worth a fortune. It's the most expensive house probably in the world. And they said it was worth $18 million. And they don't do anything about it. Based on that, and also Durao – they have Durao at a very low number. It's worth many times the number that they put. So they chose to do this. So I just want to say the head of Deutsche Bank came in. He said we were great. The loan was great. Everything was fine. And it was perfect. Perfect. And this was their witness. It wasn't even my witness. And we have other bankers coming in saying the same thing. We built a great company, got a lot of cash, got a lot of great assets, got some of the greatest real estate assets anywhere in the world. It's really been an honor to have built it. And we worked hard with my family. My children are involved in this. And they should – they don't deserve to be involved in this. This is a witch hunt by a radical lunatic attorney general that shouldn't be allowed to be an attorney general. It's horrible. And it's very unfair. We don't get a jury trial. There's no jury. And we don't have any – somebody said we better check the box or something. We don't check the box. This is a statute that was never used before, never once used before for anything like this. I'm the first one. Isn't that nice? And I should be in Iowa now. I should be in New Hampshire now. I should be in South Carolina now or someplace else campaigning. The good news is we're about 60 points up on everybody, and we're leading Biden by 11. And that's why they're doing this, because this is all coming out of Washington. The judge is going to make a decision. Now, the judge – I've got a respected judge. I like the judge. I like him, but it's not fair because I don't know how he can make a fair decision on this. He's got all the Democrats pushing him left and right, pushing him around like a pinball. And it's a very unfair situation that they put me in. I want a jury. I'm entitled to a jury. But this is a case that should have never been brought. And just to conclude, they said I overvalued my financial statements. Well, actually, the financial statements are undervalued by tremendous amounts of money. They're very conservative. They're undervalued. The actual worth is much more than that. So, therefore, there's no fraud. They don't mention that there's a disclaimer clause. There's a big disclaimer, which it says, basically, do your own due diligence. Don't even rely on the financial statements. Again, the financial statements are – the actual statement is very much less than the actual worth. The actual worth is higher. So, therefore, it's very conservative, and that's what the banks got. And, therefore, there's no fraud. Then there's no fraud because there's a disclaimer clause at the beginning and all throughout the financial statements. It says do your own work. Do not rely on these statements. A hundred percent do not rely on these statements. And third thing is I was tried under a statute that's never been used before that doesn't allow you to have a jury. I'm not allowed to have a jury. I never heard of that before. I don't get the option. If I begged for a jury, they wouldn't give me a jury. I get no jury. The judge is going to make a decision. He's the biggest black judge. He's very liberal. And I believe he's under a lot of pressure. This is a rigged trial. This is a rigged situation. And our country can't stand these things. And the people of our country understand that. We're being railroaded. And I have other trials where we're being railroaded. You saw yesterday where they take away my right to speak. I won't be able to speak like I'm speaking to you. And I'm not saying anything wrong. I'm saying the truth. I won't be able to do this with that trial. Because the judge, which of course we're appealing, because the judge said basically I don't have a right to speak and I'm the number one candidate leading the Republicans by 55 or 60 points. That should be over. I'm leading Joe Biden and leading Joe Biden. And I'm being restricted. My speech has been taken away from me. I'm a candidate that's running for office and I'm not allowed to speak. This is a railroading that's all coming out of the Department of Justice. It's all set up by Biden and his thugs that he's surrounded with to try and sneak out an election victory that he's not entitled to win because he's been the worst president in the history of our country. Thank you very much.