Donald Trump to testify at civil trial targeting his New York empire

NEW YORK: Former president Donald Trump is expected to testify Monday in the civil case threatening to upend his real estate empire and deal him a damaging financial blow as he seeks to retake the White House next year.
The 77-year-old Republican is due to take the stand at 10:00 am (1500 GMT), sitting next to Arthur Engoron, the judge overseeing the case whom Trump has repeatedly derided as “unhinged” and a “Trump-hating radical left, Democrat operative.”
Engoron has responded by…