An appeals judge Friday rejected Donald Trump’s bid to halt his $250 million civil fraud trial — a request that the New York Attorney General’s Office had warned would “sow chaos” if granted.

The judge did temporarily suspend yanking Trump’s business licenses, but the state had already agreed to the move.

Trump, 77, had separately filed a notice of appeal Wednesday seeking to overturn a bombshell ruling from Justice Arthur Engoron that sided with New York Attorney General Letitia James on one of her main fraud claims in the case against the real-estate tycoon.

Engoron — who is hearing the Manhattan trial rather than a jury — found that the 45th president was liable for fraud when he exaggerated the value of his assets for years.

As part of what’s known as a summary judgment, Engoron also revoked some of Trump’s business licenses in the Empire State and said a receiver needed to be appointed to oversee the winding down of those companies.

Meanwhile, the trial went forward in Manhattan Supreme Court on the remaining claims and to determine how much Trump should pay for the fraud — which the AG says should be at least $250 million.

But Trump made an emergency motion asking the Appellate Division, First Department to put the entire trial on hold until a decision is reached on his appeal — all while the fifth day of the trial got underway in court without Trump’s presence.

After oral arguments Friday afternoon, First Department Justice Peter Moulton rejected the motion to put the trial on hold but did grant Trump’s side’s request to temporarily stop the cancellation of his business certificates from taking effect while the appeal plays out.

Trump’s camp had argued in its filing that Engoron’s Sept. 26 decision and an order from Thursday saying both sides had until Oct. 26 to provide possible candidates for the receiver position were “unauthorized, undemanded [sic], overbroad relief without proper factual or legal predicate.”

Trump’s lawyers said that if Engoron’s decision to dissolve Trump’s businesses goes forward, there would be “staggering consequences” including that hundreds of New York employees who are at risk of losing their jobs.

Engoron’s “sprawling and punitive relief is both unprecedented in a civil action in this State and indefensible,” lawyer Clifford Robert wrote.

In a letter filed shortly after Trump’s motion, the AG’s office said the stay was unnecessary because the office agreed they wouldn’t move forward on dissolving Trump’s companies right away as long as the trial proceeded.

Regardless, Trump had already lost his bid eight days ago to stop the trial from going forward with the same court and he was simply recycling his arguments, the AG’s office argued.

Trump shouldn’t be rewarded for waiting until after the trial began to ask “in a highly disruptive manner” for the pause, AG lawyer Dennis Fan wrote in the filing.

“Defendants seek to sow chaos by disrupting an ongoing trial that has now been going for a week,” Fan said. 

He said a delay would inconvenience the witnesses — who have all made themselves available for trial — not to mention “derail” all the court resources and security that went into preparing for the highly public case.

A break in the trial also would “create a cascade of delays” in all the other criminal cases Trump faces around the country, the letter claimed.

Trump’s side appears to be “attempting to play one court against another,” Fan said.

Eric Trump — the executive vice president of Trump Org — took to Truth Social on Friday to laud the ruling for stopping Engoron’s alleged “overzealous attempt to cancel our New York business certificates.”

But AG James said Trump’s camp was just trying to construe the decision as a win for them when in fact the ruling rejected his delay tactic.

“Yet another court denied his efforts to evade justice for his years of fraud,” she said. “Unsurprisingly, he is twisting this ruling and falsely claiming victory for a resolution we proposed.”

The AG had offered to stay the cancellation of business certificates so trial could proceed.

Friday’s trial proceeding ended around 1 p.m. with testimony from former Trump Org controller Jeffrey McConney, concluding without cross examination from Trump’s side. 

Former Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg is expected to take the witness stand Tuesday after the long weekend.

McConney and Weisselberg both previously testified in a criminal tax fraud case against the Trump Organization — in which the company was found guilty and fined $1.6 million.

AG lawyers Friday grilled McConney on helping Weisselberg commit tax fraud. “You engaged in this illegal conduct because Mr. Weisselberg was your boss and you were afraid you would probably lose your job if you ignored it,” AG lawyer Andrew Amer asked.

“Yes,” McConney admitted

The former commander-in-chief attended the first two days of the trial with his son Eric Trump — a senior vice president of the Trump Organization and a defendant in the case.

The pair were also present for the first half of the trial Wednesday before Trump headed to Mar-a-Lago in the afternoon.

He has said he will testify when the AG’s office calls him to the witness stand, which could be several weeks from now as he’s listed as the 27th witness.

The majority of the first four days of the trial so far has consisted of testimony from ex-Trump accountant Donald Bender of Mazars USA, who was questioned about Trump’s yearly statements of financial condition.

James’ office claims that Trump lied on these statements from 2011 through 2021, exaggerating his wealth for vanity — to move up on Forbes’ list of billionaires — and to get an edge on insurance and loan terms.

Trump has vigorously maintained his innocence and has repeatedly slammed the case as a politically motivated “witch hunt” and “a sham.”

During his days at the 60 Centre St. courthouse, Trump has taken every opportunity in the press to personally attack James, Engoron, and even Engoron’s court clerk — prompting a partial gag order in the case.

The AG fired back Wednesday afternoon, saying she wouldn’t be bullied and noting that “the Trump show is over.”

On Thursday, an embattled Trump asked a DC judge to throw out federal charges accusing him of interfering in the 2020 election result.

He also filed a motion to toss the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal “hush money” case on the same day and tried to have his classified documents trial postponed.

Later Thursday, Trump dropped a Florida federal lawsuit against former lawyer and “fixer” Michael Cohen without explanation. The case claimed Cohen violated attorney-client privilege and a confidentiality agreement by making accusations against Trump in public.

Trump had been scheduled for deposition in that case on Monday but it was postponed and had been put off twice prior.

A Trump spokesperson claimed it was a “temporary pause” of the case while the former president fights the other cases, according to a report by Politico.

But Cohen took the dismissal by Trump as a sign he is scared of being deposed in the case.

“Mr. Trump’s cowardly dismissal spells the end of this latest attempt to deter me from providing truthful testimony against him,” Cohen told the outlet.