, literally was called meet letitia james.lic statements that are made outside of the courtroom, he has similarly attacked the judge overseeing this case, calling it a sham, calling it -- him calling the judge unfair, unhinged and vicious. this is not a jury trial. this is a bench trial. the impact of that, jessica, what does the impact of these public statements have? >> it's still potentially injurious to the administration of justice. the judge could give him at a minimum a stern warning today and say stop doing this. so the question will be is that going to be something that the judge actually addresses at the start of the proceedings today? this has been a long, steady stream of these kinds of attacks on the judge personally, as well as on the attorney general, and i will be interested to see whether the attorney general's office raises this with the judge at the beginning of the proceedings, especially if mr. trump is in the room, and whether the judge decides to raise it on his own. >> all right. again, we have now seen

and letitia james is in there and trump is in there and one of his oldest sons. and this is happening where kevin waltz is laying out what is going to be expected in the trial. and essentially, he is showing the video depositions of the trump's sons, and alan weisselberg, the former ceo of the trump organization, and who is in charge of making the valuations of the properties, and remember, at the heart of the case, the judge has decided some of it that the sons and trump is liable for overvalue waiting some of the tropts sometimes multiple times over to get loans for these properties, a and, and in that part of the trial. we know that trump is there with his defense attorneys, and he is talking to them as the case is being played out in opening statements. so it is interesting inside of that courtroom as all of the people are there sort of witnessing exactly how the case is going to be laid out. the judge saying that it could go all of the way to december, of course, it is going to be dense with all of the financial statements burk at the heart of it, who isis r

i don't know if letitia james is there today. >> martha: is that her on the left? >> bill: points from maccallum. i don't know if we'll see the judge. we did on monday. not so sure we did yesterday. and if that's the case i'm left the question why? that's not conclusive. let's give it a moment. we'll give it a beat and see whether or not the photographer takes in the entire room. photographers, there is letitia james as she sits in the same spot where she was on monday at that point staring right at the defendant in this case, the former president, donald trump. so that is -- i'm just very curious to know. there we go, okay. no one is off limits. that's what we wanted to establish here. when the cameras come in they can take pictures of anyone inside that courtroom and just wanted to share that with you.

it is a political clown show, but the ringleader is letitia james, the attorney general. she's bringing this politically motivated campaign against president trump. she said she was going to get trump as part of her political campaign and tried to throw whatever would stick. she got a judge that is very compliant that is also out to get trump. it's very clear there's no victim. he said you don't need intent to actually defraud. we're talking about sophisticated banks. when he gave his numbers as to what do you value mar-a-lago, the judge said it was only $18 million, one of the most famous properties in america. he's putting his judgment over what the banks thought. the banks thought those numbers, whatever they thought of it, they thought it was fine to go forward with president trump because he paid all his bills. >> you had an issue with the actual statute because it does not require there be the victim, but the larger issue, we've all talked about so- called victimless crimes. what about prostitution? who's the victim? we talk about societal crimes, talk about drug ca

former president trump departed from the courthouse in lower manhattan after the start of letitia james' $250 million civil trial against him. accuses trump of inflating his assets by billions of dollars and crossing the line into fraud. >> the case providing major headaches for the 2024 candidate as the non-jury trial could see him stripped of control of some historic real estate properties in the big apple. the latest on what happened inside the courtroom with a live report coming up. >> john cena's family and friends gathered for a weekend of friendship and food and enjoying one of the last few days of good weather. they are here to make memories. the kind that last a lifetime. but instead the day turned into every parents' nightmare. >> john: begin with the terrible story, a search for a nine #-year-old girl who police believe was abducted while riding her bicycle in upstate new york. john roberts, good monday to you. >> jacqui: jacqui heinrich in for sandra smith. charlotte cena disappeared saturday night at mora lake state park, they believe she is in imminent danger. >> john: nic

that is rather small gallery there, but letitia james is seated a few rows behind where donald trump is seated and there was a moment from the producers in where they described the moment where donald trump walked by and glared at letitia james, and came to the microphone, lambasting, the attorney general, suggesting she has been on a political vendetta since she announced her run for attorney general. and this will ultimately be decided by a judge. there is no jury in this case, and the judge will be the one to determine the extent to which donald trump, his two adult children, don jr. and eric, as well as the trump organization are liable for the financial fraud laid out in the attorney general's lawsuit that was first filed more than a year ago. >> it's interesting, vaughn, that donald trump is going after the attorney general, but also more importantly after the judge, and he's doing so right outside of the courtroom doors in these lunch breaks or recess breaks. can we play a little bit? i think we have it, of what donald trump has been saying about the courtroom. >> did you miss

