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The testy clashes have come to be expected as Trump's lawyers carry into the courtroom the bombastic, and often antagonistic, style that defines his campaign trail demeanor. There's no doubt that the lawyers, with some exceptions, have struggled to score major points with judges and in fact have often provoked their ire. Both cases have been defined by contentious exchanges between judges and Trump and his lawyers. In November, for instance, they pushed unsuccessfully for a mistrial in the fraud case, accusing Judge Arthur Engoron of “tangible and overwhelming” bias. Chutkan has repeatedly admonished Trump’s lawyers for political arguments, once telling attorney John Lauro during debate over whether restrictions could be placed on Trump's speech that though she knew he had a “message” to convey, she didn't want campaign rhetoric in court.

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☆ New York AG pushing for lifetime Trump ban cites Martin Shkreli ruling
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Martin Shkreli, former chief executive officer of Turing Pharmaceuticals AG, exits court in New York, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. What does former President Donald Trump have in common with "Pharma bro" Martin Shkreli? A penchant for harshly trolling their enemies online and an attorney general who wants both of them banned for life from their preferred business. The ruling stemmed from an antitrust lawsuit James, the Federal Trade Commission, and six other states filed against Shkreli. James, in that case, asked Judge Arthur Engoron to ban Trump for life from the New York real estate industry and to bar his sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, from that sector for five years, along with fining them $360 million.

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☆ Politically motivated 'swatting' incidents reveal how common anti-government terrorism is becoming, expert warns
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

She told Business Insider that the increasing spate of swatting attempts is an intensification of anti-government extremism plaguing the country. An FBI report reviewed by CBS indicated there may be more than 500 recorded swatting calls nationwide since May of 2023. "These are tactics that terrorists have used in the past to disseminate chaos and fear with fake bomb threats — they're not new tactics," Ben-Ghiat told BI. "The thing about these threats is, whatever form they're taking, they normalize the idea of threatening public officials," Ben-Ghiat told BI. Advertisement"That's what Trump does 24/7, hammering the idea 'We're coming for you, don't resist, we're coming for you,'" referring to his administration and supporters, Ben-Ghiat told BI.

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☆ Watch an irate Donald Trump face off against Letitia James in newly-released deposition videos
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Hannah Getahun | Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

As part of his New York fraud trial, Donald Trump underwent a 7-hour deposition in April. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementVideos of Donald Trump's April deposition released Friday show the former president rarely cracked a smile when facing off against New York Attorney General Letitia James. In the videos, the former president becomes increasingly annoyed with lawyers for James as they try to get through questions. He also briefly smirks at James when the attorney general insists she is "committed to a fair and impartial legal process."

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Trump, who contends James’ lawsuit is part of a politically motivated “witch hunt” was demonstrative from the outset. Go out and do your own work,” Trump testified. “I considered this the most important job in the world, saving millions of lives,” Trump testified. Would you like to see it?”“I don’t think we’re allowed to open the windows,” Wallace said. “An incredible property … an unbelievable property ... a phenomenal property that fronts on the ocean.”“I don’t want to sell any of them,” Trump testified.

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☆ Trump’s New Hampshire strategy – insults and court histrionics
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The former president publicly fulminated against Judge Lewis Kaplan as “nasty” and a “Trump-hating guy” and bucked courtroom etiquette. Trump accused Kaplan of being heartless for not suspending the trial so that he can attend the funeral of his mother-in-law. But Haley has only implicitly criticized Trump’s assault on democracy, false claims of electoral fraud and tumultuous term in office. This attitude is consistent with Trump’s apparent belief that rules that apply to other Americans don’t constrain him. “That aside, it’s just remarkable how much the former president has gotten away with in court.

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Carroll attorney Shawn Crowley complained about Trump’s audible commentary just before the first break in the trial, after the jury had been excused. Trump, I hope I don’t have to consider excluding you from the trial.”Trump threw up in his hands in protest. “Now look, Ms. Habba,” Kaplan said as Habba began to read from the transcript. One major difference between this trial – a civil trial in federal court – and the Trump Org. civil fraud trial in New York state court is that Trump does not have easy access to a camera at the federal courthouse where the civil defamation trial is taking place.

