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More: Superior Court Judge Arthur Engoron finally had enough of Trumpilini's mob antics after he posted a picture of the judge's clerk on-line. He suggested the clerk is dating Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and is running the trial against him; this is called "doxxing in tech jargon. Engoron, who Don 'Legit' labeled a "far left Democrat", entered a limited order prohibiting the defendant from posting about court personnel. Legal observers, including US Person,applaud his move, which should have happened before now. Engoron is a middle-class Ivy League graduate who drove a cab during his college days.
Update: Contrary to predictions in the media, Trumpilini appeared at his fraud trial in New York and promptly conducted a "campaign event" before the gathered cameras. He called Attorney General Letitia James a "corrupt racist" and attacked the presiding judge as "rogue" and "out to get him". At lunch he said, "he [Engoron] should be disbarred". The media may be finally catching up to his expert manipulation; CNN cutaway from his rant. Nevertheless he was enabled this week to threaten retiring Chief of Staff Mark Milley with execution, and brandish a Glock pistol in North Carolina. Once again he deftly used the media's 'election coverage' to mount an incendiary public relations campaign against his criminal prosecutions. Is he is playing a game of "chicken" to provoke legal authorities into covering his mouth, so he can scream "free speech" into the cameras?
Special Counsel Smith has reiterated his request for a gag order; in their motion the prosecutors wrote, “All it [an order limiting his speech] would limit is the defendant’s use of his candidacy as a cover for making prejudicial public statements about this case and there is no legitimate need for the defendant, in the course of his campaign, to attack known witnesses regarding the substance of their anticipated testimony or otherwise engage in materially prejudicial commentary in violation of the proposed order.” US Person thinks Judge Chutkin should issue her order now, not later. Every day of delay further enables Don 'Legit's' PR campaign to discredit and undermine the US justice system. Or better yet, move up his trial date currently set for March 4th to give him less time to agitate before the cameras.
{28/09/2023}The most significant development this week is in a New York civil case. Superior Court Judge Engoron ruled a partial summary judgement for Attorney General James, finding that Trumpillini routinely overvalued his assets by billions of dollars on financial statements to defraud banks, insurers, and others for the purposes of securing loans and making real estate deals. Judge Engoron also ruled that he should loose some New York licenses making impossible to conduct business in New York and that a independent monitor of Trump Org would continue. If the decision is upheld on appeal, it would constitute a serious, if not fatal blow, to his family business that brought him fame. Trump called the decision, "un-American".
A bench trial on other undecided issues in the case filed a year ago will go ahead on Monday after the appellate court ruled against the defendant's request for more delay. AG James expressed satisfaction with the partial summary judgment and said she looked forward to presenting the remainder of her case. She is asking for $250 million in damages. Judge Engoron also expressed his displeasure with Trump attorneys for presenting "repetitive and frivolous' arguments. He fined each Trump lawyer $7500.
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| “He drove these companies into bankruptcy by his mismanagement, the debt and his pillaging.”--Trump Casino Investor |
Down in Georgia, state Judge McAfee imposed a gag order on the defendant prohibiting him from making statements that could intimidate witnesses or potential jurors. The federal judge presiding over his criminal case for obstructing an official function on January 6th has yet to make a ruling on the Special Counsel's request for a similar order. She has, however, rejected a motion to recuse herself from the trial based on allegedly biased statements she made in sentencing an insurrectionist. Don 'Legit' waited until the last day of thirty to notify Georgia state court that he would not seek removal of his case to federal court. Apparently he did not want to testify in support of his motion as Mark Meadows had to do. Perhaps influencing his decision more is the potential opportunity for the 'king of reality TV' to make a media spectacle of his state trial before the courtroom camera. Cameras are not allowed in federal courtrooms. Also, his state trial will take place after a 4-6 month trial of his co-conspirators Chesebro and Powell who involved their right to a speedy trial. Reports are that both will be offered a plea deal in court. How un-American!
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