Eric Trump called the $250 million civil fraud case against himself, his father, brother and the family real estate company "a big charade" and "an absolute joke" after he concluded testifying at trial Friday.

“This is a big charade that is a huge waste of taxpayer money and it’s the very reason everyone’s moving out of New York state, and I was actually one of them," Eric told a gaggle of reporters outside of the courtroom.

 "It's a joke, it’s an absolute joke," Eric said, claiming that New York Attorney General Letitia James was using the case to bolster her career.

But the former first son was adamant on his innocence and confident that his family would win at trial.

“Guys, we’re going to win this thing," Eric said. "I promise you we’re going to win it because we haven’t done a damn thing wrong."

Eric told reporters that his father was "certainly" going to show up to court on Monday to testify.

"He is very fired up to be here," Eric said. "He thinks this is one of the most incredible injustices he has ever seen and it totally is."

On Thursday, in a series of posts on Truth Social, Trump blasted the judge, the AG and the case, claiming his sons were being "persecuted."

Christopher Kise once again raised the issue of the judge allegedly being biased against the former president and concerns over his law clerk passing notes to the judge during trial.

Kise made the comments after Eric Trump concluded his testimony Friday morning, closing out trial for the week.

Kise asked for it to be put on the record every time the court clerk passed a note to Judge Arthur Engoron so Kise could use the evidence if he made a motion for mistrial.

"I am saying, on the record, I will continue to receive notes from my staff," Engoron responded. "If you want to make a motion at this point, go ahead and do it."

Kevin Wallace, a lawyer with the Attorney General's Office, piled on, agreeing that Kise should simply file a motion over the issue instead of continuing to raise it at trial.

“This sideshow of talking about the clerk is designed to interrupt our ability to put in evidence," Wallace said. “If there is something improper about a judge and clerk passing notes, you should make your motion now."

The fifth week of trial concluded Friday morning when Eric wrapped up his testimony, leaving his father and sister Ivanka as the remaining witnesses in the AG's case.

Eric testified for roughly four and a half hours over the course of Thursday and Friday morning.

The former president is slated to take the witness stand Monday and Ivanka Trump is scheduled to go Wednesday and will be the final witness in the attorney general's case.

Trump's side has 128 possible witnesses listed, and trial is expected to run through December.

Donald Trump's lawyers on Friday morning hammered home their argument from Thursday, suggesting that Judge Arthur Engoron is biased against the former president.

Trump lawyer Christopher Kise threatened to seek a mistrial if a news story from Thursday about "partisan political contributions made by certain members of your staff" turned out to be true, he told the Manhattan Supreme Court justice.

When Engoron asked where the allegations came from, Kise said, "I think it's on Breitbart" — prompting groans from the courtroom.

"We're getting told to move on, we're getting put on the clock, the rulings are frequently against us on almost every major issue," Kise said in alleging bias.

"We're often thinking I am arguing against two adversaries, not one — the government and someone who is providing input to you on a regular and immediate basis," Kise said, apparently referring once again to Engoron's court clerk.

Earlier in the trial, Trump posted a photo on Truth Social of the clerk with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), baselessly saying she was "Schumer's girlfriend" and adding that she was "running this case against me."

Afterward, Engoron issued a limited gag order barring Trump from publicly speaking about any of his court staff.

The judge has since determined that Trump has violated the order twice, fining him a total of $15,000.

On Thursday, Engoron threatened to expand the gag order to include Trump's lawyers after Kise accused his female law clerk of being a second judge on the case, after she has repeatedly passed notes to Engoron throughout the trial.

Eric Trump appears to have a court uniform after showing up Friday wearing nearly identical clothes for a second day -- right down to his socks.

On both Thursday and Friday, Eric wore a navy suit, a light blue tie, a white shirt, brown oxfords and blue socks with a white pattern. The socks actually appear to be identical to the ones he wore to court on Thursday.

The former first son showed up the day before twinning with brother Don Jr. They wore extremely similar clothes except for the color of their dress shirts -- Eric's white and Don Jr.'s light pink.

Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron warned Donald Trump's lawyers again Friday morning not to speak about his court staff after a heated exchange at the close of Thursday's trial proceeding.

“I hope I made myself clear yesterday," Engoron said.“Unless there's some real reason, and I haven't seen any, please do not refer to members of my staff."

“I promise not to pound the bench again," the jurist said.

On Thursday, the former president's lawyers accused Engoron of being biased against their client and also claimed there were two judges in the room, since Engoron's court clerk has been passing the judge notes throughout trial.

The discussion culminated with Engoron pounding the bench and yelling, "Confidential communications from my clerk? You don't have any right to see it or question it!"