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☆ New York’s top court upholds gag order against Trump in civil fraud trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Elizabeth Hartfield | Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —New York’s top court has dismissed an appeal from Donald Trump’s lawyers to remove the gag order placed on the former president in the New York Attorney General’s civil fraud trial. New York’s appellate court had reinstated the order from Judge Arthur Engoron, which prohibited Trump and his attorneys from making public statements about the courtroom staff in the $370 million trial that wrapped up this month, in November, 2023. Tuesday, the New York’s Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal, stating that “no substantial constitutional question is directly involved.”The order, initially issued by Engoron in October, bars Trump from making public statements about court staff after Trump made numerous comments about a clerk, who the former president said is biased against him. The judge had twice fined Trump for violating the order. The judge last year found that Trump is liable for fraud in the civil case, and he plans to issue a full decision in the bench trial by the end of this month on damages and six additional claims.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Arthur Engoron, Trump, Engoron Organizations: CNN, New York, New, Trump

☆ Trump loses appeal of fraud trial gag order at top New York court
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak to the press after attending the civil fraud trial against the Trump Organization in New York State Supreme Court, in New York City on Jan. 11, 2024. The top court in New York State on Tuesday rejected an appeal by former President Donald Trump of a gag order imposed on him in his civil business fraud trial. The New York Court of Appeals dismissed Trump's challenge to the order "upon the ground that no substantial constitutional question is directly involved." The court also dismissed Trump's motion to stay the gag order "as academic," likely because the trial is over. The gag order barred Trump from making public statements about the staff of Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron.

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☆ Analysis: How Iowa became a chaotic curtain-raiser for a fateful political year
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Des Moines, Iowa CNN —The storied history of the Iowa caucuses has never seen anything like this. Haley: ‘The fellas are scared’Unlike DeSantis, Haley isn’t wagering her campaign on Iowa. Icicles hang from the roof as people arrive for a Haley campaign event at the Thunder Bay Grille on January 13, 2024, in Davenport, Iowa. Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesYet Iowa has has raised existential questions for the DeSantis campaign. And time is short, because the Iowa campaign is ending just as it began — with the former president on top.

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☆ A person falsely called in a fire at the White House in apparent 'swatting' incident
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Gabe Gutierrez | Rebecca Shabad | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A reporter, arriving for work, walks up the driveway toward the White House on a rain-soaked morning in Washington, U.S., January 9, 2024. A person called 911 Monday morning falsely claiming that there was a fire at the White House and that someone was trapped inside. In so-called swatting incidents, someone makes a false report of a crime in progress to draw police to a certain location. A Secret Service spokesperson said any fire at the White House would have been immediately detected — and there clearly wasn't one. A county police department spokesman said they are investigating it as a "swatting incident."

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The Week in Cartoons Jan 8-12 View All 21 ImagesBut without that assurance from Trump’s lawyers, Engoron said he would not be allowed to speak. Yet on Thursday, Trump’s lawyer Chris Kise asked Engoron if Trump could have permission to address the court anyway. Engoron, turning to Trump, asked, “Do you promise to just comment on the facts and the law?” But Trump dove right in, without even responding to the judge’s question. “What’s happened here, sir, is a fraud on me. They want to make sure that I don't win again, and this is partially election interference.”“I know this is boring to you.”“You have your own agenda,” Trump sneered at Engoron, before the judge shut him down and at which point Trump turned and walked out of the courtroom.

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☆ Trump fraud judge jokes 'Are we gonna be shot' hours after bomb threat as Trump watches closing arguments in NY civil trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-11 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A "fertilizer bomb" threat against the judge nearly delayed closings in Trump's NY fraud trial. "Not one witness came into this courtroom, your honor, and said they were a victim of fraud," Kise told the judge, starting his arguments. Advertisement"The judge is not letting me make a summation," Trump told reporters before going inside the courtroom to hear closings. "Letitia James, all she thinks about is 'get Trump,'" the former president told reporters on his way inside the courtroom. He's smart," Kise told the judge.

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Judge Arthur Engoron presides over the civil fraud trial of former President Donald Trump and his children at New York State Supreme Court in New York City on Nov. 13, 2023. Police are investigating a swatting incident at the New York home of the judge set to hear closing arguments later Thursday morning in the business fraud trial of former President Donald Trump. It is the second time in days that a swatting attempt has been made against a judge handling a case involving Trump. Closing arguments in Trump's civil fraud trial are still set to begin at 10 a.m. The lawyer, Chris Kise, refused to confirm to Engoron that Trump would abide by restrictions the judge had set on what Trump could say during the closing.

