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An expert witness bemoaned Monday as a “waste of time” was quickly tripped up by a state attorney prosecuting Donald Trump’s $250 million civil fraud trial, according to reports.

Andrew Amer told underwriting expert David Miller his testimony about insurers’ reliance on media coverage contradicted a previous report of his own, according to ABC News.

On the stand, Miller denied having seen insurance underwriters rely on media outlets before the Zurich insurance company cited reports from Forbes and USA Today in a 2021 review of Trump policies, ABC News reported....

A New York State attorney ridiculed one of former President Donald Trump’s expert witnesses Monday as nothing more than a “waste of time,” ABC News reports.

Andrew Amer’s reported dismissal of insurance underwriting expert David Miller ties in with Attorney General Letitia James’ narrative that Trump’s defense is populated by golf buddies who can’t dispute the facts of the case.

According to ABC News, this message landed with Judge Arthur Engoron, who also criticized Miller after the witness detailed his professional experience. ...

A testy expert in Donald Trump’s $250 million civil court trial testified Friday that an insurance company’s scrutiny of Trump Organization finances amounted to nothing more than hocus-pocus, reports show.

Trump’s reported business partner and golf buddy Gary Giulietti, called as an underwriting expert, cast doubt on oversight provided by Zurich Insurance Group, according to ABC News.

“Airballs and witchcraft,” Giulietti reportedly said of their due diligence efforts. ...

Donald Trump’s legal team took a blow Tuesday in his $250 million civil court trial when New York Judge Arthur Engoron ruled their expert witnesses couldn’t testify about the value of one of his golf courses, according to reports.

Trump pal and real estate investor Steven Witkoff was slated to speak about financial documents linked to Trump’s Doral golf course until State prosecutors issued an objection which Engoron sustained, ABC News reports.

Chris Kise called Witkoff to show that if some Trump properties were overvalued, others, such as Doral, essentially balanced the books by being undervalued, according to the report....