'What penalties?' Trump tells reporter he 'won' New York trials — but he didn’t

During a Washington, DC press conference Wednesday former President Donald Trump suggested that he has already prevailed in his court battles, according to The Daily Beast.

The MAGA hopeful didn't confirm exactly which battle, but the Beast notes Trump was referring to "either his civil fraud case or his defamation case—in an appeals court" — both of which are set in New York.

Regarding writer E. Jean Carroll's defamation case against him, a jury last week ordered the former president to pay $83 million in damages, and an outcome for the civil fraud case has yet to be determined.

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According to the report, following a meeting with Teamsters President Sean O'Brien, a reporter asked Trump "how he intends on paying the hefty $83 million penalty" as well as "what is likely to be a several hundred million dollar judgment in his civil fraud case."

The reporter asked, "Do you plan to try to use campaign funds or PAC money to try to pay some of the penalties in the New York defamation and fraud cases?"

Trump replied, "What penalties?"

Again, the reporter specified "the New York fraud case and the defamation case."

The ex-president said,"I didn’t do anything wrong. I mean, that’s been proven as far as I’m concerned. And actually, we won in the Court of Appeals. You probably saw that. That case has been largely won in the Court of Appeals." The Beast notes, failing to specify which case, Trump added, "That was a political case coordinated with the White House by the attorney general—I assume is what you’re talking about. And we won that case largely in the Court of Appeals."

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