Trump claims he wasn’t referring to clerk when he violated fraud trial gag order
Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial is ramping up in New York today as his son Don Jr is expected to take the stand in the $250m case.
The former president’s eldest son will be the first of four Trump family members to testify in the trial (which is not being livestreamed) – the outcome of which could topple Mr Trump’s business empire in the Big Apple.
After Don Jr, Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump and the former president himself are all expected to take the stand and give testimony under oath about the Trump Organization’s business practices.
In a Truth Social post in the early hours of Wednesday morning, Mr Trump lashed out at Judge Arthur Engoron, telling him to “leave my children alone”.
Meanwhile, another potentially more significant Trump trial is underway in Colorado.
A lawsuit seeking to block Mr Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot based on the 14th Amendment and its ban on insurrectionists running for office is being heard this week.
Similar efforts are underway in other states with Mr Trump filing a lawsuit to keep his name on the ballot in Michigan.
Alex Woodward reports from on the ground at the courthouse in New York
