Trump claims New York fraud trial is ‘election interference’ – as it happened

This live blog is now closed. For our latest reporting on this trial, you can read:

• Trump claims financial statements at heart of $250m fraud trial are worthless'
• At a glance: what we've learned from testimony so far

Before heading to the court, Trump used Truth Social to attack the judge and attorney general in the case and claimed once again the case is politically motivated:

Got a really Biased, Nasty, Club controlled, but often overturned, Judge, a Racist, Evil, and Corrupt Attorney General, BUT A CASE THAT, ACCORDING TO ALMOST ALL LEGAL SCHOLARS, HAS ZERO MERIT," he wrote. A dark day for our Country. WITCH HUNT!