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Lauren Aratani in New York

Trump New York fraud trial draws to an end with closing arguments

Donald Trump speaking to cameras with lawyers behind him
Donald Trump was blocked from delivering his own closing statement at the trial. Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters

Donald Trump’s lawyers will make their closing arguments on Thursday as they attempt to see off a legal judgment that could impose a $370m fraud fine on the former president’s family firm and ban it from doing business in New York state.

Trump reportedly planned to deliver his own closing statement at the trial – a last chance to defend himself against charges he inflated the value of his assets on financial statements for profit. But the judge overseeing the case blocked that move on Wednesday.

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