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Trump slams judge moments after leaving hush money trial: ‘Take a look at where he comes from’

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Donald Trump raged against the judge presiding over his hush money trial in New York and one of the prosecutors moments after he stepped out of the courtroom on the final day of witness testimony.

In an 11-minute screed near the men’s bathrooms on the 15th floor of the criminal court building in downtown , the former president said the Colombia-born judge “hates” him, adding: “Take a look at where he comes from.”

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