and showing that letitia james has got trump's number.he judge imposed a limited gag order on trump, warning that there will be "serious sanctions" if he disobeys the order. but that didn't stop trump from slamming the judge again today. >> the bottom line is this is rigged. the judge knows whatever he's going to do. he said that mar-a-lago was worth $18 million, and it's worth $1.5 billion or thereabouts. but he said it was worth $18 million. so, they defrauded us, because he called me a fraud. he called me a fraud. >> saying things like this? probably not a good idea. and attorney general james isn't the only prosecutor who's closing in o trump. down in georgia,. fani willis is turning up heat, reportedly offering plea deals to a handful of lower level defendants, a sign that the prosecution may be honing in on bigger targets like trump. and there's also movement out of trump's legal troubles in d.c., special counsel jack smith appears to be trying to undercut a potential trump defense. reportedly asking witnesses about his lawyer, rudy

the case is centered around a $250 million lawsuit brought by letitia james. the a.g. claims that he inflated his net worth to get favorable interest rates and more big deals and more worth. >> and the entities in all of the case committed fraud. trump is saying that he is in court to for for his name and that is what he did for several minutes going after the judge and the a.g., and before he came to court a message from a.g. letitia james minutes before she entered court. this is what she said. >> my message is simple. no matter how powerful you are. no matter how much money you think that you may have, no one is above the law. it is my responsibility, my duty and my job to enforce it. the law is both powerful and fragile, and today in court, we will prove our case. >> noted that she said how much you think that you have, because the whole argument is that it was a false reporting of what they were worth. right over to brynn gingras outside of the courthouse. and what are you hearing, because we know that you are getting a lot of information from inside of the courth

those are the words of the new york attorney general letitia james, firing back at the former president who is on trial for fraud and could well lose his business. >>> plus, new troubles for putin as video appears and we just have to show russia shooting down one of its own prized fighter jets as a former russian journalist is sentenced for her bold antiwar protests on live television. she's my guest. let's go "outfront." >>> and good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, chaos and fury. the house of representatives has now been without a speaker, permanent speaker, for more than 24 hours. and right now it's still all out mayhem, chaos on capitol hill. republicans tearing into each other, blaming the group of eight, the members in their own party who kicked kevin mccarthy out. and they're flailing to such an extent now that they are blaming democrats. >> they're republicans by name and registration only. if they were for the party, they would have done what was best for the party. now we're not able to do anything. >> when matt gaetz said i want to make sure we get appropriatio

letitia james is a disgrace to our country and to the state of new york.focus on the vial lentz crime and the murders going on in new york, not somebody that paid back the banks in full without a default and in many cases paid them back early. thank you very much. >> neil: all right. you never know when donald trump will add something again. if we're to take mr. trump at his word, his interpretation is accurate, it would appear that the judge in the case has changed the period at which some of these cases would hold. in other words, that the transaction period, anything prior to 2014, these are real estate and related business transactions on the part of the trump organization and more specifically those having to to with real estate and that sort of thing. not exclusively. they're not going to include those prior to 2014. the former president i believe said that means about 80% of the cases that were part of this will no longer be part of this. the former president made a reference to the fact that there's no jury involved here. there's disputes as to whe

. >> one of 28 potential witnesses that letitia james, the a.g., said she can call. brynn, please stand by. john miller, this is obviously not a normal day in court. you have a defendant that is late because he's outside making defamatory remarks about the a.g. and the judge that's ultimately deciding the case. how big of that do you think was the reason the judge ruled against having cameras allowed inside for the proceedings? >> well, i don't know if one thing had anything to do with the other. the thing you have to separate this case from is donald trump didn't have to attend this. it's a civil proceeding. he could have been represented by his lawyers. that makes it different from his arraignment in miami, different from his arraignment in criminal court, in the hush money case in new york, different from his arraignment in washington, d.c. on the election fraud, the federal election case or in georgia, the state election fraud case. he came here for two reason, bun to make his statement in court and one where his business empire, not his personal freedom, hangs i

trump came into the courtroom numerous times he totally avoided letitia james. she also avoided him. she looked away, looked to her left as he came in from the right. he seemed angry at times, agitated. he was repeatedly consulting with his attorneys on both sides of him. he looked beet red at times, heated. he was looking at a particular article when the final and first witness, rather, took the stand, he really was taking issue with a lot of what he was saying. but the opening statements were more of the same from both sides. a lot of what we have heard in all of the lead-up to this trial. the prosecution saying all of trump's properties here in new york were overvalued. we're not just talking about a couple million here or there. we're talking hundreds of millions of dollars. he overestimated his net weather anywhere between $800 and $2.2 billion. the defense came up. they said he is an incredibly successful businessman. these are trophy properties. no one got hurt, in fact, the banks made some $100 million. the insurers weren't hurt. the first witness, as i

