Letitia James

'I'm gagged': Alina Habba complains on Fox News because she can't attack judge's clerk

Alina Habba, general counsel for Donald Trump, complained on Sunday after a judge placed a limited gag order on her and her client.

In an interview on Fox News, host Maria Bartiromo falsely claimed Attorney General Letitia James could talk about the fraud case against Trump, but "President Trump is not allowed to say anything." In fact, Trump and Habba have been ordered not to attack Justice Arthur Engoron's clerk.

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Prosecutors hoped Ivanka's 'own ignorance' would help them finish Trump: expert

Reflecting on Ivanka Trump's repeated claims that she couldn't remember key details when she was an executive representing the Trump Organization while on the witness stand on Wednesday, one legal expert claimed prosecutors were rolling the dice hoping she would make a critical admission because she didn't know any better.

In an interview with Newsweek, attorney Paul Golden noted that, if the $250 million financial fraud trial was being presented before a jury, prosecutors working for New York Attorney General Letitia James would have concluded their cross-examination with another witness who would offer up more explosive testimony.

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'We have totally proven our innocence': Trump slams 'bloodthirsty' Letitia James in rant

Former President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform on Thursday to engage in yet another rant against New York Attorney General Letitia James and Judge Arthur Engoron, who is presiding over his civil fraud trial in New York.

Trump referenced a ruling earlier in the day in which Engoron ruled against James on including specific witnesses — and tried to claim this was evidence the whole case was invalid.

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Judge rejects Trump lawyer’s attempt to 'discredit' Michael Cohen's testimony: report

Two weeks after former President Donald Trump's ex-lawyer Michael Cohen testified in the MAGA hopeful's ongoing New York civil fraud trial, according to The Messenger's Adam Klasfeld, Trump's lead counsel Christopher Kise argued Thursday, "Cohen's allegations that Trump gave his directives like a 'mob boss' cannot be credited."

Kise's efforts to dissolve New York Attorney General Letitia James' case against his client come just one day after she concluded her case-in-chief against Trump Wednesday.

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Trump lawyer apologizes to judge for saying N.Y. AG's attorney is a Putin stooge

The judge in Donald Trump's New York fraud trial mostly denied a motion from New York Attorney General Letitia James to exclude four witnesses without prejudice after she argued that they were no longer relevant to the case, NBC News reported. But during the debate over that motion, there were some personal attacks lobbed, and an apology.

According to The Messenger's Adam Klasfeld, the AG's counsel, Andrew Amer, argued that the state should benefit from a "streamlined trial" due to the earlier fraud finding.

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Judge Engoron mostly rules against Letitia James on inclusion of Trump witnesses

The judge in Donald Trump's $250 million fraud trial is allowing the former president's legal team to call all 127 witnesses they want, but say they need to be sure to color in the court's lines.

New York Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron is willing to permit all of the witnesses that Trump's legal team wants to testify to refute the prosecutor's case.

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'Uncalled for': Judge scolds Trump lawyer for suggesting prosecutor belongs in Russia

New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron ordered Trump attorney Chris Kise to apologize after he launched a verbal attack on prosecutors from the New York Attorney General's Office.

At one point during Donald Trump's fraud trial on Thursday, Kise argued that the lead counsel for the attorney general should "check the internet" for job openings.

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Trump will probably go back on the witness stand in fraud trial — here's why

Donald Trump could very well take the stand again in his New York fraud trial, and a legal expert explained why the former president might be willing take that risk.

The former president testified Monday in the $250 million fraud lawsuit brought by state attorney general Letitia James, and his three eldest children have also taken the witness stand in the case, but MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin told "Morning Joe" that Trump and his sons may be called again by defense attorneys.

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'It's hard to win!' Trump says judges he didn't appoint are ruling against him

Former President Donald Trump leveled accusations at his Wednesday night rally that the prosecutions against him are tainted and unfair when an "Obama judge" is sitting on the court bench.

"Let's say Obama, because let's not even talk about Biden yet," he said during Wednesday's rally in Hialeah, Florida.

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'Food fight' breaks out in Trump trial over D.C. hotel document: legal analyst

MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin revealed a "food fight" broke out in the New York courtroom where the Trump Organization is on trial about the admissibility of an internal document.

Rubin, who has been posting live updates from inside the courtroom, revealed a battle between the Attorney General's Office and Donald Trump's lawyers.

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AG Letitia James objects to expert witnesses Trump wants to call: court filing

Attorney General Letitia James' office filed an objection to having four of the 127 witnesses Donald Trump's lawyers said they might call as part of their defense.

The four were among the expert witnesses that Trump's team intended to call. They are Steven Laposa, of Laposa Realty Advisors,, Jason Flemmons, a forensic accounting expert, Steve Witkoff, a New York City real estate investor, and David Miller.

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'Crime family!' Ivanka Trump jeered on arrival at NYC courthouse

Ivanka Trump was greeted with jeers at a Manhattan courthouse ahead of her testimony in her family's fraud trial.

Former president Donald Trump's eldest daughter arrived shortly after 9 a.m. Wednesday at the New York Supreme Court, where onlookers shouted "crime family" over and over as she made the long walk from a limousine, up the steps to the front door.

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'Sad!' Trump wails as Ivanka prepares to take stand in fraud trial

Donald Trump howled in rage hours before his eldest daughter Ivanka was scheduled to take the stand in his $250 million fraud trial.

Both of her brothers, Donald Jr. and Eric Trump, spent more than a day on the witness stand last week and her father antagonized Judge Arthur Engoron during his testimony Monday, but an appeals court dismissed Ivanka Trump as a defendant in June, saying the claims against her were too old.

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