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- Trump was allowed to make a five-minute statement during closings in the NY fraud trial on Thursday.
- He repeatedly called himself a "victim," and said instead of any penalties, 'they should pay me."
- "It's a great company," he said of Trump Org, "with some of the greatest assets in the world."
In a surprise turn of events in his New York civil fraud trial, Donald Trump was allowed to make a five-minute closing statement, time he used to repeatedly call himself a victim, accuse the state of pursuing a "witch hunt," and extoll the Trump Organization as "a great company."