Former President Donald Trump was doing everything in his power to “distract” from the release of damning new deposition footage in his civil fraud trial, argued former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti on MSNBC Friday. New York Attorney General Letitia James, whose office released the footage, has alleged in the case that the former president and his two adult sons have systematically falsified property values of Trump Organization buildings and clubs, in order to get more favorable tax, loan, and insurance treatment. She is seeking hundreds of millions in fines and the dissolution of the Tr…