Trump Shouts at Judge and Lawyers in Wild Day on Witness Stand

Nov. 6, 2023, 9:44 PM UTC

Donald J. Trump took to the witness stand Monday morning and within minutes turned his day in court into a live Truth Social post.

No one understands real estate like he does, Trump testified, and the banks knew what they were doing. The judge sitting next to him is “biased,” the court is a “fraud” and the case against him “crazy,” Trump said, voice rising.

“Done?” a lawyer for the state asked at one point.

“Done,” Trump replied. He wasn’t.

Donald Trump speaks to the media as he arrives for his civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court on Nov. 6.
Photographer: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images North America

So it went Monday as Trump, the 45th president and current 2024 Republican frontrunner, took the stand in the ...

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