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The combustible atmosphere in the civil trial of former President Donald Trump on allegations of fraud turned into open fireworks Monday in a New York courtroom as Trump took the stand. Legal analyst Lisa Rubin posted on X one snippet of the sniping that took place as Judge Arthur Engoron vented to Trump defense attorney Chris Kise his displeasure with the 2024 presidential candidate’s answers on the stand. “Mr. Kise, can you control your client? This is not a political rally … Maybe you should have a talk with him right now,” Rubin quoted Engoron as saying. Kise instead said...

Ivanka Trump must testify in court next week in the civil lawsuit against her family’s business in New York, the judge in the case has ruled. While no longer an executive for the Trump Organization, former President Donald Trump’s eldest daughter must appear in court, along with two of her brothers, before the case wraps up next month. Ivanka Trump challenged the demand that she appear in court, but Judge Arthur Engoron ruled in favor of New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office on Friday, NBC News reported. Prosecutors argued her testimony was necessary despite the fact she is not...

President Trump used his Constitutional right to Free Speech on Friday to go off on the crooked Judge Arthur Engoron, New York State Attorney General Letitia James for continuing this lawfare suit against President Trump and his family after the star witness testified this week that there is zero evidence that President Trump misrepresented the value of his assets to gain business loans for his company. There is no victim in this lawsuit. President Trump paid off each loan and the banks admitted they would readily loan him money for future projects. Engoron is the same bizarre and unhinged judge...

The American Civil Liberties Union sued former President Donald Trump or his administration more than 400 times during his tenure in the White House.But now the ACLU is siding with Trump in the criminal case that charges he conspired to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power — telling a judge that a gag order she’s imposed sweeps too broadly in restraining Trump’s speech.“[I]f we allow his free speech rights to be abridged, we know that other unpopular voices — even ones we agree with — will also be silenced,” said Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the ACLU. “As much...

Far-left Judge Engoron put Trump on the witness stand after he blasted the former president and accused him of potentially violating the gag order with his remarks to the press. He also fined Trump $10,000. Radical Marxist New York Attorney General Letitia James is seeking $250 million in ‘damages’ when there is no victim in this fraud case and she is also seeking to ban Trump and his sons from operating any businesses in New York. President Trump briefly spoke with the press during the mid-morning break. He criticized Michael Cohen as a “discredited witness” and called Arthur Engoron a...

TRUMP FINED $10,000 FOR VIOLATING GAG ORDER IN CIVIL FRAUD TRIAL -- COURT HEARING

Far-left Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron barred Trump and Trump’s family members from transferring assets or creating new entities without notifying an appointed court monitor on day 4 of Letitia James’ Stalinist show trial. The independent court monitor, Barbara Jones, is a former federal judge appointed by Bill Clinton. Nothing to see here, move along. ABC News reported: As the questioning of witnesses continues, Judge Engoron has issued an order outlining the next steps to dissolve Trump’s companies in New York. Engoron last week found that Trump and his adult sons used fraudulent documents to conduct business, and ordered...