. >> well, attorney general letitia james knows a lot about trump now. the powerpoint presenting trump's case is 65 pages. and in it prosecutors lay out in detail what the judge ruled is a decade of trump's fraud. they go year by year here. that's the entire decade. one, you can see 2014, they say trump inflated his wealth by $2.2 billion. the attorney general then shows her backup evidence. they point to a letter to deutsche bank from november 15, 2011, that stood out to me. there trump is trying to secure a loan using these massively inflated property values. the whole point was inflate the value, get a bigger loan. he writes, quote, as per our conversation, i'm pleased to equal the recently completed financial statement of donald j. trump, open parentheses, hopefully you will be impressed, his signature at the bottom. while the accountants may have written the first few words of that sentence, there is no question that he personally included what was in the parentheses "hopefully you will be impressed." prosecutors are also pointing to the assistant v

here's what we heard from new york attorney general letitia james this morning. >> my message is simple matter how powerful you are, no matter how much money you think you may have, no one is above the law, and it is my responsibility and my duty and my job to enforce it. >> joining us now outside the courthouse, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard. also with us nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian, and glen kir issue ner a former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst. what's happening right now inside the trial? >> reporter: right, so everybody knows we do not have camera access to these live trial proceedings here. we are relying on our great producer adam reiss who is inside, i'm looking down at my computer as all of us are tracking his notes he's sending from inside the courtroom. a camera was allowed in before the trial began for about two minutes there. you're looking at donald trump sitting next to chris kise his lead attorney, as well as alina haba who is another one of his attorneys and a legal spokeswoman, and you see letitia james who through h

proved letitia james right by sending out this desperate fundraising email at 201 pm. friend, i just left the courthouse for the day for my unjust trial in new york. please make a contribution of any amount, truly, even just

but certain facts stand out and one of the things that letitia james said yesterday is the thing thates across to people. she said no matter how rich or powerful you are, there are not two sets for laws for people in this country, the rule of law must apply equally to everyone and it is my responsibility to make sure it does. i think that will come across to people. emily: i had read, according to his campaign, that one of his highest days of fundraising came after the release of his mugshot. my question is, how is trump able to continue to galvanize such support amongst the american people? carrie: when i mentioned that trump would not be facing all of this myriad range of charges if you are not a politician, that is a majority of the american people, both democrats and republicans. a quinnipiac poll found that 62% of americans believe that the charges against donald trump on the doj case were politically motivated. you see similar polling for the other indictments. there are numerous polling, the data speaks for itself. the majority of the american people believe what is happening i

attorney general letitia james also in the courtroom once again. her team calling mr. trump's long-time accountant to the witness stand. his firm preparing the disputed financial statements at the heart of the case. forced to admit today that he learned the trump organization didn't provide the firm with all of the necessary records. as for that gag order on mr. trump, the judge saying he is

when trump was leaving trump tower, as they blasted out a statement on letitia james, one that you'dely see against a political opponent. we have seen trump there at that event going back to the camera, going back to the microphones time and time again, giving similar remarks, similar to what he said in the first place, knowing that's something that former president trump liked. he likes the visuals. he likes the optics. and this is clearly a way to take control of the narrative. when you're talking about campaigning in the middle of a trial, how can you make this essentially a plan to take the oxygen out of the race. that seems to be what they are doing. trump himself really said as much, making this political when asked why he was here today. >> i want to be here in person today. because i want to watch this witch hunt myself. i've been going to a witch hunt for years, but this is really now getting dirty between jack smith and between all of these doj people, helping them along. this is a pure witch hunt. >> reporter: and, remember, with election interference, this is what trump h

