Donald Trump has stormed out of his $250million fraud trial after a series of legal blows that saw him fined $10,000 and his request for a directed verdict denied.

In a dramatic courtroom outburst Wednesday afternoon, the former president threw his arms up in the air before getting up and leaving in a huff, sending Secret Service agents chasing after him.

The abrupt departure came shortly after he had been fined for a second time for violating a gag order and moments after one of his lawyers finished questioning fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen, who testified that Trump did not direct him to inflate the value of his properties.

The admission – which contradicts Cohen’s earlier testimony – prompted defense attorney Clifford Robert to ask for a directed verdict, arguing that his statement was grounds for dismissal.

Judge Arthur Engoron said it was ‘absolutely denied’ and that the case had ‘evidence all over the place.’ He also said he did not consider Cohen a ‘key witness’.

‘There’s enough evidence in this case to fill this courtroom,’ the judge said.

Later during redirect, Cohen – who on Tuesday testified that Trump had instructed him to ‘reverse engineer’ the value of his assets – clarified that he hadn’t been asked specifically to inflate the figures, comparing Trump to a mob boss who makes indirect orders.

At the end of Cohen’s testimony, Robert requested a directed verdict again, which was once again denied.

The move came at the end of a challenging day for Trump, who was also hit with another fine – this time to the tune of $10,000 – after the judge determined comments he made to reporters during a break in the trial violated a partial gag order issued three weeks ago.