Ivanka Trump testifies she doesn’t know much about financial documents in N.Y. fraud trial: Takeaways

James said Ivanka Trump was "cordial," "disciplined" and "controlled" in her testimony today, but added that "her testimony raises some questions with regards to its credibility."

The attorney general said that "based on the evidence," Ivanka Trump "clearly was involved in negotiating and securing loans favorable loans for the benefit of the Trump Organization, for Mr. Trump, and her brothers, and for herself."

"At the end of the day, this case is about fraudulent statements of financial condition that she benefited from," James said. "She was enriched, and clearly, you cannot distance yourself from that fact."

As she has said repeatedly to reporters throughout the trial, James added that "the numbers do not lie."

"Despite the fact that she was very, very nice and very friendly, the facts basically demonstrate the truth," James said.

Near the end of his cross-examination of Ivanka Trump, defense lawyer Jesus Suarez got heated when he heard chuckling from attorneys of the AG's office, which he thought was about his line of questioning.

The “government is sitting here laughing at their attempt to destroy this company,” he snapped loudly, startling onlookers in the courtroom.

"They think this is funny," he said. "This is not funny when I am talking about the great work this family has done."

Donald Trump will be required to disclose by Jan. 15 whether he will rely on an advice-of-counsel defense at his D.C. trial, the presiding judge in his federal election interference case ruled Wednesday.

“Notice without disclosure would have little practical value and would inject undue delay into the parties’ pretrial preparation,” U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan wrote.

An advice-of-counsel defense would require Trump to introduce evidence showing that he relied in good faith on his attorney’s advice that his conduct was legal and that he fully disclosed all material facts to his attorney before obtaining the advice in question.

Trump previously consented to provide such notice by that date, but argued he should not be simultaneously required to turn over to prosecutors the attorney-client material that he would use to support such a defense.

Chutkan rejected that argument in today’s order, adding that if Trump uses such a defense, he must also “provide the required discovery to the government at that time.”

Court proceedings are over for the day and will resume tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET.

Ivanka Trump departed court in New York moments ago after finishing her testimony. She exited via the front steps and did not answer questions or speak. As she walked out, there was a mix of applause and jeers by people nearby, though no formal protestors appeared to be present.

Notably, Judge Engoron has only engaged with his law clerk once or twice throughout today's proceedings.

On a typical day, prior to complaints about his clerk from Trump lawyer Chris Kise, Engoron would ask her opinion maybe a dozen times or more.

Trump and Kise have complained about the judge's clerk for weeks. Earlier this month, Engoron expanded a gag order, issued after the judge claimed Trump had made “inappropriate remarks” about his law clerk, to include members of the former president's legal team.

He said in his order that Kise, and two other Trump lawyers, Clifford Robert and Alina Habba, made remarks about his clerk, “falsely accusing her of bias against them and of improperly influencing the ongoing bench trial.”

Today, the clerk was sitting in the same seat inches from the judge but remained largely quiet throughout the proceedings. Engoron had argued that he has the right of unfettered access to his law clerk, but he now appears aware of the optics and has chosen to be prudent when reaching out to her — or maybe it’s just a coincidence. 

The cross-examination of the former president's eldest daughter has wrapped. There'll be no redirect.

Under cross-examination, Ivanka Trump doubled down on her earlier assertions that she had nothing to do with her father's financial statements.

Asked if she had any role in them, she said, "None that I'm aware of." Asked if she prepared, reviewed, approved them or had anything to do with the methodology that was used in them, she repeatedly answered: "No."

The AG's office submitted a filing today arguing that some of the Trump team's proposed experts should be barred from testifying when the defense begins presenting its case.

The filing contends that three of the experts would opine on issues the judge already decided ahead of trial, and that two were listed as rebuttal witnesses against experts the AG's office wound up not calling to testify.

Trump's lawyers are expected to respond to the filing in court. The defense is scheduled to begin presenting its case Monday.