Persons: Arthur Engoron, Donald Trump, Engoron's, Trump, Engoron, Chris Kise Organizations: New York, Police, New, Trump, Nassau County Police, CNBC, Daily Beast, NBC News, Nassau County Police Department Locations: New York City, New York, Nassau, Manhattan

Former President Donald Trump's civil business fraud trial turned Tuesday to one of the topics that has vexed him most — the value of his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida. A Palm Beach luxury real estate broker played a glimmering video of the historic estate and testified that he'd value it at over $1 billion as of 2021. Political Cartoons View All 1277 ImagesMar-a-Lago also is a key element of the current New York civil case and Trump's vehement frustration with it. The attorney general, a Democrat, maintains that Trump should have valued Mar-a-Lago the same way the county does, based on its club income. “Anybody who buys it … would just step into the shoes of President Trump,” defense attorney Christopher Kise said.

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☆ New York appeals court reinstates gag order against Donald Trump in civil fraud trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Lauren Del Valle | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —A New York appellate court has reinstated a gag order prohibiting former President Donald Trump and attorneys from making public statements about the courtroom staff in the ongoing $250 million civil fraud trial. The appeals court paused the gag order earlier this month, but on Thursday said it should be restored while the official appeal is pending. During a break in the trial Thursday morning, Engoron announced the appeals court ruling reinstating the gag order. It’s a disgrace.”Engoron has fined Trump twice for a total of $15,000 for violating the gag order. Waiting on DC gag order rulingTrump is awaiting another appeals court to rule on a separate gag order in the federal election subversion case against him brought by special counsel Jack Smith.

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☆ Trump gag order in fraud case reinstated by New York appeals court
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on, as the trial of himself, his adult sons, the Trump Organization and others in a civil fraud case brought by state Attorney General Letitia James continues, in New York City, U.S., October 3, 2023. A New York appeals court Thursday reinstated a gag order on Donald Trump in his $250 million civil business fraud trial. The order bars Trump from making public statements about the staff of Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron, who is presiding over the ongoing trial. Engoron had imposed that order on Trump, and later his attorneys, after they repeatedly targeted the judge's principal law clerk, Allison Greenfield. In its order Thursday, a four-judge appellate panel lifted a temporary suspension of the gag order, which was put in place while Trump appealed the speech restrictions.

Persons: Donald Trump, Letitia James, Arthur Engoron, Engoron, Allison Greenfield, Trump Organizations: U.S, Trump Organization, Trump, Manhattan Locations: New York City, U.S, York

The financial watchdog overseeing the Trump Organization informed a New York judge on Wednesday about $40 million in cash transfers that were not previously disclosed as required to that court-appointed monitor. A review of bank statements since January shows that there were "three cash transfers exceeding $5 million each, totaling approximately $40 million," she wrote. Kise's statement referenced Jones' last regular report to the judge, which she sent in August. In that previous letter, Jones notified Engoron about what she described as issues of incompleteness and inconsistency in certain disclosures to lenders and others by the Trump Organization. A spokeswoman for New York Attorney General Letitia James had no comment on Jones' letter.

Persons: Donald Trump, Barbara Jones, Arthur Engoron, Trump, Jean Carroll, Jones, general's, Engoron, Christopher Kise, Kise, Letitia James Organizations: New, Supreme, Trump Organization, Trump, Trust, CNBC, New York Locations: New York City, New York, Manhattan

The deals came with conditions about Trump’s net worth and, sometimes, liquidity, and they often required annual submissions of his financial statements. But, testifying for the defense, managing director David Williams said the bankers viewed clients' reports of their net worth as “subjective or subject to estimates” and took its own view of such financial statements. The attorney general's office, however, has maintained that such adjustments were never intended to account for the alleged fraud. He asserted in his own testimony this month that his lenders cared more about property locations and the parameters of the deals than they did about the financial statements. “Are you aware of any time Deutsche Bank didn’t adhere to its own guidelines in making loans to President Trump?” defense attorney Jesus M. Suarez asked.

