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TwilightZone

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1. While I mostly agree, his focus on the "you can attack me" line....
Mon Nov 6, 2023, 11:21 PM
Nov 2023

seems to have missed the whole point of the comment. He's taking it out of context and giving it a meaning that it simply didn't have. In context, it's pretty clear that the judge was fed up and was being sarcastic, chastising Trump.

"Trump wasted little time on Monday sparring with the judge from the stand. After Engoron chided him for giving nonresponsive answers, Trump said, "The judge will rule against me because he will always rule against me." Engoron said that comment was not true, and asked Trump to "please answer the question. You can attack me all you want but just answer the question."

After more tangents, he told Trump's lawyers, "I beseech you to control him" and that if Trump continued to sidestep questions, "I will take every negative inference that I can." At another point, he warned Trump's lawyers, "This is not a political rally.""

Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-testify-fraud-case-rcna122522

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