Donald Trump was back at his Manhattan Supreme Court fraud trial Thursday to see his legal team wind down their defense case. The former president told reporters he’d returned after a weeks-long hiatus for NYU accounting professor Eli Bartov’s testimony,

Donald Trump was back in court on Thursday at the Trump Organization’s New York fraud trial, in his ninth appearance at the courthouse. As the trial nears its conclusion, Mr Trump will testify again on Monday — still under a gag order after a judge denied an attempt to fast-track an appeal.

A judge has denied Donald Trump’s attempt for a fast-tracked appeal of his gag order in his New York fraud trial, days after a ruling allowed the order to stay in place after court filings revealed the scope of abuse and harassment Judge Arthur Engoron’s staff has received.