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The damage done to Donald Trump and his family by his oldest son's testimony Thursday cannot be overstated, a legal expert said.

Donald Trump Jr., while testifying in the fraud trial into this family's business Thursday, said he couldn't remember details regarding several documents he was shown in court — adding that he relied on the Trump Organization's accountants and legal department to handle such matters.

One of the Trump Organization's executive vice presidents and former President Donald Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., took the stand in the fraud case in New York on Wednesday afternoon.

It was the first time Trump Jr. had stepped foot in the courtroom, though his brother Eric has been present for much of the proceedings and has been largely polite to others present, even shaking hands with Attorney General Letitia James who brought the lawsuit against his family's business, said MSNBC's senior legal correspondent, Laura Jarrett.

Donald Trump keeps testing the boundaries of court-imposed gag orders – and even some of his current and former allies have conceded that he might wind up in jail.

Judge Arthur Engoron has already fined Trump twice, totaling $15,000, for disparaging his court clerk, and Fox News broadcaster Jesse Watters, former White House lawyer Ty Cobb and current Trump attorney Alina Habba have all wondered aloud whether he could be jailed — though judges have other options, wrote Washington Post columnist Aaron Blake.

Alina Habba, an attorney for Donald Trump, slammed a New York court and prosecutors on Wednesday because her client's children were being forced to testify in a $250 million fraud trial.

During an interview on Real America's Voice, host Gina Loudon accused the court of conducting a "banana republic style" trial.

Donald Trump's lawyer Alina Habba was overheard on the phone with her client, Donald Trump, on Wednesday as she was walking through the courthouse.

According to MSNBC's Lisa Rubin, Habba said: “'Hi, sir, I am in the elevator in the courtroom.' Pause. 'I will knock them dead.'”

Donald Trump's lawyer Chris Kise on Thursday protested the $10,000 fine the ex-president was handed after he verbally attacked a court clerk. Kise had said on Wednesday that he was against the fine being issued in the first place because he didn't want to have to spend time writing another appeal.

By Thursday, Kise brought it up again, claiming that Trump's First Amendment rights are being violated.

According to MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin, Donald Trump did himself no favors by making a big show out of abruptly fleeing a Manhattan courtroom on Wednesday after Judge Arthur Engoron fined him $10,000 for ignoring his gag order on attacking court officials.

Appearing on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" with co-hosts Mika Brezenski and Willie Geist, Rubin got right to the point and bluntly stated Trump "stormed out like a baby."

According to the former litigator, Trump was likely additionally frustrated because his attorney Alina Habba didn't score any points during her cross-examination of former Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen.

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"I think the first day, she had a great day, the second day was tougher for her," Rubin suggested. "We should have been talking about Michael Cohen. Instead, the person's credibility on the line at the end of the day was Donald Trump himself. He didn't have to flaunt the order and nonetheless, he did both."

Later discussing Cohen's credibility, she explained, "I want to be clear, Michael Cohen's lie is a serious one -- to lie under oath to a federal judge during a plea hearing is not inconsequential. On the other hand, to get up in front of a court now and admit that, you don't do that unless you are really serious about what you're about to say, as well."

"It took a lot of bravery, particularly in this political environment, as Donald Trump is making his enemies list, as his campaign continues, to come into open court and admit to that in court," she concluded.

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As ex-President Donald Trump's New York fraud trial continues, MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin shared her thoughts on how the MAGA 2024 hopeful is doing.

"In the court of law, I'm not sure that Trump is faring very well," Rubin told Deadline: White House host Nicolle Wallace.

Judge Arthur Engoron ruled on Wednesday that Donald Trump violated the gag order he set earlier this month for the second time.

Calling Trump to the stand, the judge asked Trump if he made comments this morning, quoted in the Associated Press, that were considered to be attacking a court clerk. Trump replied that he did and Engoron ruled it was a violation, reported MSNBC's Lisa Rubin.

Donald Trump's lawyers Chris Kise and Alina Habba clashed with the prosecutors in the jury trial Wednesday – over the concept of "respect."

The day began with Habba asking that the judge control eye-rolling and whispering in the courtroom as she questioned witness and former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen because it was 'incredibly distracting."

One of Donald Trump's attorneys in the New York fraud lawsuit made a "delicate" request ahead of another day of testimony from Michael Cohen Wednesday.

Defense attorney Alina Habba told Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron at the start of Wednesday's trial – noting that she was once a law clerk herself – that she found it "incredibly distracting" when there were "eye-rolls" and "whispering" during her cross-examination.

Day two of Michael Cohen testifying in Donald Trump's fraud trial kicked off Wednesday with the witness accusing the defendant's lawyer of yelling at him.

It followed an eventful first day of testimony Tuesday in which Trump's former lawyer Cohen took to that stand and occasionally called his own objections – which triggered Trump's lawyers so much that Chris Kise shot out of his chair to exclaim, "Your, honor, the witness is out of control," prompting the courtroom to erupt with laughter.