Letitia James

The political histrionics are falling flat.

Some legal experts are throwing popcorn at the performance inside and outside of the Lower Manhattan courtroom by former President Donald Trump's esquires, causing some to wonder if they are out of their depth.

If former President Donald Trump is prohibited from doing business in the state of New York, he will try to play it off as if he's leaving the state due to bad business practices, predicted former Trump Organization executive Barbara Res.

The comments follow a day of chaotic testimony by the former president in the civil fraud trial in New York, where state Attorney General Letitia James is seeking the dissolution of his companies, as well as $250 million in fines.

Trump attorney Alina Habba blew up at New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron after he admonished Donald Trump in a $250 million fraud trial.

During a break in Trump's testimony on Monday, Habba spoke to reporters about the contentious hearing where her client had been cautioned for refusing to give direct answers.

New York Attorney General Letitia James burst into laughter at one of Donald Trump's insults during his testimony in a $250 million fraud lawsuit.

The former president was asked about the value of his heavily mortgaged Trump Building at 40 Wall Street, and he told prosecutor Kevin Wallace that he had invested heavily in the 72-story skyscraper before taking a swipe at the attorney general.

While Donald Trump was facing a grilling — and responding angrily — in a Manhattan courtroom as he testified in the $250 million financial fraud trial brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, MSNBC analyst Hayes Brown suggested the former president is now in a place where he can no longer blame others.

As Brown noted, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump both tried to point fingers at their accountants and other executives at the Trump Organization when pressed by prosecutors last week over bogus financial statements.

Former President Donald Trump threw a tantrum in his $250 million civil fraud trial on Monday.

The eruption came as Trump complained to New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron about the trial. According to the former president, the case should be thrown out because his financial statements had included a disclaimer.

Appearing on CNN, former Manhattan prosecutor Jeremy Saland was stunned by Donald Trump's actions and words in the first hour of his testimony in the $250 million financial fraud trial.

As reports trickled in about the former becoming immediately combative when asked simple questions, which led Judge Arthur Engoron to implore the former president's lawyer to "control" him, Saland claimed New York Attorney General Letitia James, an observer in the courtroom, has to be pleased.

Speaking with hosts Kate Bolduan and John Berman, Saland said that "the bottom line here is that this is playing into the attorney general's hands."

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"This is what they want," he said of the AG's office. "They are not here to debate politics and what is going to happen outside of the courtroom in the election, but the four corners of the courtroom and whether they can prove their case."

"And going on tirades and talking about big bankers and going after the judge does nothing for his credibility, does nothing to dispute the evidence, does not bring new facts and evidence into play, so all of this really hurts Donald Trump," he continued.

"You don't have to be a former mental professional, but I do wonder if the former president understands the gravity of what he is doing," he suggested. "And I think, also, at the same time he is more afraid of this case because he thinks that the other matters, he is not going to ever see a day in jail and it doesn't really matter. This is his name and this is his future and he is going off of the rails from what we are hearing inside of the courtroom."

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As former President Donald Trump took the witness stand on Monday to testify in his civil fraud trial, CNN anchor Kate Bolduan was shocked at how apparently incoherent his testimony was.

In particular, at one moment, Trump seemed to suggest his properties were both valued too high and too low.

Former President Donald Trump lashed out at a prosecutor for the New York Attorney General's office on Monday.

Moments after taking the stand in his $250 million civil fraud trial, prosecutor Kevin Wallace pressed Trump on the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, which held his assets after he took office in 2017.

New York Attorney General Letitia James made a rare appearance before the press on Monday just moments after Donald Trump entered a Manhattan courthouse behind her.

With the former president about to take the stand, James taunted the former president and predicted how she expects he will conduct himself.

Michael Cohen said he barely recognized Donald Trump when he saw him in court during his New York fraud trial.

The former president's longtime attorney testified against him two weeks ago in the $250 million fraud lawsuit filed by state attorney general Letitia James, and Cohen told Salon columnist Brian Karem that Trump seemed to be a shell of himself.