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In a case that could destroy his business, donald trump is in court on day one of his civil fraud trial in New York City. Those proceedings could be an Uphill Battle for the former president. Already last week the judge found trump liable for fraud, a ruling that could be destabilizing, to say the least, for the Trump Organization. Trump has gone on the offensive, ramping up his Smear Campaign against the judge and prosecutors just a few steps from where hes sitting for trial. We have a racist Attorney General who is a horror show. Well go in and see a rogue judge and listen to this man. This is a disgrace, and youre to go after this Attorney General. Cnns Brynn Gingras is outside the courthouse. Also with us, cnn chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence Analyst john miller and cnn legal analyst Jennifer Rogers. Great to have all of you. Brynn, lets start first with you. Weve heard some well worn trump rhetoric going back to his playbook again and again. But how are things shaping up inside that courtroom . Reporter jessica, pretty much any time theres a break, he comes out and talks to the cameras, very much political moves by the former president. Im getting realtime updates from my colleagues in the courtroom. They say right now the first witness is on the stand, thats donald bender, he was the former accountant for trump and trump org and right now hes testifying to the fact that he compiled Financial Statements for the trumps and trumps orgs, but didnt really do the analytics of it. That speaks a little bit to how his testimony is going to proceed from here on. Before that with Opening Statements, and, of course, thats the crux of any case. Let me get to that. In the states attorneys opening statement, he said trump, his sons, the Trump Organization all conspired for years to fraudulently inflate their assess in order to get Business Loans and better Interest Rates and saying this in the state of new york. Before summing up their statements they asked the judge to bar them from doing business in new york again. They talked about a number of witnesses who will take the stand, one being trumps former fixer michael cohen. If you remember, the whole reason this case even started was because of Michael Cohens testimony in front of congress where he said the trumps did inflate their assets. After that, of course, we heard from the defense team, the defense saying that trump built this huge empire and it was all done by the book, that there was never any he compiled everything in it was all regulatory, it was all by the book, and saying this, in sum, there was no illegality, there was no fraught, there are no victims. In fact, they say there were banks that were wanting, eager, to do business with the trumps. Trump is very eager to actually get on the stand in this trial. We dont expect that today. Hes a witness for both the state and the defense and some time soon we do expect him to take the stand, guys. This is a trial thats going to last nearly three months. Well stay there and bring you the very latest. One of 28 potential witnesses that Letitia James, the a. G. , said she can call. Brynn, please stand by. John miller, this is obviously not a normal day in court. You have a defendant that is late because hes outside making defamatory remarks about the a. G. And the judge thats ultimately deciding the case. How big of that do you think was the reason the judge ruled against having cameras allowed inside for the proceedings . Well, i dont know if one thing had anything to do with the other. The thing you have to separate this case from Is Donald Trump didnt have to attend this. Its a civil proceeding. He could have been represented by his lawyers. That makes it different from his arraignment in miami, different from his arraignment in criminal court, in the hush money case in new york, different from his arraignment in washington, d. C. On the Election Fraud, the federal election case or in georgia, the state Election Fraud case. He came here for two reason, bun to make his statement in court and one where his business empire, not his personal freedom, hangs in the balance, but also to make that statement in the hallway. The judge not allowing cameras in the courtroom which he could have done under New York State Law to shoot the Opening Statements of the prosecution and the Opening Statements of the defense actually leaves us in the position of really having to kind of go through our crib notes from the people in the courtroom and Donald Trumps statements in the hallway and Letitia James statements on the steps. I dont understand why were still operating on the stone age when we can have cameras in that courtroom. The only difference is compelled witness testimony, the judge would have to leave it up to the witness as to whether they wanted to allow their testimony to be televised. The rest of it we could have seen today and we should have. John, i want to ask you, because we heard the former president say in some of his remarks that people should go after the Attorney General. We know that when he makes these kinds of statements when President Trump makes these kinds of statements, that often those people do become targets really of more threats. Do you think that the Security Apparatus can keep up, and is there a point where a judge steps in on Something Like that . Well, if the judge steps in here, it will be no less than i think the third time donald trump has been personally admonished by a judge to keep his statements within the keeping of the local rules of what statements are appropriate during a court proceeding. In this case, go after the Attorney General, donald trump knows exactly what those words mean. He knows exactly how some of his supporters will take that. I think its a very dangerous statement to make. But ill say this, security was tight at the courthouse today, and Letitia James, the former New York City public advocate has had a new York City PoliceDepartment Security detail for her time in city government. She has had a very competent Security Detail made up of people i know as shes been Attorney General, and shes used to threats. Shell take that in stride. Certainly the statement in provocative and it wasnt accidental. No doubt about that. John, stand by for us. I want to go to Jennifer Rogers now. Jennifer, since the judge has already found trump liable for fraud, is it possible the damage to the Trump Organization is already done . Help explain whats at stake in this trial. Well, certainly a lot of the damage is done. The judge now during this proceeding is going to determine the fine amount, and as you said, a lot of these issues are already resolved. There were additional counts brought in the complaint that tish james and her team brought. Some of those require intention, require that this fraud was intentional, and that could lead to even higher fine amounts and the dissolution of these businesses altogether including a ruling that Line Of Scrimmage MLetitia James is seeking that donald trump and his sons will not be allowed to do business in new york again. Jennifer, because were anticipating an appeal from the former president , how does the fact that this wasnt a jurys finding but rather a decision from the bunch weigh into that appeals process . It doesnt make any difference as far as the trial. So the judge will make the Credibility Findings that a jury would and ultimately