Former President Donald Trump's lawyers on Wednesday filed for a mistrial in his civil bank fraud case, a far-fetched effort to remove the lawsuit that's threatening to dismantle his real estate empire from his slate of legal battles, The Daily Beast reports.
His defense has been foreshadowing the move in the weeks since the trial began after complaining about the way presiding Judge Arthur Engoron has consistently rejected their legal arguments and rebuked their courtroom theatrics. But Wednesday morning's request, made in a 30-page court filing, rings ironic when accounting for the former president's years of threatening to use his political power against his opponents and weeks of directing the ire of his fanbase against the judge and his principal law clerk.
