Video of Donald Trump in Court Goes Viral: 'Didn't Look Too Happy'

Video footage of Donald Trump looking glum inside a courtroom on Tuesday has gone viral on social media.

The civil fraud trial that imperils the former president's real estate empire stems from a lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James.

In a pretrial decision in September, Judge Arthur Engoron resolved the lawsuit's top claim, ruling that Trump and his company routinely deceived banks, insurers and others by exaggerating the value of assets on his annual financial statements, which were used to secure loans and make deals.

The $250 million trial concerns the lawsuit's remaining claims of conspiracy, insurance fraud and falsifying business records. Trump, who is leading the race in the polls for the 2024 Republican nomination, has denied wrongdoing.

He is not due to testify until later in the trial, but he attended the first three days last week and returned Tuesday to watch as an outside appraiser and employee testified against him, as well as to lash out at James in front of news cameras outside the courtroom.

"He didn't look too happy to be in court today," Ron Filipkowski, the editor-in-chief of the liberal outlet Meidas Touch, wrote alongside a brief clip of Trump in court on X, formerly Twitter, that has amassed more than half a million views so far.

Another clip of Trump in the courtroom with a morose expression on his face that was aired on Fox News was shared by journalist Aaron Rupar on X, where it has more than 145,000 views.

Outside the courtroom, Trump said the case was "a disgrace," arguing that his assets were actually undervalued.

He called the legal system "corrupt" and slammed James as a "radical lunatic."

"We worked hard, my family. My children are involved in this and they shouldn't. They don't deserve to be involved in this. This is a witch hunt by a radical lunatic attorney general...," Trump said.

Trump "may lie, but numbers don't lie," James said after court, The Associated Press reported.

"He can call me names, he can engage in distractions," she added, but "his entire empire was built on nothing but lies and on sinking sand."

After his decision on the lawsuit's top claim, Engoron issued a ruling that revoked Trump's business licenses and put a court-appointed receiver in charge of his companies, which legal experts called a "corporate death penalty."

An appeals court later rejected Trump's bid to pause the trial but agreed to leave him in control of his business holdings for now.

Trump is also facing 91 felony counts in four criminal cases in Washington, D.C, New York, Florida and Georgia. He has denied wrongdoing in each case.

Newsweek has contacted a Trump attorney and James' office for further comment via email.