'Control your client': Takeaways from closing arguments in Donald Trump's NY real estate fraud trial

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : The judge concluded Trump valued his Mar-a-Lago property at 20 times the tax assessment, that Trump Park Avenue apartments were valued millions of dollars above their appraised values on his corporate balance sheet, and that Trump nearly tripled the square-footage of his own Trump Tower penthouse apartment to hike its value.
57% : "The banks are happy as can be," Trump said Thursday.
47% : "You have your own agenda," Trump told Engoron.
38% : Trump has appealed the fines but an appeals court upheld the orders.
37% : Trump, his sons Don Jr. and Eric, and daughter Ivanka each testified during the trial.
36% : Here's what we know about the case:Trump had railed against the judge and government lawyers throughout the 44-day trial - and continued in closing arguments.
35% : Trump has argued that there were no victims in the case because lenders such as Deutsche Bank knew to double check his financial records and their loans were repaid with interest.
33% : James has requested $370 million from multiple defendants, but asked that Trump himself be held liable for most of that amount.
28% : "The lawsuit alleged Trump, his namesake company, sons Eric and Donald Trump Jr., and a couple of company executives overstated Trump's wealth and the value of his real estate to obtain benefits in loans and insurance.
25% : Trump's comments came after Engoron, who earlier said Trump couldn't give closing arguments after failing to agree to stick to the facts and law of the case, allowed him to speak.
24% : Engoron has already found Trump liable for fraud and ordered the cancellation of his certificates to conduct business in New York, which the former president described as the "corporate death penalty."
22% : Trump, who was alleged to have exaggerated his personal wealth and real estate property values, called the case "a political witch hunt" against an innocent man.
22% : Engoron ruled in September that Trump was liable for repeatedly committing fraud.
19% : On Thursday, Trump focused his ire on Engoron, who didn't include himself as a prohibited target in the gag order, and on James.
17% : "Before entering the courtroom, Trump, the 2024 Republican frontrunner, called the case "election interference at the highest level" and a "disgrace.
16% : "This is partially election interference, but in particular the person in the room right now hates Trump," he said, referring to New York Attorney General Letitia James, who brought the case.
16% : "Trump lawyer Kise argued to the judge that the attorney general was targeting Trump for a victimless offense.
9% : A government lawyer, Kevin Wallace, argued the trial showed Trump and his co-defendants engaged in intentional fraud.
8% : Engoron issued a gag order against Trump to prevent him from criticizing the judge's staff, and then fined Trump a combined $15,000 for two violations.

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