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- Trump asked his NY fraud-trial judge for permission to make his own closing arguments Thursday.
- The judge denied the request Wednesday after Trump failed to agree to "reasonable, lawful limits."
- Trump also tried to use his mother-in-law's death to postpone closings three weeks.
The judge in Donald Trump's New York fraud trial on Wednesday denied the former president's unusual request to be allowed to help deliver his own closing arguments on Thursday.