Donald Trump is back in a New York courtroom to hear the second day of testimony from his ex-'fixer' Michael Cohen
The judge has fined Trump $10,000 (£8,200) for breaching a gag order after the former president seemingly implied the judge's clerk is 'partisan'
It's a fiery day in court with both legal teams clashing and Cohen, a former lawyer, also voicing his frustrations at some questions
Tuesday was the first time the two men had been in the same room together in five years - Cohen described it as a "heck of a reunion"
New York Attorney General Letitia James is seeking a fine of $250m (£204m) and a ban on Trump doing business in his home state for misrepresenting his wealth by hundreds of millions of dollars
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Image source, ReutersWe have some fresh images of former US President Donald Trump in court this morning.
The top image shows him sitting in court, suited up, next his legal team - including his attorney Alina Habba.
The second image is prior to court starting, when Trump briefly spoke with media.
Kayla Epstein
Reporting from court
Trump's lawyer Alina Habba is projecting a hyper-confident, aggressive stance as she questions Cohen. These are attributes her client appreciates.
She has a habit of commenting on Cohen's responses, or to her own questions, after she's gotten a response from him.
"Thank you very much," she says at one point when she gets Cohen to answer one of her queries.
But Judge Engoron is not always thrilled with the tactic.
He just chided her for commenting on her own questions, asking her not to do it.
Cohen jumped in too, asking Habba, "I answered every question you asked, why are you screaming at me?"
Kayla Epstein
Reporting from court
Judge Engoron summoned all of Trump's lawyers and prosecutor Colleen Faherty up to the bench for a quick side bar.
He didn't say why, and didn't tell us once it wrapped.
Kayla Epstein
Reporting from court
Trump's lawyers argued just now that Cohen has committed perjury.
Impeaching a witness is a common tactic used by defence attorneys, where they attempt to undermine the credibility of the witness on the stand.
Cohen admitted in court yesterday that he was not telling the truth when he told a judge in a separate case that he knew he was guilty of a crime.
Cohen had pleaded guilty to several charges in 2018, including tax evasion, campaign finance violations, and making false statements to a bank.
Trump's lawyers are now saying he perjured himself in front of a previous judge, and that it makes him an unreliable witness.
"He admitted in open court that he lied to Judge Pauley," Chris Kise said.
"There's nothing wrong with calling a liar a liar," he later added.
Judge Engoron isn't buying it.
"Let's not use the word perjury," Judge Engoron said. He asks Trump's attorney to move on, and they did.
Chloe Kim
Reporting from court
Donald Trump's lawyer, Alina Habba, has started the cross examination by recapping what happened yesterday.
She says Michael Cohen previously lied under oath.
The prosecution then interjected to voice their concern with this line of questioning.
Christoper Kise, another Trump lawyer, chimes in.
He says that Cohen committing perjury couldn’t be more relevant to establish who is telling the truth.
The prosecution then asks for courtesy and respect without this "showmanship".
Kise responds with: “there is nothing wrong with calling a liar, a liar”.
Before moving on, Habba asks Cohen if yesterday was the first time he admitted to perjury in open court. He says yes.
Kayla Epstein
Reporting from court
Image source, ReutersAlina Habba, Trump's attorney, addressed the judge just now.
She began by saying she wanted to discuss something "delicate" with him.
She said it was "incredibly distracting" to try and cross examine her witness with "eye rolls and constant whispering from the bench".
She may be referring to yesterday's cross examination, when she and Cohen got into heated exchanges and the witness began objecting to her questions (which he is not supposed to do).
Judge Arthur Engoron was expressive and at times grew irked, but we didn't see much overt eye rolling from him yesterday.
Habba's complaint could also have been in reference to the court clerk, but it's unclear.
He has overruled several of the Trump lawyers' objections, and Trump has made a point of accusing the judges presiding over his cases as biased. Habba's statement, now in the record, implies the judge or a court staffer was behaving in an opinionated way.
Trump has previously attacked a clerk on social media, leading Judge Engoron to reprimand Trump and hand down a gag order.
Chloe Kim
Reporting from court
Michael Cohen has just arrived and is now seated at the witness stand.
The cross examination is about to begin.
Kayla Epstein
Reporting from court
Image source, ReutersDonald Trump arrives at court
Judge Engoron has taken his seat at the bench, and the lawyers are seated.
There was one person missing as court came to order, though: Trump himself.
His lawyers told Judge Engoron he would arrive "momentarily".
Trump himself strolled in at 10:00 (15:00 BST) on the dot, flanked by Secret Service, and took a seat between his attorneys.
His son, Eric Trump, who is running his real estate business, is also here.
Chloe Kim
Reporting from court
Image source, ReutersMichael Cohen arrived at court moments ago.
While in the security line, I met two members of the public trying to get into the courtroom.
They told me they thought the line would be longer and had anticipated more members of the public would be at court to witness the trial in person.
Still, they were worried about getting into the courtroom and asked me if there would be enough space for them.
One man came from Connecticut, and left at 06:30 local time so he could get here on time (it's currently 10:00).
