I wonder why?
Could it be that allowing Trump to address the open court WITH MEDIA coverage would be three ring circus media campaign commercial that could and most likely would go off the rails?
The trail’s judgement IS gonna be the HUNDREDS of MILLION’S of Dollars….
The judge already found him guilty…..
Former President Trump will not be allowed to make his own closing argument in his New York civil fraud trial after his lawyers refused to guarantee he would stick to matters “relevant” to the case.
A day before scheduled closing arguments, Judge Arthur Engoron told Trump’s legal team that the former president will not speak in court.
An email exchange between Engoron and Trump’s lawyers posted to the case’s docket showed a testy back-and-forth over the types of comments Trump would be allowed to make.
Last week, Trump attorney Chris Kise informed Engoron’s principal law clerk that three attorneys and the former president himself intended to give closing remarks. Hours later, a lawyer with the New York attorney general’s office staunchly objected.
“Mr. Trump is certainly not permitted to do so as of right,” state lawyer Andrew Amer responded in the chain, though acknowledging that the decision was Engoron’s to make.
Engoron replied that he would allow Trump to make a closing argument if he promised on the record to “limit his subjects” to what is permissible in a lawyer’s closing argument….
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When on the witness stand, Trump lobbed insults at Engoron and the state attorney general, calling them “Trump haters,” “frauds” and “political hacks” intent on preventing him from winning a second term in the White House….