Legal expert shreds all of Trump's latest grievances with civil fraud trial

Former President Donald Trump lashed out at the judge, prosecutor, and court clerk in his New York civil fraud trial on Tuesday, taking advantage of the current suspension of the gag order that prohibits him from doing some of those things.

However, most of his grievances were false, noted legal expert and MSNBC commentator Tristan Snell on X that evening.

First of all, Snell noted, Trump is not correct that there was "no jury allowed" — his attorney simply "failed to ask for one." He's also incorrect that the fraud statute Attorney General Letitia James is using has "never been used before" — in fact, "the same statute has been used routinely and constantly since 1956 and was also used by the NY AG to beat Trump in the Trump University and Trump Foundation cases."

Snell also noted that Trump made a series of character claims without proof, including that the trial was "rigged," that James is "racist and corrupt," and that Judge Arthur Engoron is "Trump-hating."