Former US President Donald Trump during a trial at New York State Supreme Court, New York, Oct. 2. Photo: Seth Wenig/Bloomberg NewsNew York’s civil fraud trial against Donald Trump and his business empire started Monday in a Manhattan courtroom, and the great shame is that he and state Attorney General Letitia James can’t both lose. In comments at the courthouse, Mr. Trump called it a “witch hunt,” and he has a point. Yet the investigation also seems to have caught some typical Trumpian deception.

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Persons: Donald Trump, Seth Wenig, Letitia James can’t, Trump Organizations: New York, Court, Bloomberg, New Locations: Court , New York, Manhattan