it's noted in letitia james' civil complaint.noted when amman weissberg pled guilty that he was responsible for both state and federal crimes. and in spite of that, you didn't have the doj taking action that we know of in any way, shape or form, which is unusual in -- and you really don't know what the answer is. it certainly isn't just the trump administration. that's one thing. although we know that there was some indication that the attorney general under the trump administration quashed certain parts of the investigation. but, obviously, that could have been picked up under the biden administration. but i think there was probably not a lot of appetite for looking backwards for the same really we have talked a lot about, the garland justice department not being as forward-leaning as it should have been on the january 6th case. >> russ has a perfect follow-on about state crimes. >> yeah, that goes right into this. when you look at the remaining six counts that are being -- that are a part of this trial, violations of the new yo

so you hear what letitia james is saying there, matt. i'd like to start with you. she's talking about power, money. she's saying no one is above the law. in this case, they're saying that the trump's inflated the value of their real estate properties a, so that they could be higher up on the forbes wealthy list and b, they say they misrepresented it to bankers and insurers, neither of which are declaring to an injured party what is this about? >> this is about kicking donald trump and his family out of new york. they don't want their business. they want to take away their right to do business. they want them to liquidate all of their assets. i think about a yearly statement that is submitted to the bank or to insurance companies of ill-liquid assets where a bank can do an appraisal, they can reject that, assign a value themselves. i think this whole case just seems like a really vindictive attempt by the attorney general in new york to kick trump out of new york state. >> martha: i think it does. i think it shouldn't matter whether you approve of the former preside

new york state attorney general letitia james, who brought the civil fraud case against donald trump, told the news media that donald trump show is over after donald trump left the building. >> so mr. trump is no longer here, the donald trump show is over. this was nothing more than a political stunt, a fund raising stop and now we can continue to go forward with our trial, and we are confident that justice will be served. >> fake tough guy don trunk trump did not dare disobey the judges gag order today, which orders don trump to not say a word about the judge's staff and the court personnel. so now we have proof that gag orders on donald trump can work. the gag order specifically did not restrict donald trump's comments about attorney general letitia james or the judge himself, and so, in his performances for the news media, going in and out of the courtroom, donald trump attacked the attorney general and the judge, mostly by calling them democrats. because it is a civil trial, don't trump was under no requirement to attend the trial, and so most members of the news media knew that d

before he released more attacks on the judge and letitia james. he seemingly confessed to giving fraudulent financial statements to his banks. let's take a look at that one. >> the financial documents that i gave to the bank are much less than my actual net worth, so therefore i gave them to the bank, they can't be fraud because i gave them lower numbers. i'm stuck here because i have a corrupt attorney general that communicates with the doj in washington to keep my nice and busy. they made up a fake case. they're fraudulent people, and the judge already knows what he's going to do. he's a democrat judge. it all in fairness, he has no choice. he has no choice. he's run by the democrats. >> trump churning dangerously there and violating the gag order and incriminating himself. after trump left the attorney general of the state of new york, letitia james, gave remarks of her own where she defended the case brought by her office. >> this case was brought simply because it was a case where individuals have engaged in a pattern and practice of fraud. a

howard: let's give some equal time to the letitia james.they were were comments that, unfortunately -- [inaudible] comments that i can describe as racist. the donald trump show is over. howard: so, jason, trump also broadcast his view that there are no victims here. the banks got repaid, the val weation of mar-a-lago was ridiculously lo at $18 -- low at $18 million. what was being argued inside the court in. >> again, the president's been in the realities business for a long -- real estate business for a long time. and he is right. i just think the it's a pact that she's one of the worst attorney generals there's ever been. they're ignoring the crime and all the other things that are going on in the world. this is where the attorney general spending her time? you've got to be kidding me. everything is going wrong in new york. every metric is upside down. and crime is rampant, and they're talking about real estate valuations? i don't think the average american believes that that is worthy of the attorney general's time. howard: yeah. and, of

letitia james is a disgrace to our country and to the state of new york. she should focus on the vial lentz crime and the murders going on in new york, not somebody that paid back the banks in full without a default and in many cases paid them back

we have a prosecutor letitia james who is incompetent. what she is doing to our state, forcing companies out by the thousands, forcing people out, forcing companies out by the thousands while crime and violent crime in particular runs rampant. so this witch hunt does not allow me a hearing. that can't be possible somebody didn't check a box. has nothing to do with it. under 63.12 you are not entitled to a jury. first time it's ever been used for a purpose like this. never been used. they used it on me, the former president, the leading candidate, leading joe biden by a lot, which is probably why this is all happening. not probably, definitely they are coordinating with washington 100%. but without that, none of these cases would be going on. they've weaponizeed justice in our country. this trial is a disgrace. never happened, a thing like this has never happened before and simply i put in financial statements with a disclaimer. in other words, don't even bother reading them to the banks. i borrowed money on very underleveraged. borrowed m

