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After initially denying him the right to give a personal speech during closing arguments at his civil fraud trial in New York, Justice Arthur Engoron relented at the last minute and let him speak — only to have to cut him off after a few minutes as he veered into attacks on the court. It may have been a mistake on Engoron’s part, suggested legal analyst Lisa Rubin on MSNBC Thursday; instead, she argued, he should have stuck to his guns. “I have to say, when I saw that … it’s like what are we doing?” said anchor Chris Hayes. “It is really, there’s a bomb threat at the guy’s house. He’s had hi…