In response to the prosecution’s request, Trump lawyer Emil Bove said Trump’s posts did not “establish any willful violations.” He claimed his attacks against Cohen were him defending himself as a political candidate, not a defendant.

The presumptive Republican nominee brought a brazen attitude to the courthouse, accusing Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg of the crimes he’s accused of after proceedings wrapped for the day.

“Bragg falsified business records … He’s the fraud,” Trump said while holding a six-inch stack of papers, which he said contained stories by “legal experts” criticizing the case.

“And I’m sitting here for days now — from morning till night in that freezing room. Freezing. Everybody was freezing in there and all of this.”

Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsification of New York business records alleging that throughout 2017, after winning the presidency, he disguised reimbursement to his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, for facilitating a hush-money scheme to defraud the 2016 electorate that violated election laws.

Among the alleged recipients of the scheme expected to testify are porn star Stormy Daniels — who Cohen went to prison for paying off — and former Playboy model Karen McDougal, who each allege Trump cheated on Melania with them in 2006, soon after they wed. Trump denies the allegations.

The trial resumes Friday, and Merchan has told jurors to plan on coming back for opening statements on Monday.

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