"Well I think, your honor, this case goes outside the facts," Trump said, according to ABC News. "The financial statements were perfect. The banks got all their money back. They were as happy as can be."
Trump ignored the judge’s instruction, claiming that the case is a “political witch hunt that should be set aside.”
“We should receive damages for what we've gone through,” he declared.
Trump also went after New York Attorney General Letitia James.
"I'm an innocent man. I've been persecuted by someone running for office," Trump said. "This statute is vicious. It doesn't give me a jury. It takes away my rights."
Trump referred to a key allegation in the lawsuit, that he tripled the square footage of his Trump Tower penthouse, calling it “an honest mistake.”
"This is a fraud on me. What's happened here sir is a fraud on me,” Trump claimed.
“They found nothing and now she comes in and says she wants to make a $250 million fine a [$370 million], for what!?” he continued, adding that Engoron has his own agenda.