Judge orders Trump to lower his voice during fraud proceedings.

Former President Donald Trump experienced a rather unusual rebuke during his civil fraud trial in Manhattan. Judge Arthur Engoron told the former president to keep his voice down as witnesses testified at the trial. It all began when Doug Larson, a former outside appraiser who had worked on Trump properties, took the stand for his second day of testimony.

Kevin Wallace, senior counsel for the attorney general's office, had to ask the defendant to stop commenting during the witness' testimony. Trump had been conversing with his own defense attorney, Alina Habba, and at one point during Larson's testimony, he threw his hands up in the air. Judge Engoron noted that Trump's "exhortations" were audible to the rest of the courtroom. He then asked everyone to keep the volume down if it was meant to influence the testimony.

The former president is currently on trial for fraud in a $250million lawsuit by New York Attorney General Letitia James. James' office accuses Trump of fraudulently inflating his net worth to secure better terms for loans, as well as overvaluing and undervaluing his properties. According to James, Trump unjustly enriched himself by billions of dollars and cheated the system.

Trump attended the first three days of the trial in the beginning of October and returned for the second day of witness testimony, even though he was not required to do so. Outside the courthouse, the former president turned the tables and accused Attorney General James of fraud herself. He declared that her numbers were fraudulent and that the case should be dismissed.

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