I’ve been curating the BBC feed, choosing not to add much of the “analysis” portions, but this one adds a bit to our understanding …
Ivanka Trump, through her demeanour, is trying hard to look like a cooperative witness.
She’s smiling brightly, being courteous to the judge and court staff, and answering questions in an even tone.
At one point early in questioning, she joked that she couldn’t remember a call because it happened when she was nine months pregnant with her first child - more than 12 years ago.
But for such a high-ranking executive, her sudden amnesia on the stand is coming off as a calculated attempt to not give prosecutors any more ammunition.
Even when she’s presented with evidence, she says it doesn’t refresh her memory.
There’s just been a bit of an awkward moment here in court, between Donald Trump’s lawyer Chris Kise, prosecutor Lou Solomon, and Judge Engoron.
Solomon says he’s getting agitated that Ivanka Trump can’t seem to “recall” anything specific he asks about.
He says she can remember facts about Trump properties like his hotels, “but she has not answered one of my questions”.
Kise steps in to defend his client’s daughter, before the judge eventually says it might not be a good idea to have this conversation in front of the witness, Ivanka.
Ivanka Trump has returned to court and taken the stand once more, after stepping away while the judge and lawyers argued about the relevance of some of the prosecution’s questioning.
“Sorry to have kept you in the dark,” the judge says to Ivanka as she returns.
The judge also briefly pokes fun at Kise - one of Donald Trump’s lawyers .
Kise had spoken about the Trump Organization’s remodel of the Old Post Office in Washington, DC, claiming the company turned a “hulking relic” into a “world-class facility”.
“You’re starting to sound like your client,” Engoron said, a reference to the former president, who spent much of his testimony on Monday boasting about his real estate.
In her absence, the lawyers are arguing with the judge about whether some of the evidence being shown is outside the statute of limitations.
Judge Engoron keeps overruling the Trump team’s objections that they are. He’s using the break to explain his reasoning - that deals done in the past carry significance for future financials.
Chris Kise, Donald Trump’s lawyer, disagrees.
The prosecution also spells out their justifications for showing the documents leading up to the Deutsche Bank loans in this case.
Lou Solomon - of the prosecution - says they’re showing them as part of their case that the Trumps “induced Deutsche Bank to make loans they should not make at those rates”.
The prosecution are now showing an email between Rosemary Vrablic - a former Deutsche Bank managing director - and Ivanka Trump. It’s about a Trump property in Chicago.
It reveals revised pricing for lower interest rates following a meeting. (It’s not specified if the meeting was between Vrablic and Ivanka.)
The email shows Ivanka writing “you are the best”, and later: “We all appreciate it”.
When asked about the exchange, Ivanka says she does not recall - but acknowledges she can see on the email where this is said.