Kayla Epstein
Reporting from court
We're back in court for day two of Michael Cohen's testimony. When we left off, Trump's attorney Alina Habba was partway through her cross-examination.
Habba was aggressive in her questioning, attempting to paint Cohen as a liar and perjurer whose testimony could not be trusted now.
At a few points, it got heated, with Cohen, clearly irritated and a former lawyer himself, began to interject and push back against her questions.
At one point the exchange got so feisty that Trump's main lawyer, Chris Kise, declared to the judge that Cohen was "out of control".
We'll see if things have cooled off after an evening away from the courtroom, or if today will bring more fireworks.
'Heck of a reunion': Cohen after testimony against Trump
Tuesday was the first time the friends-turned-foes have been in the same room together in five years.
And when Michael Cohen left the courtroom for a lunch break, he told the waiting mass of media it was a "heck of a reunion".
Donald Trump left the courtroom moments later and said Cohen was "not a credible witness".
They are both back in the same room today.
How Trump and Cohen's friendship soured over the years
Brandon Livesay
Reporting from New York City
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Michael Cohen testifying in Donald Trump's New York civil fraud trial.
Cohen, Trump's ex-fixer and lawyer, will be in the witness stand from about 10:00 local time (15:00 BST) and will be grilled by Trump's legal team.
On Tuesday, it was the prosecution team doing most of the questioning.
Cohen told the court he would inflate assets to match numbers that Trump had "arbitrarily" come up with.
Trump has already posted on social media, saying that he was on his way to the Manhattan court.
So stay with us as we follow the day's events.
Brandon Livesay
Reporting from New York City
Image source, EPAI did not expect a large portion of my afternoon to be focused on an NFL team with links to Jon Bon Jovi.
But a significant chunk of Michael Cohen's testimony in court was about how Donald Trump tried to buy the Buffalo Bills.
Cohen says Trump's assets were inflated in a document that was used in a bid for the football team. Cohen also claims he inflated various assets to match numbers that Trump would come up with "arbitrarily".
Meanwhile, Trump's team painted Cohen as a serial liar who should not be trusted.
When leaving the New York courtroom, Trump said he will be back again tomorrow.
And so will we.
For a wrap of what we learned today in court, you can read this article.
And for insight into why this was a significant testimony, check out this article.
Our writers today were Imogen James and Emily McGarvey, with Chloe Kim and Kayla Epstein reporting from court.
Court has adjourned for the day. Here's what happened:
Donald Trump stopped to speak with media as he left the courtroom and had a range of things to say.
He started by talking about the breaking news that Tom Emmer has dropped out of the race to become Speaker of the US House of Representatives - mere hours after Emmer was nominated.
Trump says "that was fast" and adds "I absolutely must have had an impact". Trump was highly critical of Emmer in a post shared on Truth Social during one of the court breaks today.
The former president then spoke about today's court developments, calling the trial a "scam".
He went on to tell media he was "doing well" in New York polls, and then confirmed he will be back in court tomorrow to watch Michael Cohen's continued testimony.
Trump defence lawyer Alina Habba was still in the midst of questioning Cohen when the judge called time for the day.
They will return tomorrow at 10:00 ET (15:00 BST).
Chloe Kim
Reporting from court
Image source, ReutersAlina Habba in court
Trump's lawyer, Alina Habba, is pacing back and forth in front of Cohen while questioning him.
Since she started her cross examination, there's been tension between the two.
Cohen is answering in a lawyerly way instead of providing straight yes or no answers.
Judge Engoron asks him to simply answer the questions.
At one point Habba asks if his wife knew about his tax evasion and Cohen has a brief outburst.
Another Trump lawyer, Christoper Kise says: "This witness is completely out of control".
The courtroom laughs at the remark.
Judge Engoron says "I'm doing the best I can" to control the court.
Another line Habba said to Cohen: "you’re not on your podcast... you’re here with me".
The prosecution has wrapped up their questioning for Michael Cohen.
Trump's lawyer, Alina Habba, is about to start her questioning.
She starts by saying they've met each other quite a few times and asks if she should still call him "Mr Cohen", he says yes, Mr Cohen is good for today.
Kayla Epstein
Reporting from court
While some sports fans might enjoy this detour, Trump's lawyer Chris Kise has not.
Kise is objecting to the prosecutors line of argument. They recently showed a document that stated Trump wanted to buy the Bills for $1 billion, and had a net worth "in excess" of $8 billion at the time.
Kise wonders "what relevance… is being established by this? Because on its face there’s nothing to indicate President Trump didn’t have the financial ability to buy the Bills," he said.
Trump never bought the Bills, and no transaction was completed.
"This is the danger of these hypothetical transactions," Kise, said, later adding, "I don't see how this exhibit is evidence of fraud".
The prosecutor argues the document is proof Trump lied about his worth.
“Because fraud was not fully perpetrated” does not mean it was not relevant, the prosecutor says.
Judge Engoron lets the lawyers haggle before overruling Kise's objection.