The Trumps Take the Stand

<p>Of all the legal cases that former President Donald J. Trump is facing, perhaps the most personal is playing out in a courtroom in Manhattan: a civil fraud trial that could result in him losing control of his best-known buildings and paying hundreds of millions of dollars in fines.</p><p>In recent days, Mr. Trump and some of his children have taken the stand, defending the family business and the former president’s reputation as a real-estate mogul.</p><p>Jonah E. Bromwich, who covers justice in New York for The Times, was inside the courtroom.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/jonah-e-bromwich?smid=pc-thedaily">Jonah E. Bromwich</a>, a criminal justice correspondent for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>This is what it was like<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/06/nyregion/trump-fraud-trial-court-photo.html?smid=pc-thedaily"> inside the courtroom</a> as Mr. Trump testified.</li><li>And here are<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/07/nyregion/trump-ny-fraud-trial-testimony.html?smid=pc-thedaily"> five things we learned</a> during his testimony.</li><li>The former president’s daughter<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/nyregion/ivanka-trump-testimony-fraud-trial.html?smid=pc-thedaily"> Ivanka Trump</a> was scheduled to take the stand on Wednesday.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>