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☆ Trump will be final defense witness at New York fraud trial, lawyer says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Trump will be the final witness for the defense on Dec. 11, in the trial brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, accusing him and his co-defendants of falsely inflating Trump's assets for financial gain. Trump's adult son and co-defendant Eric Trump is scheduled to testify Dec. 6, defense attorney Christopher Kise said. Trump Sr., Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. denied wrongdoing when they were previously questioned on the witness stand by lawyers for the state. But that shift "cannot be ascribed to President Trump's re-posting of a photograph the Principal Law Clerk herself first published," they argued. Charles Hollon, an officer in the Judicial Threats Assessment Unit of the New York Court System's Department of Public Safety.

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☆ Trump tells appeals court that threats to judge and clerk in NY civil fraud trial do not justify gag order
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Kara Scannell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Donald Trump urged a New York appeals court to continue to pause the gag order against him in his civil fraud trial, saying that threats to the judge and his law clerk do not “justify” limiting the former president’s constitutional right to defend himself. Lawyers for the New York attorney general’s office and the court last week urged the appeals court to put the gag order back in place following “serious and credible” threats that have inundated Judge Arthur Engoron’s chambers since the trial began in October. Trump’s attorneys wrote in a filing Monday that the former president has never threatened the judge or his principal law clerk and they can’t be held responsible for actions taken by others. At the time the appeals court judge said he would lift the gag order to allow a fuller panel of judges to weigh in given the constitutional issues at play. Nor have President Trump or his counsel ever made a statement referencing the Principal Law Clerk’s religion, appearance, or private activities,” they told the appeals court.

Persons: Donald Trump, Arthur Engoron’s, Trump’s, ”, Trump, President Trump Organizations: New, New York CNN, Trump Locations: New York, York

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's company no longer prepares the sweeping financial statements that New York state contends were full of deceptive numbers for years, an executive testified Monday at the former president's civil fraud trial. Trump's 2014 to 2021 “statements of financial condition” are at the heart of state Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit against him, his company and some of its key figures. The defendants deny wrongdoing, but James says they misled lenders and insurers by giving them financial statements that greatly inflated Trump's asset values and overall net worth. Trump asserts that his wealth was understated, not overblown, on his financial statements. During cross-examination, Hawthorn acknowledged that Trump's financial statements could have been audited by the company, rather than just compiled, though he noted that auditing wasn't required.

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☆ Former Trump Org. controller breaks down in tears on witness stand in fraud trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Lauren Del Valle | Kara Scannell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Trump attorney Alina Habba motioned to a court officer to bring him a box of tissues. At one point while reviewing his own handwritten notes, McConney acknowledged his memory was “incorrect” about a specific disclosure on Trump’s statement. Amer showed the court handwritten notations from McConney on 2021 financial statement drafts. Among the 2021 notes, the former controller wrote that Eric Trump needed to review the footnotes for the section on club facilities. On another page McConney wrote that Eric and his brother Donald Trump Jr, both defendants in the case, should review the statements.

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☆ Trump’s gag order appeal previews America’s grave election year stress test
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

However the ex-president’s appeal ends against a limited gag order imposed in his federal election subversion case, he can expect a benefit. A judgment in Trump’s favor on the gag order – which has been temporarily frozen while the appeal is heard – would pale against his four criminal trials and his current civil fraud trial in New York. How the gag order case reflects Trump’s intense challenge to accountabilityThe gag order appeal is entwined with complex arguments on the breadth of the First Amendment and the extent to which courts have the right to regulate its scope in order to protect their officers and proceedings and the administration of justice. Trump’s legal team argued that any restrictions on his comments represent an unconstitutional assault on his rights to freedom of political speech. The incitement issue is not a hypothetical one in the gag order case.

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☆ Trump should be allowed to pressure witnesses in his election interference case depending on 'the context,' his lawyer tells judges
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Trump's legal team argued against his gag order in his upcoming election interference trial. AdvertisementA panel of three judges on Monday appeared highly skeptical of arguments from Donald Trump's legal team seeking to revoke a gag order that bars him from attacking potential witnesses in his election interference criminal case. Depending on "the context," Lauro argued, Trump would be permitted to pressure possible witnesses not to cooperate with prosecutors. The gag order in the election interference case is separate from a gag order in another ongoing civil trial against Trump in New York. He found that Trump violated it earlier in November, though an appeals court on Thursday temporarily lifted the order.

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