Former President Donald Trump, barred by a judge from making closing arguments, was temporarily allowed to speak at the end of his civil business fraud trial, using the time to scold the New York attorney general who brought the case.

“We have a situation where I’m an innocent man,” Trump told Judge Arthur Engoron, saying New York Attorney General Letitia James’s lawsuit seeking $370 million in damages is a “fraud on me.”

“They should pay me for what I’ve gone through,” Trump said, before Engoron begged defense attorney Chris Kise to “please control your client.”

Trump accused James of going after him for her political gain, referencing she “failed” to run for governor, prompting Engoron to once again order the former president to end his rant.

Once Trump was told to be quiet, he left the courtroom after insisting that James should be paying him for the grief she brought on his company, the Trump Organization.

Trump’s comments come after Engoron formally told him that his attorneys missed a deadline to confirm that he would be delivering closing arguments in the case, an unprecedented move that defendants normally don’t pursue. The judge acquiesced after pleas from Kise, though Engoron appeared displeased after Trump did not agree to the judge’s request to “just comment on the facts and the law.”

James last week urged Engoron to force Trump to dole out $370 million, an increase of the initially requested of fine of $250,000, because of new evidence raised in the 44-day trial. Willis initially sought the lower amount over allegations that Trump inflated his net worth to gain favorable deals and loans with banks and insurers.

Closing arguments are underway in the monthslong trial on Thursday, and Engoron is slated to deliver a ruling in the case before the end of the month.

Engoron decided some of the key issues of the case before testimony began. In a pretrial ruling, he found Trump committed years of fraud by lying about the value of his assets and his net worth.

Trump has denied all wrongdoing and Kise finished his presentation on Tuesday by going through a list of Trump’s properties, saying that James’s team has failed to show evidence that his company received any “ill-gotten gains.”

Kise also argued that a witness who testified about the impact of fraud on the loans did not account for the possibility that Trump may still have qualified for the favorable terms even if his net worth was a fraction of the stated amount.

“You just cannot allow the attorney general to pursue a victimless fraud and impose the corporate death penalty,” Kise said, calling on Engoron to “Think of your legacy,” according to CBS.