Trump can’t speak during closing arguments in NY civil fraud trial, judge says

As much as I would love to discuss this, I'm pretty sure this is so far out of bounds that it's in the parking lot. 
 

Politics aside. I'm very concerned than anyone is okay with what is going on, whether you love or hate the person involved. We have had widespread investigations of a person rather than a crime, trying to find "something" they did wrong. That is not how our country is supposed to work. You investigate the crime, and prosecute the person that you believe is responsible. You don't investigate the person and try to find a crime. And you certainly don't invent a crime after the fact when you can't find one just to get the person. I know this is a civil trial, not criminal, because they could not find anything that fit any criminal statute, and civil is much easier to "prove." I'm using the word crime as interchangeable with infraction or violation. 

For those unaware, the accusation is that a business overestimated asset values when applying for loans. These loans were repaid long ago, there is no complaint by any bank, there is no victim. The banks were not required to go by their customer's valuation, and many of the items being valued were very subjective. Those in power, determined to punish a person that they do not like, are accusing the defendant of fraud because many years later their assessments don't match the defendants at the time. Despite no complaint from any bank on loans that have already been paid in full. I don't fully understand how the complainant had any standing to proceed, as there is zero evidence of any harm. In my opinion, the actions taken by the prosecution are much more egregious than than anything that the defendant is accused of. I don't want to see stuff like this continue, whether I like the target or not.