Donald Trump<\/a> is reportedly \u201cunfazed\u201d by his fraud trial. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Donald Trump is reportedly \u2018unfazed\u2019 by his fraud trial<\/p>\n
The former US president, 77, is facing charges of inflating his wealth on financial statements given to banks to secure loans \u2013 and last week faced off against his former \u201cfixer\u201d lawyer Michael Cohen in his ongoing Manhattan trial, but friends of the scandal-hit property tycoon insist he is untroubled by his legal woes. <\/p>\n
An insider told Page Six: \u201cTrump\u2019s in Trump Tower, unfazed and happy. He\u2019s acting like nothing\u2019s wrong. He\u2019s projecting strength and seems on top of the world, not nervous or anxious.\u201d<\/p>\n
The public seems equally \u201cunfazed\u201d, as a new poll shows New Yorkers have been giving President Joe Biden only a nine-point edge over Trump in the 2024 presidential race. <\/p>\n
Last week saw Trump storm out of his $250million fraud trial after a series of legal woes that included him being slapped with a $10,000 fine. <\/p>\n
\nThe former \u2018Apprentice\u2019 judge was involved in the courtroom drama on 25 October after one of his lawyers finished questioning his lawyer-turned-rival Michael Cohen, 57, who testified Trump didn\u2019t direct him to inflate the value of his properties. <\/p>\n
\nTrump had accused the judge and the person \u201csitting alongside him\u201d of being \u201cvery partisan\u201d in remarks he made to press earlier in the day. <\/p>\n
\nJudge Arthur Engoron found the comments violated a gag order against speaking about court staff during his civil trial for business fraud. <\/p>\n
\nIn an unscheduled hearing, Judge Engoran also called the former president to the stand and asked Mr Trump to explain who he was referring to when he told the press that Mr Engoron was a \u201cvery partisan judge, with a person who is very partisan sitting alongside him, perhaps even much more partisan than he is\u201d. <\/p>\n
\nTrump replied: \u201cYou and Cohen.\u201d <\/p>\n
\nThe judge asked if he was \u201csure\u201d he didn\u2019t mean his clerk, with the scandal-hit former US leader responding: \u201cYes, I\u2019m sure.\u201d <\/p>\n
\nBefore allowing Trump off the stand, the judge said: \u201cAs the trier of fact, I find the witness is not credible.\u201d <\/p>\n
\nThe exchange in New York happened in the midst of a civil trial that could see Trump lose some of his most iconic real-estate assets. <\/p>\n
\nJudge Engoron had previously ruled the Trump Organization committed fraud, and the current trial is focused on additional charges linked to the accusation. <\/p>\n
\nBefore he was fined, Trump was already under a gag order from Mr Engoron because he had posted disparaging comments about the same clerk in early October. <\/p>\n
\nWhen he had discovered the comments were still up on Trump\u2019s 2024 presidential campaign website several days later, Mr Engoron had issued a $5,000 fine against the ex-president.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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