2/ Trump has arrived at the court.

Orden: Barbara Underwood, the Solicitor General of New York who was previously NY AG, is in the courtroom for Trump's testimony.

4/ Via Kyle Griffin:

🔥New York AG #LetitiaJames: "This morning, Mr. Trump will take the stand in our trial against him, the Trump org & other defendants. Mr. Trump has repeatedly & consistently misrepresented & inflated the value of his assets. & before he takes the stand, I am certain that he will engage in name calling & taunts & race baiting & call this a witch hunt. But at the end of the day, the only thing that matters are the facts and the numbers — & numbers, my friends, don't lie."👈🏼

6/ NOTE: Emojis are mine, and when I comment I […], or say Me: “…”

I’ll include Rubin’s posts later.

Klasfeld:

“All rise."

Court is now in session.

Justice Engoron alludes to the photographers, who are about to come in to photograph Trump and counsel at the defense table.

Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
Note:

This will be the second time that Trump takes the stand in this trial.

The first time, Justice Engoron found him "not credible" — and in violation of his gag order.

7/ “Saunters.”🤢

Klasfeld:

Engoron remarked that they're often referred to as a "gaggle" of photojournalist, a word usually used to describe "geese," he notes.

NYAG's counsel Kevin Wallace:

"The People call Donald J. Trump."

The former president saunters to the witness stand.

8/ Buckle up.

Klasfeld:

Wallace's questioning begins with Trump's corporate structure and his personal beneficial ownership of it.

Asked whether he formed the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust when he ran for president in 2016, Trump said: "Pretty much when I won, I formed the trust."

11/ And now my stupid iPad won’t let me “return” to space between posting. Gaaa! So forgive the format for now. Need to add this: 🤢 Klasfeld: Trump complains to the AG's counsel that "you" and other "Democrat" prosecutors "were all coming after me from 15 different sides."

Trump says all of the cases are "not good."

"Weaponization, they call it," Trump says.

12/ Rubin:

Trump confirms he is owner of all assets in the Trust & the beneficiary thereof; he says around the time he won, he moved the Trump Org into the trust to avoid conflicts of interest, although he maintains that he could have had two desks as Washington did. 3/

He made Weisselberg a trustee because he had been with the company for a long time; he did a good job; and we really liked him. As for Don Jr., he was named as a trustee because he is a “good boy, or man and an honorable one.”