2/ Trump arrived at the courthouse and @atrupar posted a vid in which Trump says this AFTER a gag order was imposed on him:

Trump dehumanizes Letitia James as a "political animal"

And this AFTER his team failed to ask for a jury trial:

Trump: "If I had a jury we'd win this case very easily, but I don't have a jury ... this is the beginning of communism."

3/ Klasfeld: (ICYMI, this is a judge with a sense of humor as well as gravitas)

Trump's lawyer Jose Suarez tells the judge he's gotten the message: "I also understand that in the Great State of NY it's called a triplex," pronouncing it like "triple" instead of "tri-."

Co-counsel Chris Kise quips: "Judge, in the South, it's just called apartment."

Engoron asks if they have triplexes in South.

Kise replies: That's why we call it an apartment.

Bender's testimony begins shortly after that.

4/🙄 👉🏼After Engoron chides Trump's attorney against performative questioning by saying "There's no jury here," Trump audibly groans and mumbles a reaction.👈🏼🙄

Questioning turns to an engagement continuance form between Mazars and Trump Org from 2016-'17.

🙄 👉🏼 Trump keeps noisily (but, for those of us in the gallery, mostly inaudibly) complaining about the judge's remarks throughout the questioning. 👈🏼🙄

@GottaLaff

I see Trump is trying the "Toddler" strategy.