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Key takeaways from the first day of Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial

Former President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom at New York Supreme Court [Brendan McDermid/Pool Photo via AP]

Prosecutors and defenders in the United States have made their initial statements in a civil fraud trial focused on the activities of Donald Trump and his businesses, kicking off a process that could add to the already considerable legal and political woes faced by the former president.

A defiant Trump attacked New York’s attorney general and the judge overseeing his civil fraud trial as it began on Monday, with a state lawyer accusing him of generating more than $100m by lying about his real estate empire.

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