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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.

The father of the man accused of carrying out a mass shooting at a Chicago Fourth of July parade in 2022 pleaded guilty on Monday to seven counts of misdemeanor reckless conduct, The New York Times reported.

The charges against Robert Crimo Jr. were downgraded from felonies after he was accused of helping his son, Robert Crimo III, obtain a license to own firearms before the shooting that killed seven people.

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.

Laughter could reportedly be heard in a New York courtroom on Monday after former President Donald Trump claimed he had "more money than you thought."

Trump's statement came during a question about the value of his Aberdeen golf club in his $250 million fraud trial.

Former President Donald Trump was forced to admit in court that he was not president in 2021 when he took control of a trust controlling his businesses.

The admission came while Trump was on the stand in his $250 million fraud trial in New York on Monday.

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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Donald Trump took the stand Monday in his New York fraud trial, and CNN's Elie Honig said the former president could face sanctions for antagonizing the judge.

Judge Arthur Engoron repeatedly admonished the ex-president and told his attorneys to control their client, and he threatened to excuse him as a witness and draw a negative inference for any question he might be asked.

Trump attorney Alina Habba was scolded by New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron on Monday after she could not control Donald Trump on the stand.

Throughout his Monday testimony, Trump avoided answering questions. Instead, he attacked the judge and prosecutors.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) looked into the implications of expelling foreign nationals from the U.S. over their political beliefs during the Trump administration, The Guardian reported.

Newly unsealed documents show ICE and top White House lawyers at the time put forth two memos discussing performing ideological screenings on foreign nationals. The memos ultimately concluded the screenings would be illegal.

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.