we heard from a new york attorney general today letitia james insisting a trial is just about one thing -- >> my message is simple. no matter how powerful you are, no matter how much money you think you may have, no one is above the law. and it's my responsibility and my duty, and my job to enforce it. >> you've heard this phrase about being above the law. i won two -- as we dive deep into this conversation into yet another historic event today, for the president of the united states appearing in the courthouse for his own trial. -- litigation attorney is caught bolden and also roger sabrina, vice president of the heritage -- also cnn political analyst, laura lopez. a lot to unpack today. i'll begin with my lawyers, i'll turn my shoulder to you for a second, laura. you know i love you. when you think about the consequences of today, the gravitas of what's going on, we have become accustomed i guess to -- have legal trouble. but this feels different, in fact, he was appearing for this trial. scott, what do you make of the first day of this trial? >> a political clown shell. -- >> tell me

he's going to stare down the judge, stare down new york attorney general letitia james. as he was leaving for the lunch break, he looked directly at the new york attorney general and glared at her. also part of this is he's able to listen directly to his own attorneys attempt to defend him in front of the judge. not only alina habba who is the spokesperson for his legal team, she went before the judge and said she hadn't intended on speaking today until new york attorney general letitia james went and smoke from the steps and she went on a monologue making the case this is a politically motivated case, the likes that michael cohen shouldn't be believed. also, this is donald trump's opportunity for him to hear from chris kise, his lead attorney, go and present the defense on his behalf. this could have very broad implications for donald trump, not only politically but financially in the future of the trump organization. chris kise, his lead attorney, that future in so many ways is now in his hands. so for donald trump outside of being able to come and sit here in trial an

and it's important, again -- >> we've got letitia james here. >> let's go to letitia james here.today, we will prove our other claims. my message is simple, no matter how powerful you are, no matter how much money you think you may have, no one is above the law. and it is my responsibility and my duty and my job to enforce it. the law is both powerful and fragile. and today in court, we'll prove our case. i thank you all for being here. and, again, justice will prevail. thank you. >> you there go, listening to new york's attorney general letitia james going in for the punishment phase in a civil trial against donald trump that she launched. a judge decided not even a trial was necessary, the evidence was so clear. now, they're walking into court to figure out how much if anything he pays. maybe up to $250 million, maybe more. and what exactly happens to all trump-owned businesses and properties. all because of what she launched. >> and there is -- there are a variety of options that the judge has before him. he's going to hear the case. >> could have a monitor on his companies. >

letitia james called it basically racist. what do you make of what happens next here?> he will keep pushing. he will keep trying to delegitimize proceedings, and pushing and pushing and pushing, knowing that the judge really doesn't want to impose the punishment that has been threatened and he'll keep pushing until the moment that judge does, and even then, maybe he won't stop. >> and james has really put trump if her sights. and trump has accused her of doing it for political reasons. that was a pretty strong statement. she didn't have to make any statement at all. what do you make of that decision? >> president trump commands a lot of attention. and i think attorney general james is concerned about what's happening outside the courtroom. that's where the former president has control, frankly, because he often sets the tone. i think she's made the estimation that's important for her that she's challenging his attacks on the legitimacy of her investigation, the justice system as put forward in her case. so i don't want to weigh in whether it is good or bad but i think

both the former president and new york attorney general letitia james in that courtroom again. >>> and house republicans and house democrats meeting behind closed doors on capitol hill right now as matt gaetz tries something that hasn't happened in more than 100 years, force the removal of a house speaker. does gaetz have support and will democrats step in to help save kevin mccarthy's job? >>> it is 10:00 eastern. lots to get to. i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin on capitol hill where both parties are behind closed doors as we speak with kevin mccarthy's job hanging in the balance. just moments ago, mccarthy telling republicans they will likely vote today on congressman gaetz's motion to remove him as speaker. mccarthy defiant when pressed about his razor thin margin of support. >> i can give as good as i get. i know the place of where i'm at. i didn't get speaker on an easy round. it hadn't happened in 150 years, took me 15 rounds. i will never give up. i think if people rate how many times they would have killed me in the past, i would have been dead long ago. >> joi

