Jake Tapper Immediately Fact-Checks Trump's 'Very Angry' Courthouse Rant

Donald Trump shouted about the case against him in remarks to reporters outside the Manhattan courtroom.

CNN’s Jake Tapper swiftly fact-checked Donald Trump’s claim during a shouted spiel outside his courtroom Monday in which he stated “even CNN” was saying “there’s no case” against him in his criminal hush money trial.

The former president gave a news conference as he was leaving court Monday, growing increasingly agitated as he read remarks from a stack of papers, criticizing the trial and Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over it. It followed testimony by his former attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen, a key witness for the prosecution.

At the end of the nearly seven-minute rant, Trump shouted that “we have a corrupt judge,” who is “keeping me from campaigning.”

“Every single legal analyst, even CNN, even MSDNC, they’re saying, ‘There’s no case here!’” he said, intentionally injecting the Democratic National Committee acronym into MSNBC’s name.

Cutting away from the live feed, Tapper commented, “All right. A rather angry defendant saying there’s no case here.”