Letitia James

A woman who apparently tried to talk with former President Donald Trump during his civil fraud trial was arrested by police on Wednesday, according to a reporter who witnessed it.

As reported by Law 360's Frank G. Runyeon, the unidentified woman "approached the bench during Donald Trump‘s fraud trial today, apparently asking to speak with Trump" and was promptly taken into custody and placed in a New York State courts squad car.

In April, Allen Weisselberg — former chief financial officer for the Trump Organization — was released from Rikers Island after serving about four months of a five-month sentence on charges that included falsifying business records, criminal tax fraud and grand larceny. New York State Attorney General Letitia James had launched a criminal investigation of Weisselberg in 2021, and he agreed to a plea deal with the Manhattan District Attorney's Office in 2022.

Former President Donald Trump himself was not indicted in that case, but he has been the target of a civil fraud lawsuit initiated by James. Trump's bench trial in James' civil case, with Justice Arthur F. Engoron presiding, is now taking place.

Donald Trump bailed on his New York court hearing early Tuesday, ABC News' live blog reported – just a few hours after he hit out at former lawyer Michael Cohen for being a no-show.

Cohen had been due to give testimony in the fraud trial Tuesday, but on Friday announced he had to delay the hearing because of a medical issue.

A professional appraiser cited in five years of Trump Organization documents told the New York judge overseeing a fraud trial that he actually never evaluated several of the buildings in question, reported ABC News.

Doug Larson, who works for the real estate firm Newmark, was listed in a series of Trump Organization documents as having appraised properties like 40 Wall Street, Trump Tower, and the retail space adjoining Trump Tower known as "Niketown."

The Trump Organization's assistant controller, Donna Kidder, testified Tuesday in Donald Trump's fraud trial that the company's then-chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, told her to omit some of the country's financial fees from a ledger, ABC News reported.

According to Kidder, Weisselberg described the transaction as money being moved from 'one pocket to another' within the Trump Organization.

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan accused former President Donald Trump of making "grave threats" in an order that bars him from attacking special counsel Jack Smith, witnesses, and others in his federal election interference case.

In a court hearing on Monday, Chutkan first announced that she was imposing a limited gag order. She cited social media posts in which Trump suggested that public figures should be executed.

Democrats are secretly hoping Republicans elect Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as House speaker, according to a report.

The House will vote Tuesday afternoon on whether the hardline conservative will preside over the House and, while no Democrats are expected to vote in favor of the Ohio Republican, many see political upside to him winning the gavel, reported The Messenger.

Former president Donald Trump lashed out at New York Attorney General Letitia James as he returned to Manhattan to attend his $250 million civil trial for fraud on Tuesday.

"This is an attorney general, Letitia, that went out and campaigned on, I will get Trump," Trump said. "I will get Trump no matter what. I'll get Trump. I promise I'll get him."

Donald Trump tested the boundaries of a gag order imposed by a judge overseeing his New York fraud trial by sharing an article that appears to show the home address of New York Attorney General Letitia James.

The former president was prohibited earlier this month from commenting publicly about court staffers by state Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron after Trump disparaged a clerk on Truth Social, but MeidasTouch Network noticed he shared a post by right-wing activist Laura Loomer that appeared to expose the attorney general's home address.

Former President Donald Trump was soundly fact-checked on Tuesday morning by legal reporter Adam Klasfeld following a Truth Social rant about the civil fraud case that's ongoing against himself and his adult sons in New York State.

"I will be attending the trial in Manhattan this morning," wrote Trump. "I greatly appreciate all of the legal professors and scholars that are saying I DID NOTHING WRONG. I can’t have a JURY and am being viciously tried under a Statute that has never been used before. The Radical Left Democrat Judge, WHO IS HIGHLY POLITICAL, serves as Judge, Jury, and everything else. America cannot let this happen. Our legal system is corrupt and broken! Everything emanates from Washington, 'GET TRUMP.'"

Mark Hawthorn, the chief accounting officer of the Trump Hotels division of the Trump Organization, testified at former President Donald Trump's civil fraud trial in New York that he "overstated" the value of the company's assets in 2018, reported ABC News on Monday.

According to the report, when a third-party accounting agency asked for the total amount of Trump's liquid assets, "Hawthorn said he consulted the financial statement that listed 'cash equivalents in excess of $290 million.'" But New York Attorney General Letitia James alleges that 30 percent of those liquid assets were actually owned by Vornado Partnerships, a company with whom Trump had a partnership interest but was distinct from the Trump Organization, which was not disclosed on the statement.

Patrick Birney, an assistant vice president for financial operations at the Trump Organization, delivered explosive testimony on Monday that drew a furious reaction from an attorney representing former President Donald Trump.

As reported by The Messenger's Adam Klasfeld, an attorney representing New York Attorney General Letitia James' office asked Birney whether former Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg had ever told him that Trump wanted to see his net worth on his statements of financial condition go up from year to year, to which Birney replied, "Yes."

Former Trump fixer and lawyer Michael Cohen was due to testify this Tuesday in Donald Trump's New York fraud trial but delayed his appearance due to a medical issue, ABC News reported.

The announcement left the scheduling of the case in disarray, the judge said Monday.