new york attorney general letitia james accusing trump of years of overinflating his net worth and misrepresenting his company's assets. >> donald trump and the other defendants have committed persistent and repeated fraud. last week we proved that in our motion for summary judgment. today we will prove our other claims. my message is simple. no matter how powerful you are, no how much money you think you may have, no one is above the law. >> trump satin side the courtroom for hours, flanked by his lawyers as prosecutors explained in detail the alleged acts of fraud saying trump, quote, overvalued his statements from 812 million to $2.2 billion, that he knew that they were false and use said them to obtain benefits he was not entitled to. the opening statement featured never before seen deposition video including trump's own. >> to meet your obligation here of presenting information in accordance with gap, was alan weisselberg responsible for that? >> i would say yes. >> throwing former trump organization cfo alan weisselberg under the bus. now, remember, weisselberg has already been convicted of

trump: and attorney general, like a letitia james, is a disgrace to our country. who got elected on the fact that she has been a takedown president trump and will take him down and she knew nothing about me and then she got elected on the basis. reporter: and trump also calls james corrupt and racist, and a terrible person and he said, that she is driving people of new york, by ignoring murders and instead, going after him and now james argues trump routinely followed and filed false records and lied about his net worth. >> i message it is simple, no matter how powerful you are, no matter how much money that you think you that you may have, nobody is above the law. reporter: answer trump lawyer argued today that all financial records, were in fact, how accurate and take a look at this video, from the courtroom and trump is looking very serious or the judge arthur engoron smiles and shrugs and again and no jury trial which means the judge has sole discretion and punishing trump, for fraud and back out here life, trump is been very critical of the judge saying, that

i don't think so, the state ag, letitia james ran against trump in her election, even though he was not on ballot, so did prosecutor alvin bragg, they were working on legal attacks even before they took office, no evidence needed. now they are the u the injustices against the former president in real time here is the former president today. downtown new york city. >> this is a continuation of the single greatest witch hunt most people get it. people are getting it. the voters are getting it, every time they give me a fake indictment. i go up in the polls, this is a disgrace. larry: well you know, i think he is on to something, radical democrats don't give one hoot about the laws or the u.s. constitution. if anyone looked at such things they would note that taking over mr. trump's businesses violates the 14 amendment. no state shall deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law. now comes this whole, of valuing trump properties, with a particular emphasis on mar-a-lago. new york judge is using a ridiculous 18 million dollar valuation from palm beach county as

expected in a courtroom today for day two of the trump organization trial where attorney general letitia james trump and his children of inflating their net worth, the former president calling the cases can. the judge facing backlash this morning after smiling and taking off his glasses to pose for cameras filming inside of the courtroom, expected in court today hunter biden to appear in a delaware federal court where he is expected to plead not guilty. the felony gun charges, joining the conversation initiative president daniel garza, public president and chief market strategist lou basenese needs. "mornings with maria" is live right now. ♪ >> time for the hot topic of our former president trump expected back in court for the second day of the civil trial, trump leaving the near courtroom on monday proclaiming that the judge actually made a fair statement concerning the statute of limitations. watch. >> the judge seated the court of appeals. therefore 80% of the case is over. there is no case there is no victim. everybody got paid it's a terrible thing, it's been very successful because they

new york attorney general letitia james, who brought the $250 million fraud lawsuit against trump and sat just feet away from the former president and his son, eric. >> no matter how powerful you are, no matter how much money you think you may have, no one is above the law. >> reporter: trump used the occasion to attack james and the judge. >> we have a racist attorney general who is a horror show, who ran on the basis that she was going to get trump before she even knew anything about me. >> reporter: trump is accused of misrepresenting his net worth by over $3.5 billion, inflating his assets to secure better loan terms. he allegedly claimed his trump tower penthouse was nearly three times its size and valued mar-a-lago as high as $739 million, nearly ten times its worth, according to james' office. attorney kevin wallace told the judge they were lying year after year after year. trump's former fixer, michael cohen, said in a deposition played in court that he and former trump organization cfo allen weisselberg were tasked with inflating assets to obtain the number that trump wanted.

