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Former President Donald Trump’s legal team faces a tough decision about whether to let their gag-ordered client testify in his $250 million civil court trial Monday, according to legal analyst Lisa Rubin.

“Team Trump has a very difficult choice to make,” Rubin said. “Allow Donald Trump to literally sit within inches of the principal law clerk who he has already talked about twice in violation of the gag order… or keep him at home against what I imagine are his deepest wishes.”

Trump faces high stakes in the New York City courtroom, where he has already been fined $15,000 in gag order violations, as the fate of the Trump Organization hangs in the balance. ...

Attorney General Letitia James took to social media Friday night to throw some snark at Donald Trump: That wasn’t a defense, she said, that was golf buddies.

James, the State prosecutor leading the charge in Trump’s $250 million civil lawsuit, ridiculed the panel of expert defense witnesses she said failed to refute the key charges in her fraud case.

“We heard testimony from their many expert witnesses, but they weren’t real experts,” James said. ...

An expert witness for Donald Trump in his New York City civil fraud trial seemingly contradicted himself under cross examination Friday, according to reports

Steven Laposa took the stand to rebut what he called the State’s “flawed” interpretation of Trump’s financial condition documents, according to ABC News.

On Thursday, the real estate expert argued the state mistakenly relied on market value of Trump properties, which would be much lower than its investment value, according to the report. ...

Donald Trump’s son will likely have a lot to say on the witness stand this week as he tries to prove the New York civil fraud case against his family is nothing more than a witch hunt, a legal expert told Newsweek Tuesday.

Donald Trump Jr. is slated to take the stand Wednesday in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ $250 million lawsuit, in which she contends the presidential family defrauded lenders by inflating the worth of the Trump Organization.

"Donald Trump Jr. is more likely to be forthcoming in his testimony and drive home his defense that this is a witch hunt," federal attorney Colleen Kerwick told Newsweek....