It now seems clear why Allen Weisselberg's testimony ended

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3. Trump trial tantrum

Laura Italiano Oct 19, 2023, 3:58 PM EDT

... The sides were called to the bench of New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron to discuss a letter sent by the AG's office to the judge that was made public earlier in the morning, the sources said.

In the letter, the state accused the Trump Organization of failing to turn over emails concerning Trump's triplex apartment. The emails should have been among the corporate records previously subpoenaed for by the AG, but were only newly brought to light as allegedly missing from the trial evidence.

The AG's side requested in the letter that the Trump Organization be ordered to submit to a search for the purportedly missing emails. Kise, the former president's lawyer, kicked off the sidebar by protesting that such a search would potentially derail the trial, the sources said ...

Kise then accused the AG's side of having an ulterior motive for pursuing the emails, even suggesting that the state was fishing for evidence it could use in examining Trump fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen next week ...

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-fraud-trial-tantrum-heres-what-happened-sidebar-blowup-thursday-2023-10