letitia james is a disgrace, she's a disgrace. >> reporter: and the civil case her office brought againstim, the trump organization, and his two eldest sons. >> there's no case here. there's no victim. >> reporter: trump is accused of misrepresenting his net worth by over $3.5 billion, claiming his trump tower penthouse was nearly three times its size and valuing mar-a-lago as high as $739 million, though it was actually assessed to be worth roughly $28 million. prosecutors are seeking $250 million and a slew of sanctions that could make it harder for tump to do business in new york. >> no matter how powerful they are, no matter how much money you think you may have, no one is above the law. >> reporter: the judge in the case ruled last week that trump, his eldest sons and business had committed fraud. yesterday, trump lashed out against him, too. >> this judge should be disbarred. he shouldn't be allowed to be a judge. >> reporter: trump's legal team was arguing that the numbers are estimates, not absolutes and they say a key prosecution witness, former trump fixer, michael cohen, is a q

when you have a radical left attorney general like letitia james who is a disgrace to our country, who got elected on the fact that she's going to take down president trump, we are going to take him down, she knew nothing about me. but she got elected on that basis. and we have others likewise, take a look at what's going on in georgia. take a look at jack smith, take a look at these people. this is called election interference, and worse than that, much worse than that. and you don't get much worse than election interference, especially we are talking presidential election of 2024, so this judge should change his ruling because palm beach county said he was totally wrong, and he was ruling based on them. ruled, didn't even have a chance to testify. i got a call last week, sir, we lost part of the case. i said the trial didn't even start. the trial starts i guess today. he ruled we lost a big part of the case because he's a democrat club politician. he's a democrat operative. and he's a disgrace to people that call themselves judges. and i hope my lawyers go in and i hope they fight hi

objective... point of view, i guess in a broad sense no, because you can ask yourself two questions: letitia jamesther participants in this process would have done the same if donald trump had said on january 7: conditions have changed, i am no longer going to run for president, i think the answer is no. second question, the work of some new york giants in the field of finance and... real estate is radically different from donald trump's methods. do they never inflate asset values? i think the answer is no. and the third question: now that you 've found fault with donald trump, will you systematically review the loan applications of, say, 50 or 60 of the largest developers in new york, especially those with left-leaning leanings. i don't think so. and you definitely noticed that. does not file a claim and does not claim that he lost money. and then we need to compare this with what we see on the other side, for example, sam bankman freed was placed under house arrest at stanford campus. we now know that his parents, two famous law and stanford professors , profited from their own son, and siphoned

. >>> new york's attorney general letitia james says the donald trump show is over, as his fraud trial continues and the former president heads back to florida. >>> the first person to be charged in tupac's killing 27 years after the killing. we'll talk to the d.a. on the case. >>> we begin tonight with the dysfunction, infighting, and back biting among house republicans, after eight of them made their party leader, kevin mccarthy, the first ever house speaker to be voted out of a job. that and why none of it should be surprising to anyone. the dysfunction got so bad after the vote, we learned that republicans cannot even stand to be in the same room with each other for more than a few minutes. >> there was a meeting last night, as you may know, of republicans, and that room would have devolved into, i think, physical attacks on one another if people stayed in there for a long period of time. >> that's a republican congressman describing the anger and resentment that left members last night unable to agreen a success or anything else except putting off a decision until next week. steve

so, they are so over exposed between bragg and how he handled it and letitia james.or all of them at this point. the other side of this is, show me the bank that has been wronged, deceived. is isn't one. there is no injured party in this case. so, did they bring these kind of similar cases against other real estate developers, i'm not saying it's right to over value your property. the rubber hits the road when the valuators from the insurance company and the bank, this property is worth $80 million. sorry, it's not. they have teams of valuation people at banks and insurance companies. nobody is not understanding how much these properties are worth. there is a lot of cases that are up, he has 91 counts, criminal counts n one is blowing up in their face i think it is going to be an embarrassing. >> massive disclaimer on their assessment saying you decide what it's worth. >> that's right. >> all right. so, glad i majored in english. i don't know what is going on. rfk junior teasing a major announcement on a third party run for president. i hear it all the time. people t

shortly after he departed, attorney general letitia james had this to say. >> mr. trump's comments were offensive. they were baseless. they were void of any facts and/or any evidence. what they were were comments were comments that unfortunately fomented violence and comments i would describe as race baiting. i will not be bullied, and so mr. trump is no longer here, the donald trump show is over. this was nothing more than a political stunt. >> andrew, how much further can trump go here? in addition to those comments, he called judge engoron someone who is run by the democrats. he already knows what he's going to do, the whole system is corrupt, engoron came out of the clubhouse. i mean at what point is a gag order extended to the judge? >> it's interesting because the gag order issued yesterday was narrow. it was about the judge's staff. and that part seemed to work. and so lawrence o'donnell talked about this, which is a bully being carried out. donald trump does not want to go to jail and these judges in both civil cases and four criminal cases has the power to

