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“Jonathan Turley On Trump’s New York Civil Trial”

Video transcript 2:52

Fox News contributor and GW Law School professor, Jonathan Turley. Hey, Professor Turley. Hi, Anzalie. How are you doing? I'm doing great. Thank you. Why do you think he decided? Because over the weekend we thought he was going to testify, then yesterday on Truth Socially said he's not going to. Why do you think he changed his mind? Well, a lot of lawyers would have suggested this course of action because he's already testified in the trial. And so if you're happy with the record you created, why create the chance for a loss or mistake. And so lawyers tend to be risk averse and I think many would have said you don't need to testify. But what's going to happen next is maybe some of the most interesting parts of the trial because there are still some rebuttal witnesses and one defense witness that many of us are interested in. And that defense witness is Professor Bartoff, who's an NYU professor, and he gave very strong testimony in favor of the Trump defense and said that he did not see evidence of accounting fraud in any of these documents. Yeah. Letitia James, the AG here, she ran on taking down Donald Trump. She's seeking $250 million in damages. She wants to prevent him from conducting business here in New York anymore. Trump is claiming election interference and a witch hunt. Do you agree? Well, I think that the part of the problem here is, as you noted, you have an AG that ran on the pledge to nail Trump on anything. She didn't even specify. And she used this law which doesn't require a victim. You know, before Professor Bartoff testified, two bankers testified that said, no, we didn't lose money and we actually wanted more loans from Trump. Trump described him as a whale client, someone you want more business with. But that hasn't stopped James. She wants the Trumps to have the company to be dissolved. She wants a quarter of a billion dollars when no one lost money. And the fact is that it's so over the top that it may end up really raising concerns upon appeal. Look, James had this judge at a low. I mean, I think that she knows that this judge has already obviously decided there was fraud and he's likely to hammer Trump in terms of damages. But they still have to go to the Court of Appeals, which just recently handed Trump somewhat of a victory. They said, we're not going to dissolve these companies until we see more. Yeah, there's so many buildings, as you know, here in New York that have his name on it. He saved Woolman Rink, which is the ice skating rink where all of our kids go ice skating in Central Park and where many of our viewers go when they visit New York. So it would be a travesty to see so many of his businesses fail here in New York or he wouldn't be able to have his name on these buildings. So thank you so much, Jonathan, for coming on.

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AI Analysis

Machine-generated analysis of the post above on 2026-03-20. Not written by the author of the post.

Danger Level
None
Narcissistic State
Vulnerable
Authorship
Aide-Written
Intensity
8%
Authorship Analysis
Aide-Written
Indicators:
  • Posted at 14:26 UTC = 09:26 AM EST (New York, where Trump was attending the civil fraud trial) — solidly within business hours, a strong aide indicator
  • Sparse, professionally formatted descriptive caption with correct capitalization and no typos
  • Classic media-sharing post structure: title only, no emotional editorializing, no ALL CAPS
  • Stark tonal contrast with same-period authentic Trump posts (e.g., the December 10 ALL-CAPS multi-paragraph rants against 'Peekaboo' James)
  • Pattern matches Dan Scavino's established media-amplification style: curating favorable third-party commentary without personal interjection
Psychological Profile
▶ State
Vulnerable State

Trigger: Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (New York civil fraud trial proceedings)

Sentiment
-0.10
▶ Clinical
Malignant Narcissism:
Narcissistic
20%
Antisocial
0%
Paranoid
10%
Sadism
0%
Defense Mechanisms:
rationalizationidealization
Cognitive Complexity:
Complexity
10%
Parasocial Techniques:
Appeal to external authority to launder narrative credibilityPassive broadcast of favorable commentary without fingerprints — follower absorbs perspective without explicit persuasion attempt
Fact Checks (1)
"Jonathan Turley has commented on Trump's New York Civil Trial"
True

Jonathan Turley, a George Washington University law professor and Fox News legal analyst, made multiple public statements and media appearances during the NY civil fraud trial criticizing the case's legal basis, the absence of a jury, and AG James's conduct. His commentary was consistently favorable to Trump's legal position.

No contradictions with other posts detected yet.

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Analyzed
13
Rage Level
16%
Max Danger
Elevated
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