Arthur Engoron

Prior to a break in the action in Judge Arthur Engoron's courtroom on Thursday, Eric Trump raised his voice and snapped at prosecutor Andrew Amer after being presented with emails that suggested he was aware of financial statements related to the Trump Organization — despite attempting to blow off questions about them.

Reporting for MSNBC on the $250 million financial fraud case, legal analyst Lisa Rubin described the differences between Eric Trump's testimony and his brother, Don Jr. who finished earlier in the day — and the surprising contrast when both were grilled.

Former President Donald Trump again attacked New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron Thursday, calling him a "fraudster" who was "hurting my very good children."

As Trump's son Eric was on the stand in a $250 million fraud trial, the former president spoke out on his Truth Social platform.

Donald Trump raised the possibility of settling his $250 million fraud lawsuit ahead of his testimony next week.

The former president is expected to testify Monday in the lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, after his two adult sons will have taken the witness stand and before his daughter is expected to give testimony.

As the Trump fraud trial resumed in New York Thursday, Donald Trump Jr. was confronted with his signature on a document attesting to fraudulent property evaluations — and he waved it away as no big deal.

The moment was flagged by Adam Klasfeld, a correspondent for The Messenger.

The fraud trial against Donald Trump appears to be nearing a conclusion, and the former president has stepped up his attacks on the judge as his likely loss becomes more apparent.

Judge Arthur Engoron has already found Trump liable for fraud in the $250 million lawsuit filed by New York attorney general Letitia James, and the ex-president has ranted almost daily on Truth Social against the judge and his rulings and thrown courthouse tantrums aimed at discrediting the legal process, wrote MSNBC columnist Hayes Brown.

During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," attorney George Conway asserted that Donald Trump Jr's testimony in a Manhattan courtroom on Wednesday did nothing to keep the Trump Organization from eventually being dismantled due to years of financial fraud.

On Wednesday, the former president's namesake took the stand in Judge Arthur Engoron's courtroom and tried to lay blame for the dummied-up valuations of Trump properties on the Trump Organization's accountants while portraying himself as a passive observer.

According to Conway, Trump Jr's testimony probably didn't move Judge Engoron, who has already has ruled he sees criminal conduct by the Trump executives who are at the center of New York Attorney General Letitia James' $250 million civil suit.

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"This isn't going to help," Conway said of the testimony before adding, "The judge can take findings and say, 'I don't believe that he didn't remember that. I don't believe that he was relying on the accountants. The story doesn't make any sense.'"

"It doesn't even matter. he can find beyond a -- all you have to do is find a 50.01 percent, more likely than not, that there was fraud committed, and they knowingly did that," he added. "It's easy to do, and the judge will make credibility findings and say these people are all liars."

Asked if the Trump Org can appeal an adverse ruling, Conway explained, "They probably will get a stay pending appeal, but you have to post a large bond. It may take a couple of years for this to pan out in the appellate courts, but there's already been an interim receiver appointed. They basically can't move assets around, can't hide them — they're stuck."

"That's one of the reasons, I think, why he is so mad.: Donald is upset and showing up at the trial every day," he elaborated. "Basically, he's in financial handcuffs already. Who is going to loan money to these people? They're going to go out of business."

Ivanka Trump has filed notice that she will make another attempt not to testify in a $250 million fraud trial brought against her family's company.

In a filing on Wednesday, Trump gave notice that she would appeal New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron's ruling that she must testify on Nov. 8, even though she was dismissed as a party in the case.

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.

A lawyer for Donald Trump tried to get the prosecution's lone expert witness dismissed Wednesday as he started to give evidence expected to detail the impact the Trump Organization's inflated valuations had.

Attorney Chris Kise argued that Michiel McCarty didn't have the experience needed to qualify as a witness, and argued that he should step down from the witness stand, according to ABC News.

Donald Trump raged as the judge overseeing his civil fraud trial considers punishing fines that pose an existential threat to his business empire.

His legal team argued in court Tuesday that disgorgement – fining Trump for illegally profiting from fraudulent financial statements – should be off the table, but Judge Arthur Engoron strongly disagreed, but the former president insisted that was unfair because he wasn't even familiar with the term.