decide as the factfinder, thats exactly the same in terms of the appellate review, whether its a judge or a jury. There are different standards for Summary Judgment because Summary Judgment relies on undisputed facts and a legal judgment. So thats in a little bit of a separate bucket that an Appellate Court can apply to that piece of it. As far as the trial goes, theres no difference at all, which begs the question why team trump didnt try harder to get a jury trial here which could have only benefited them. Its unclear whether they would have been entitled to it, but apparently they didnt even seek it which is kind of a bit of a puzzle. I also want your read, jennifer, that in the trumps organizations dealings, there were no victims i believe the phrasing that was used, there were no untoward profits or something to that effect. What do you make of that . Well, there certainly were untoward profits. When you think about a fine amount or damages, one way to assess that is loss to the victims. Another way is illgotten gains to the defendant. If they fraudulently said our properties are with this amount and the banks gave them a better Interest Rate than they would have gotten had they not defrauded the bank, those illgotten gains is something that should be disgorged. Whats the harm here . Nobody lost money, even if the values werent what they should have been, no dig deal. Its not as much of a legal point as it is something that would appeal, again, more to the jury than potentially to the judge who is going to follow the letter of the law. Illgotten gain has a better sounding phrase than untoward profits. Im not sure where that came from. Jennifer and john, thank you very much. Prurp is using his time at trial today to get in front of the trials. His team readily admits theyre trying to turn these proceedings into a campaign event. Cnns Kristen Holmes is outside trump tower in new york. Kristen, we want to remind everyone that the former president did not have to appear in person today. He certainly did. Hes there and talking and talking a lot. Hes in front of the cameras. What more can you tell us about the strategy . Jessica and boris, he did not have to go. Not only is he talking to the cameras a lot, its being aired on a lot of news networks. Thats something not going unnoticed with his team. This is something ive been asking Trump Advisers for months. How are you going to navigate a 2024 president ial campaign with all these looming trial dates and lengthy trials. Clearly today we saw one of the ways theyd navigate that, by turning these trials into campaign events. As soon as trump was leaving trump tower, they knew there were cameras everywhere. They blasted out an email attacking Letitia James like you would a political opponent. Once he was downtown, he walked into the courthouse, he waited for the cameras, gave everyone an opportunity to roll on him essentially, and then restarted making his remarks. His team was aware of how many press feeds were in the courtroom. They were very aware that the judge was going to rule on whether or not they would allow cameras in both the courtroom and the hallway. These are things they monitor closely because they are all about optics. Donald trump likes to play this out in the court of public opinion. You could tell by at least some of what he said today that this is going to be something he makes political. What we have here is an attempt to hurt me in an election. People are getting it. I can tell you the vote is getting it, every time they give me a fake indictment, i go up in the polls. Reporter so just to make something clear here, he is going up in the rolls when it comes to the republican primary, this is helping with his base and republican primaries. Theres no indication of the this would held him down the road in the general election. His advisers have told me they are concerned, they dont know how it will play out. The other quick thing i want to mention here, while this case and while the way theyre handling this is very political, its very personal to donald trump. He built his entire brand on being a successful businessman. Its not just his personal brand, but his political brand. He spent all of 2016 saying the reason he was best suited to be president is because he was such a successful businessman. And a message youd likely hear again in 2024. A hit to that is also a hit to his political identity. Certainly irritates him. Thats why he keeps going back to the microphone. Kristen holmes live from manhattan, thank you so much. Still to come, republican congressman matt gaetz vowing to push ahead with a move to oust House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy. Mccarthys response, bring it on. Laphonza butler appointed to fill the late Dianne Feinsteins senate seat. Well take a look at the background and what it means for the Senate Election next year. Later, well go live to ukraine where president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is meeting with european Foreign Ministers. He has a very powerful message to them. Ukraines victory depends on your cooperation. All that and many more News Headlines when Cnn News Central returns. Thats what congressman matt gaetz is saying about his plans to oucht Kevin Mccarthy from his speakership. The speaker struck a deal with democrats over the weekend to prevent a Government Shutdown. Lets bring in cnns Lauren Fox Live On capitol hill. Lauren, Congressman Gaetz has so far stopped short of officially calling for what is known as a motion to vacate, but hes promised that thats coming. Reporter yeah, exactly. Hes sort of keeping the suspense alive right now, jessica. What me went to the floor to do today was essentially list out once again his problems with House Speaker mccarthy, accusing him of cutting a secret deal on ukraine which is speaker has denied. Hes also argued that the effort to pass that shortterm Spending Bill on sptd with republican and democratic votes, that was a violation in the eyes of mccarthys hardliners. One of the key questions remains whether or not, a, gaetz has the votes to do this and, b, whether or not democrats have the votes to help mccarthy survive. Here is matt gaetz on whether or not he would keep bringing this up if he doesnt have the votes the first time. If this does fail, will you bring this up again . Yeah. How often . Every day . Do you think you can win this vote eventually . Are you going to keep doing it until you have the votes . Like i said, it took Speaker Mccarthy 15 votes to become the speaker. So until i get to 14 or 15, i dont think im being anymore dilatory than he was. Reporter jessica, the Central Question right now is what are democrats going to do . They could play king maker in this situation, either saving mccarthy or potentially contributing to his ousting. That is a key question right now. Democratic leaders are expected to meet tonight to discuss obviously a myriad of issues. You can expect this is going to be top of mind for so many members coming back to washington today as they face down potentially this very key question. It is such an x factor, what those democrats are going to do. Lauren, we saw Speaker Mccarthy say i believe it was bring it on in terms of the threats from gaetz. How has he been responding to all of this . Reporter repeatedly today mccarthy is trying to put out there that hes not afraid of this, that this is always going to be a fight that he thinks is worth having. As we press