Mary Trump Responds to Donald Trump's 'Stunning' Testimony

Donald Trump's estranged niece Mary Trump has responded gleefully to the ex-president's testimony in his civil fraud trial, saying she was feeling "giddy" because she thought his testimony had not gone well for him.

"It was one of the most stunning things," she said of Monday's court hearing when Trump gave evidence in a lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James alleging that Trump and top executives at The Trump Organization, including his two eldest sons, conspired to increase his net worth by billions of dollars on financial statements provided to banks and insurers.

Speaking to attorney Joe Gallina on her Substack blog, she said she and Gallina were "going to try and manage our extreme euphoria."

Mary Trump's written introduction to the interview on Substack said: "NO HYPERBOLE: Today was the WORST day in Donald Trump's life."

Judge Arthur Engoron issued a partial summary in the civil fraud trial in September, ruling that Trump committed fraud. He ruled that Trump grossly inflated the value of his assets to obtain more favorable terms from lenders and insurers.

The trial seeks to determine how much the Trumps will have to pay in damages and to resolve the other six claims alleged by James. James is seeking $250 million in damages, as well as the revocation of Trump's business licenses.

During his testimony, in which he was questioned about the value of his assets, Trump, frontrunner for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, repeated his assertion that he did nothing wrong and that the trial was "unfair" and politically motivated.

He claimed the trial was a "witch hunt", causing the judge to tell his lawyers to "control him".

Reacting, his estranged niece who has consistently criticized the former president, called the evidence "stunning".

She told Gallina: "This is fabulous," adding she could not wait for the verdict.

Addressing Trump, she said: "Donald, I know you are going to be going through a lot and you may well not have any homes any more so I just wanted to let you know my couch is incredibly comfortable and you are not welcome here."

"This is a huge milestone," she added. "Americans deserve to be happy about it".

Speaking specifically about his temperament in the trial, Mary Trump said: "He once again got away with being this obnoxious, entitled, temper tantrum, insult throwing brat and the judge did nothing."

She added that he treated the judge and attorneys for the state with "unsparing and jaw-dropping contempt."

She said she was "fairly surprised that he has lost any ability to rein himself in when his extraordinary fragile ego feels threatened."

During his testimony, Trump distanced himself from financial documents at the center of the case and said bankers who The Trump Organization sought loans from "paid little attention" to them.

At one point, an attorney showed Trump a term agreement made to Deutsche Bank for him to verify his signature before asking if the statement about the values of Trump Organization businesses and the properties were made "in order to induce lending."

Trump answered in the affirmative, according to Matt Russell Lee of Inner City Press in an X, formerly Twitter, post, leading Katie Phang, a lawyer and MSNBC host, to write on X that it was a "critical admission".

She wrote: "In order to induce lending. A CRITICAL admission by Trump as he admits that the INTENT in making these financial representations was to convince lenders to loan money."

The former president's sons, Eric and Donald Jr., gave evidence in the trial last week and said they did not recall or have knowledge about the financial statements at the heart of it.

Trump briefly appeared in the dock last month and was fined $10,000 for breaching a gag order that barred him from personally attacking court staff in his fraud trial.

On Wednesday, his daughter Ivanka Trump is scheduled to testify.

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