Eric Trump sat at the defense table Friday morning as he waited to be called again to the witness stand. When photographers came in briefly to shoot him, the room was silent and tense.

Eric Trump has taken the witness stand for the second day after a tense first three hours of questioning on Thursday by prosecutors.

New York Attorney General Letitia James -- who brought the $250 million civil fraud suit against the Trump empire -- was seated once again in the first row of the courtroom gallery.

Eric, 39, insisted numerous times that he didn't have anything to do with his dad's statements of financial interest even when confronted with email evidence suggesting otherwise.

“I never had anything to do with the statement of financial condition,” said Eric, an executive vice president at Trump Organization. “People ask me questions all the time but I never worked on the statement of financial condition.”

After Eric's testimony concluded Thursday afternoon, Trump Sr.'s lawyers accused Justice Arthur Engoron of bias and claimed there were two judges in the courtroom, as Engoron's law clerk has continually passed notes to the judge throughout trial.

Engoron became angry and said he would expand his limited gag order from Trump to his lawyers if they brought up his law clerk again.

"Confidential communications from my law clerk?" the irate judge said. "You don't have any right to see or question it."

Eric Trump arrived at Manhattan Supreme Court on Friday morning to testify for the second day at the $250 million civil fraud trial targeting himself, his father -- former President Donald Trump -- and his brother Don Jr.

Eric, 39, testified for roughly three hours Thursday after the testimony of his older brother Don Jr., 45, earlier that morning.

Both Trumps claimed that they weren't involved in composing their dad's annual statements involving financial interests -- which are at the heart of New York Attorney General Letitia James' fraud suit against them.

The AG says Donald Trump, 77, from 2011 through 2021 exaggerated his wealth to the tune of billions of dollars a year on these statements in order to get an advantage on loans and insurance terms.

Eric's questioning by the AG's office so far has been noticeably more tense than Don Jr.'s -- which was marked by occasional banter and laughter in the courtroom.

A New York appellate court judge late Thursday ruled that Ivanka Trump can't get out of testifying on Wednesday at the civil fraud trial against her dad and brothers Eric and Don Jr.

Ivanka, 42, had asked the appeals court to overturn Manhattan Judge Arthur Engoron's order forcing her to testify in person at the trial -- even though she was previously dismissed from the case.

But a judge with the Appellate Division, First Department, denied her request for a stay pending her appeal.

Ivanka claimed that if she was forced to testify, she would "suffer undue hardship and irreparable harm."

On Thursday, her father, former President Donald Trump, lashed out in a series of Truth Social posts saying that his sons were being "persecuted" by Engoron.

Trump, 77, is scheduled to testify Monday. Ivanka's lawyer didn't immediately return a request for comment Friday morning.

Eric Trump claimed during testimony at a Manhattan fraud trial Thursday that he wasn’t involved with his dad’s financial statements — echoing his brother Donald Trump Jr.’s testimony – but was more prickly on the stand than his elder sibling.

The two Trump brothers arrived at Manhattan Supreme Court on Thursday morning wearing nearly identical clothing, including dark navy blue suits, light blue ties, brown shoes, slicked-back coifs and neatly groomed facial hair.

Don Jr., 45, waved to the press cameras as the entourage-flanked duo walked inside.

During Eric’s testimony — which was noticeably more tense than Don Jr.’s — state attorney Andrew Amer repeatedly pressed the 39-year-old on whether he was involved in compiling the former president’s statements of financial condition, which are at the center of the fraud case.

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Judge Arthur Engoron suggested that Trump's lawyer Christopher Kise might be misogynistic after the attorney brought up the judge's female clerk.

"I sometimes think there might be a bit of misogyny when you keep referring to my female principle law clerk," Engoron said to Kise.

Kise adamantly denied being misogynistic saying he was happily married and a father of a teenage girl.

The heated exchange came as Kise accused Engoron of being biased against the former president and saying it appeared that Engoron's law clerk was "co-judging" as she kept passing Engoron notes during the trial.

"All joking aside, do not refer to my staff again," the judge said. "The person sitting along side me is a civil servant, doing what I ask her to do."

He warned that further discussion of the clerk may force him to expand his limited gag order -- barring Trump from referring to his court staff -- to extend to the lawyers as well.

Trial concluded for the day and Eric is due back on the witness stand again Friday morning.

Eric Trump clashed with state lawyer Andrew Amer in one particularly tense exchange when the former first son told the attorney he was conflating valuation numbers for a Trump golf club in Westchester.

"Are you done?" Amer snapped back.

Eric then threw his hands in the air, appearing dumbfounded.

Judge Arthur Engoron quickly intervened to smooth things over telling Eric that Amer wasn't trying to insult the witness.

“He meant that seriously, it wasn’t a dig," the judge said.