Ivanka Trump takes the stand LATEST: Former first daughter is slammed by New York AG who says ‘you can’t cheat for personal gain’ ahead of her testimony in father Donald Trump’s trial

• The former first daughter, 42, walked into the courtroom at 10am flanked by a small team of courthouse security.
• Moments earlier, the state’s team formally called her as a witness. Judge Arthur Engoron triggered some laughter after he quipped: ‘Who’s she?’
• Ivanka was immediately asked whether she swears to tell the truth during her testimony. ‘I do,’ she replied, before confirming her name and address for the court.
• Ivanka is delivering her testimony on the wood-paneled witness stand to the right of the judge’s seat. Just 48 hours earlier, her father spent around five hours in the same chair delivering his own fiery testimony.
• Donald Trump had been forced to sit at the defendants’ table with his attorneys before giving his own testimony – but Ivanka was spared that humiliation after she was dismissed as a co-defendant.

• AG James has taken her seat in the courtroom – in the front bench directly behind the plaintiff table

• The former first daughter is wearing Jimmy Choo heels, a Carolina Herrera coat and a Chanel purse

• AG Letitia James has said the prosecution will rest their case after Ivanka Trump’s testimony

• The mother-of-three noted the scheduled testimony next week comes in the middle of a school week

• Ivanka Trump’s testimony in a New York state court in her father and brothers’ trial could make or break Attorney General Letitia James’s $250 million suit against the Trump family and its namesake business
• She and her attorney fought a subpoena, arguing traveling to New York from her Florida home would place ‘undue hardship’ on her

• The former first daughter’s motion was rejected and she is scheduled to testify on Wednesday in Manhattan

• Donald Trump and his legal team have been at loggerheads with the judge of his fraud trial
• Engoron was frustrated by Trump’s responses to his questioning, asking for him to be controlled by his entourage as ‘this is not a political rally’
• His most recent ruling found that Trump had inflated his net worth – committing multiple years of fraud by exaggerating his wealth on financial statements used to get loans and secure deals

The weekend New York Times / Siena poll shows Trump opening up a lead over Biden in key swing states that will decide the winner next year – with a stunning 10-point lead in Nevada and a 6-point lead in Georgia.

The results have some Democratic strategists saying Biden must decide whether it is wise for him to continue his path to be the party’s likely nominee.

Donald Trump concluded his bombshell fraud trial testimony on Monday with a parting shot at New York’s attorney general and by calling the case a ‘witch hunt’ overseen by a ‘hostile judge’.

The former president repeated criticisms he made earlier in the day and accused Attorney General Letitia James of spending her time watching his trial while people are being ‘murdered on the streets of New York’.

The 77-year-old went further and demanded a jury trial and said the case should be thrown out ‘immediately’ as he walked out of the courtroom.

Former President Donald Trump plans to use the federal government to exact revenge on his enemies – from average Americans protesting his actions to former officials who have turned on him.

The Washington Post reported Monday that if Trump is reelected next year, his associates are already drawing up plans for him to invoke the Insurrection Act on his first day in office that would allow him to deploy the military against civil demonstrations.

The largest single-day protest in U.S. history was the Women’s March, which occurred the day after Trump was sworn-in in 2017.

The publisher of Mark Meadows’ White House memoir is suing Donald Trump‘s former chief of staff for allegedly publicly contradicting the main theme of his own book: That the 2020 election was stolen.

It comes after Meadows reportedly told the special counsel investigating Trump that he had warned the former president against making claims of fraud, and that neither he nor his boss really believed the election had been stolen.

All Seasons Publishing (ASP) launched a lawsuit at Sarasota County Court, Florida, on Friday.

New York AG Letitia James took the steps of a Manhattan courthouse to castigate former President Donald Trump after he went after her inside and outside the courtroom in his fraud case.

‘He rambled, he hurled insults, but we expected that,’ she said, amid hecklers outside the courtroom where Trump’s ability to business in New York is on the line as he faces up to $250 million in penalties.

James repeated her own claim that Trump ‘falsely inflated his assets to basically enrich himself’ to engage in ‘fraud.’

