Trump Fined for Violating Gag Order in Fraud Trial After Storming Out

Former President Donald Trump stormed out of his civil fraud trial after his former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, backtracked on his testimony about whether Trump directed him to inflate financial payments. Cohen initially said he was lying in 2019 when he testified that Trump had not directed him to inflate numbers, but later clarified that while Trump didn't directly ask him to inflate the numbers, the idea was implied. The trial continued with Trump's tax attorney expected to testify, and the New York Attorney General cited "mountains of evidence" in the case. Trump was fined $10,000 for violating a gag order by referencing a court clerk, and his request to dismiss the trial was denied by the judge.