donald trump has also putp and doxed the attorney general, letitia james.olate a gag order as well. he shared a blog order from a far right politicalctist on truth social that has letitia james' home address. he's continuing to threaten people. what surprised me about engoron's finding is the $5,000 fine. that's a very tiny fine for somebody who even though it's a lie, claimed to be a billionaire. why so little? >> i think because chris kise who represents the former president in the new york attorney general's trial went to the court today and said look, this was inadvertent. it was left up on the campaign's website, but the defendant did as your honor ordered him to do, he took it off truth social. the fact it remains on the campaign's website was mere inadvertence, and engoron said i'll take it on faith it's inadvertence this time. i'll sanction your client $5,000, but the next time, let me lay out the buffet of options that include imprisonment. this is a warning, the next time he won't be so gracious. >> it is an interesting series of events including

. >> reporter: new york attorney general letitia james accusing mr.son's, eric and don jr., and his namesake company, the trump organization, of exaggerating the value of his real estate properties, including trump tower, mar-a-lago, and 40 wall street, by over two billion dollars, to receive better loan terms from banks. >> no matter how powerful you are, no matter how much money you think you may have, no one is above the law. >> reporter: just outside the courtroom doors, the former president attacking james, a democrat, for bringing the civil suit. >> every time they give me a fake indictment, i go up in the polls. >> reporter: and going after the judge, who is also a democrat. >> they have a rogue judge who is worth a tiny fraction, one in 100 -- a tiny fraction of what they actually are. >> translator: the republican front-runner arguing the banks were not victims of fraud, and blasting the suit as election interference. >> they're wasting everybody's time for many months on this case, where banks got paid a fortune. loan money got paid money ba

the former president also attacked new york attorney general letitia james. ahead of the trial, james responded, saying, "no one is above the law" and that she was confident that "justice will prevail." testimony in the manhattan courtroom started with opening statements, and the state's first witness, donald bender, a long—time accountant for trump's businesses. bender tesified about financial documents, including discrepancies in the price of ivanka trump's penthouse. cbs chief election and campaign correspondent robert costa was in the courtroom during the hearing. he described the scene for us. there was a tense scene inside the courthouse behind me when trump entered the room. the former president did not even look at the attorney general, letitia james, who was sitting in the first row. then he took his seat up near thejudge, sitting alongside his lawyers, and as the government made its case, issued its opening statement, calling the trump organization a fraudulent organisation, you could see the former president cross his arms and shake his head in dis

letitia james who brought the $250 million fraud lawsuit against trump and his adult children sat juster president and his son eric. >> no matter how powerful you are, no matter how much money you think you may have, no one is above the law. >> trump use the occasion to attack james and the judge. >> we have a racist attorney general who is a horror show who ran on the basis that she was going to get donald trump before she knew anything about me. >> trump is accused of misrepresenting his net worth by $300 million inflating his assets to secure better loan terms. and claimed his trump tower penthouse was nearly three times its size. in value to mar-a-lago as high as $739 million, nearly ten times it's worth. according to james' office. attorney kevin wallace told the judge they are the world buying euro after year after year. trump's former fixer michael cohen said in a deposition played in court to that he and former trump organization allen weisselberg were tasked with inflating assets to obtain the number that trump wanted. >> let's say he was worth it $6 billion, well, he wanted t

just out of frame we saw his lead attorney on this case, chris kise who just met attorney general letitia james inside the courthouse. they briefly exchanged pleasantries and shook hands. leticia james was joined by other prosecutors in the office. we don't expect her to be the one presenting this case day to day. we don't expect donald trump to be here day to day. this trial can last into december, three months, if it should take that long. there's a long list of witnesses that will potentially come forward here. we're listening to donald trump. he's calling this is a witch hunt. this is a man who had the opportunity when he sat for a deposition with the attorney general's office to answer numerous questions and answer the allegations laid out in this lawsuit. instead, he pled the fifth. more than 400 times to be precise. when i actually asked him on friday when i was with him on the campaign trail in los angeles about one of the alleged overinflation of his assets, he demurred. i asked him specifically about his trump tower residency in midtown manhattan which he estimated the size to be 30,0