• Ex-President’s indictments have not hurt him but being found guilty of one of the 91 charges against him could hurt his chances in 2024, poll shows

• The former president finished testifying shorty atfer 3pm on Monday
• The defence deferred from a cross examination

• Judge Arthur Engoron’s ruled last month that Trump lied about his wealth for years and committed fraud by submitting false valuations to secure loans

• She described his face ‘going red’ when Trump was on the stand and accused him of wanting to ‘silence’ the 77-year-old former president

• On Friday Trump’s attorney Christopher Kise said: ‘I think the defense will have to give serious consideration to seeking a mistrial’

• The former president has re-entered the courtroom after a lunch break

• Habba responded to James’ comments earlier on Monday about ‘the numbers not lying’
• She said: ‘That’s right – the numbers don’t lie and they didn’t lie when you ran for governor and that’s why you dropped out’

• Trump will be back on the stand after a lunch break

• Trump said today that it is currently worth ‘between $1 billion and $1.5 billion’
• Judge Engoron has previously said Mar-a-Lago was overvalued by ‘at least 2,300%’
• Trump said of the judge’s decision: ‘Either people are very stupid or there is a fraud. The fraud is on behalf of the court.’
• ‘I’m worth billions of dollars more than the financial statements,’ Trump insisted

• The former president’s eldest son was grilled about his education, his work at his father’s company, and the jailed former CFO Allen Weisselberg in the State Supreme Court on Wednesday.
• Trump Jr. joked that he trusts accountants because ‘that’s why we pay them’
• He repeatedly said ‘I don’t recall’ and admitted that he ‘knows nothing’ about general accounting practices

• Judge Arthur Engoron is reporteredly no longer cutting off Trump in the second hour of the former president’s testimony on Monday
• The judge has been losing his patience with Trump in the first hour abnd threatened to remove him from the stand over his ‘on-responsive’ answers

• Her team argued ‘undue hardship’ if she were forced to testify
• Former president’s daughter is scheduled to testify Wednesday in fraud trial

• The 77-year-old is accused of inflating his assets and property values by billions in a lawsuit that could sink his business empire in the Big Apple.

• Trump gave a silent thumbs up sign to reporters as he went back into the courtoom at about 11.20am

• Trump made a ‘sealed lips’ gesture with his mouth over his mouth as reporters asked him how the hearing was going

• Trump attorney Alina Habba triggered an angry reaction from judge Engoron when she said the court should listen to Trump’s long answers because it was convened to hear what he ‘has to say’.
• Raising his voice for the first time, Engoron said: ‘No, I’m not here to hear what he has to say. I’m here to hear him answer questions.’
• After the confrontation, Trump said: ‘This is a very unfair trial, very, very, and I hope the public is watching.’

• Judge Arthur Engoron continues becoming frustrated with Trump’s answer and reportedly told his lawyer: ‘I will excuse him and draw every negative inference I can’ if the former president’s ‘non responsive’ answers

• CNN’s Kaitlan Collins notes Judge Arthur Engoron has admonished Trump several times during the morning hearing

• Judge Arthur Engoron admonished the former president for not answering questions from prosecutor Kevin Wallace as tensions flared
• ‘You can attack me all you want, but just answer the question,’ Engoran said after Trump railed against the ‘crazy’ trial

• The weekend New York Times / Siena poll shows Trump opening up a lead over Biden in key swing states that will decide the winner next year – with a stunning 10-point lead in Nevada and a 6-point lead in Georgia
• Trump’s lawyer Chris Kise, to his left below, reportedly cited the poll in court on Monday

• Judge Arthur Engoron will be ruling on the fraud trial as there is no jury
• Trump also lashed out at Engoran for ‘always ruling against me’
• The confrontation began as Trump was responding to questions about his historical financial statements

• The former president has taken the stand in his fraud trial in Manhattan

• Trump repeated the claim that the charges are politically-motivatd and pledged to win the 2024 presidential election bfore heading inside the courtroom on Monday

• James arrived in Manhattan court shortly at about 9.30am on Monday
• The AG Addressed Trump’s remarks against her as the former president is expected to testify
• She said: ‘I’m certain that Trump will engage in name-calling and taunts and race-baiting and call this a witch hunt. But at the end of the day, the only thing that matters are the facts and the numbers, and numbers my friends don’t lie.’

• The ex-president wrote on Truth Social as he prepares to head to court to testify in the $250 million civil case alleging he fraudulently inflated the value of his business empire
• Trump said the case is a way for President Joe Biden to ‘cheat’ in the 2024 presidential election – and took jabs at both the judge and New York Attorney General Letitia James for ‘election interference.’

• Eric Trump raised his voice and became annoyed as he was quizzed over Trump Organization documents
• Eric, 39, had arrived at court with his brother Don Jr., 45, flashing thumbs-up signs.

• Trump will take the stand Monday in Manhattan court for the civil fraud case alleging he dramatically inflated value of his properties
• Comes after his two eldest sons already testified last week and his daughter Ivanka is set to take the stand on Wednesday