Donald Trump has complained of unfair treatment in a defiant and rambling testimony on the witness stand at his New York civil business-fraud trial, prompting the judge to threaten to cut his testimony short.
Under questioning about his company's accounting practices, the former US president repeatedly clashed with Judge Arthur Engoron, who is weighing whether to impose hundreds of millions of dollars in fines and other penalties that could hobble the real estate empire that vaulted Mr Trump to prominence.
New York state lawyers said those values were pumped up to win better financing terms, and Judge Engoron has already ruled that they were fraudulent. "It's political warfare as you would call it, or political lawfare," he said as he entered the courtroom. "The former and again soon to be president of the United States understands the rules," Mr Kise responded.
One witness, his former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, testified that Mr Trump directed him to doctor financial statements to boost his net worth.Though his presence until now has not been required in court, he has already appeared several times to glower at the proceedings from the defendant's table and complain about the case to TV cameras outside the chamber.
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