Trump defies judge with 6-minute courtroom speech on tense final day of New York civil fraud trial: ‘I’m being persecuted by someone running for office’
Judge Arthur Engoron let him continue almost uninterrupted for what amounted to a brief personal summation, then cut him off for a scheduled lunch break.
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