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Lauren Aratani in New York

Trump attacks New York court for fraud trial that threatens his business career

Donald Trump, center, sits in a courtroom in New York City on 2 October.
Donald Trump sits in a courtroom in New York City on 2 October. Photograph: Seth Wenig/AP

Donald Trump attacked the judge and New York prosecutors who have charged him with orchestrating a years-long fraud on Monday as state prosecutors accused the former president of using the scam to inflate his wealth by as much as $2.2bn.

Trump arrived at a New York court just a few miles south of Trump Tower on Monday for the first day of a fraud trial that could see the former president and his family business paying hundreds of millions of dollars in damages and that has already threatened to end his business career in the city where it started.

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