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It was a banner day for President Trump in NY’s Democrat-run kangeroo court. This is a travesty.
President Trump: “This is a case that should have never been brought. It’s a case that should be dismissed immediately. The fraud was on behalf of the court. The court was the fraudster in this case.”
“It’s a scam…Everybody saw what happened with their star witness [Michael Cohen]…he admitted that he lied, and he has absolutely no credibility. That’s their only witness.”
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“When you look at the poll numbers that came out today from NYT and CBS…people are sick and tired of what’s happening. I think it’s a very sad day for America.”
Female Trump attorney tears into unhinged table-slamming bully judge in FIRE after court rant
REPORT: Donald Trump reportedly pulled out a piece of paper from his suit jacket in court, claiming it would clear him of all wrongdoing in the $250M fraud case.
Left-wing Judge Arthur Engoron refused to let him read it.
The paper in question reportedly was a disclaimer clause… pic.twitter.com/iIAZkoFdBK
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) November 7, 2023
JUST IN: Donald Trump's attorney Alina Habba says judge Arthur Engoron had an unhinged episode in the court room where he started "slamming" a table.
Kangaroo court.
"You have a right to hire a lawyer who can stand up and stay something when they see something wrong."
"I was… pic.twitter.com/h1ytdEujBu
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) November 6, 2023
We are past being a banana republic, we are a tyrannical dictatorship masquerading as a republic
— Mark Sullivan (@Sullie870125) November 6, 2023
‘The Fraud Is on the Court, Not on Me’: Trump Takes the Witness Stand and Wheels on the Judge and Attorney General Trying To Bring Down His Company
‘Please don’t make speeches,’ the judge asks Trump. Trump’s attorney later calls the judge ‘unhinged.’
President Trump testifies on the witness stand at the New York supreme court, November 6, 2023. Elizabeth Williams via AP
By: The NY Sun, November 6, 202318:30:41 pm
A smoldering President Trump took the witness stand at his civil fraud trial on Monday, exchanging barbs and glares with the presiding judge and hurling invective at both the judge, Arthur Engoron, and Mr. Trump’s nemesis, the attorney general of New York, Letitia James.
“The fraud is on her,” Mr. Trump charged. He turned to the judge, “You believe this political hack-pack there? That’s unfortunate.”
The future of the Trump family’s real estate holdings in New York is at stake in the case — including signature Trump properties like Trump Tower and 40 Wall Street. By alleging fraud, Ms. James is aiming to end the Trump Organization’s long “fraudulent” reign in the high echelons of New York’s real estate business.
President Trump at the New York State Supreme Court on November 6, 2023.
President Trump and lawyers in court. Brendan McDermid-Pool/Getty ImagesThe civil lawsuit filed against the Trump Organization by Ms. James alleges that Mr. Trump and his sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, as well as others in the Trump Organization committed fraud by inflating the value of Trump real estate holdings by as much as $3.6 billion. The alleged scheme helped them secure loans and insurance at lower rates and premiums, saving the Trumps money but costing banks and insurance companies in lost revenue.
Judge Engoron has already found that Mr. Trump and his co-defendants did, in fact, commit fraud. He granted Ms. James’s request for partial summary judgment in her favor on the fraud claim against the Trump Organization in a decision on September 26.
From the stand, Mr. Trump on Monday accused Judge Engoron of bias. “He ruled against me without knowing anything about me. He called me a fraud and he didn’t know anything about me,” he charged.
Yet the judge turned to Mr. Trump telling him, ”If you want to know about the disclaimer clause, read my decision.” He snapped. “Read my opinion perhaps or for the first time.”
Judge Engoron presides over President Trump’s fraud trial at New York, New York, on November 6, 2023.
Judge Engoron presides over the Trump fraud trial, November 6, 2023. Jefferson Siegel, pool/Getty Images“I think it’s fraudulent, the decision,” Mr. Trump replied. “The fraud is on the court, not on me.”
During Mr. Trump’s testimony, the judge repeatedly expressed his exasperation at the former president’s filibustering. “Some of your answers have not been responsive to the questions,” he scolded. “Please don’t make speeches.”
Based on his September 26 decision, Judge Engoron has already revoked Mr. Trump’s licenses to do business in New York — tantamount to an order ending the Trump real estate empire in the Empire State. Yet that order was stayed by an appellate court until it can hear an appeal.
Besides fraud, Ms. James alleged six other claims, such as submitting false financial records, insurance fraud, and conspiracy. The current trial will decide who, if anyone, is liable for these claims as well — and how high the fine will be. Ms. James is asking for $250 million.
At first on Monday, the courtroom scene was calm, and Mr. Trump was so composed that Judge Engoron even asked him to speak more loudly and into the microphone. Mr. Trump began giving answers that were far longer than the questions he was being asked by a lawyer for the attorney general, Kevin Wallace, and the judge began to grow impatient.
The judge told Mr. Trump’s defense lawyer, Chris Kise, to “control his witness,” and he told Mr. Trump to answer the yes-or-no questions with “yes” or “no.” “We are not here to hear what he has to say. It’s a simple yes or no question,” the judge said.
Another defense lawyer, Alina Habba, interrupted, and told the judge that some answers were not that simple and deserved an explanation. At which point, the judge grew so impatient that he screamed at Ms. Habba, “Sit down, lady.”
He went on to admonish the famously voluble 45th president of the United States to keep his answers short. Otherwise, he warned, he would remove them from the official record and draw a “negative inference” against Mr. Trump for failing to testify.
During the lunch break, Ms. Habba fired back at the judge, telling reporters outside the courthouse that he was “unhinged.”
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8 Comments6 months agoAccording to their way I will do to them, and according to their judgments I will judge them, and they shall know that I am the Lord.
6 months agoDonald Trump was the only man clean enough to survive the endless investigations and false accusations. Our ruling class is trying to destroy political opposition, distract from their own hostility, and intimidate The People all at the same time. The effort to destroy political opposition is proving their hostility.
Our ruling class despises freedom and free people. They want us to carry their weight where they want to go, like a rider on a broken horse. Imagine what they’ll do when they know we can’t throw them from the saddle.
I’m wasting my time again…
6 months agoThe ruling class are made of up of LIARS, EVIL, CORRUPTED puppets and someday what comes around will go around!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
6 months agoIt sounds like the judge is trying to manage the defense; which is not within the purpose for having a judge. Refusing what is presented as evidence before it is even presented to the court is a strong witness that the judge is severely biased.
6 months agoListening to this RADICALIZED LEFT LEANING “judge”, President Trump WAS FOUND GUILTY —- BEFORE he stepped into the “judge’s” KANGAROO COURT!!!
6 months agoTrump misspoke. If speaking correctly, he should have said “‘The Fraud Is IN the Court–it’s me.”
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