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NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s blockbuster fraud trial reached a dramatic finale at closing arguments Thursday when the former president made an end-run around a judge’s strict orders to get his two cents on the record. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron shot down Trump’s unheard-of request to personally deliver a summation on Wednesday because he wouldn’t promise to veer off topic — but the GOP presidential front-runner still managed to get his way. Once his lawyers had finished their closing arguments, his attorney, Chris Kise, made a final plea to the judge to let the former presiden…

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