Kathy Griffin Reacts to Donald Trump Court Video

Kathy Griffin has been a vocal critic of former President Donald Trump for years, and that hasn't stopped during his recent court appearances.

After two of his sons testified as witnesses last week, Trump took the stand on Monday in the $250 million civil fraud trial in New York. Letitia James, the attorney general of New York, filed the lawsuit against Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and the Trump Organization, and she is seeking to prevent the Trump family from ever conducting business in the state again.

Before the trial started last month, Judge Arthur Engoron had already found Trump liable of "persistent and repeated" fraud. The trial will now determine the penalties the Trump family will have to pay and address the other six claims, including falsifying business records, issuing false financial statements, insurance fraud and conspiracy.

Griffin posted her thoughts on his court appearance online. She shared a post on X, formerly Twitter, from psychologist and author @MaryLTrump.

Mary's post shared a video of Trump in the courtroom with his attorneys, moments before he was set to take the stand and be questioned by the judge. She captioned the post: "Donald is testifying RIGHT NOW. Will he:

1) perjure himself

2) attack the judge

3) plead the fifth

4) pout

5) all of the above."

Griffin shared the post to her own X account, adding the comment: "Numbers 1, 2 and 4...FOR SURE."

Newsweek reached out to representatives of Griffin and Trump for comment via email on Tuesday.

People went to the comment section of Griffin's post to share their thoughts on the matter, with many agreeing with the comedian.

"Already has done 1,2 and 4!" one person commented.

"I would be surprised if he knew HOW to plead the Fifth..." said another.

A third added: "Damn! That face sure put me off my coffee. He is so disgusting."

However, not everyone was happy with her post, with one person writing: "You're a lunatic. Weren't you leaving Twitter and the country? Freaking cry baby."

As has been widely reported over the years, Griffin has been an outspoken critic of Trump, notably facing unrelenting criticism when she posed with the severed head of an effigy of the then-president in 2017.

Trump was a prominent voice in the backlash against Griffin, writing online at the time: "Kathy Griffin should be ashamed of herself. My children, especially my 11-year-old son, Barron, are having a hard time with this. Sick."

Celebrity photographer Tyler Shields captured the graphic photo, which caused a public outcry and forced Griffin to apologize.

"I sincerely apologize. I am just now seeing the reaction of these images[...]I went way too far. The image is too disturbing. I understand how it offends people. It wasn't funny. I get it," the comedian said in a video posted to social media in May 2017.

She later retracted her apology, saying during an appearance on ABC's The View in 2018: "I take the apology back. F*** him[...]I'm not holding back on this family. This family is different. I've been through the mill."

Griffin went on to explain her reasons for taking back her apology, as she said: "The First Amendment is important. It's the first for a reason."

She added: "My mom got death threats in her retirement village, and my sister got death threats in her hospital bed, and I lost her to cancer—that's why I shaved my head. That's how vicious it can be."