Posted on 10/07/2023 3:48:50 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Leftist Judge Arthur Engoron’s behavior and actions in Trump’s civil fraud trial have been questionable at best. His bizarre valuation of Mar-a-Lago at $17 million when real estate experts put it at closer to $300 million has been just one of many factors leading many to believe that the outcome of this trial has been predetermined by anti-Trump partisans.
Last month, Engoron even ordered the dissolution of Trump’s businesses, a move that prompted a swift response from Trump’s legal team. Trump’s attorney Christopher Kise argued that the dissolution of Trump’s businesses would have been a disaster for not only the businesses but for the company’s employees. On Friday, a New York appeals court judge, Associate Justice Peter Moulton, reversed Engoron’s order, though he did allow for the bogus civil fraud trial to continue.
Engoron had ordered Trump to propose potential receivers by October 26, which would begin the process of dissolution.
During the hearing, Moulton speculated that such a broad interpretation of Engoron’s ruling could mean LLCs holding the private homes of Trump and the other defendants could be at risk of being sold.
“[Engoron] clearly does not comprehend the scope of the chaos its decision has wrought,” Trump’s lawyers said in a court filing earlier in the day.
“We’re not seeking delay. We’re not seeking anything but a fair trial and these errors permeate the ongoing trial,” Kise said in court, referring to “an avalanche of errors” in the summary judgment ruling.
Trump’s legal team believes the appellate court could eventually reverse at least part of Engoron’s bombshell order and gut New York Attorney General Letitia James’ case by dismissing a majority of the lawsuit’s claims that they believe are time barred by an earlier appellate ruling handed down in June.
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This is the second time this judge’s nonsense has been kicked back by an appeals court
Damn right it's $300 mill. I looked it up on Google maps. The thing has 5 tennis courts, 2 parking lots right by the beach in one of the most exclusive real estate markets in the world and this clown wants us to believe it goes for $17 million? LOL LOL What year is he living in?
Here it is....
My brother calls him Gilligan. “Skipper! I have to lock up the capitalist before he creates any more jobs!!!!!”
Related to Epstein????
Well judegy ol pal. This is common practice all over the place.
I have myself in the past bought machinery that the price was inflated to get the loans by the equipment company to purchase that equipment.
I.E..machine SRP was 500 thousand. The dealer inflated the selling price to 600 thousand and showed the down payment as 100 grand. The equipment was sold for the SRP of 500 grand.
Shady as hell and maybe illegal, but it is done. All figures on paper.
A face just asking for a cream pie.
Deep State is retrenching.
And the banks have their own appraisers. Why did none of them nix the deals.
And if I list the value of my home as $500,000 rather than $130,000 on a tax form, I pay property tax on $500,000.
RE: Deep State is retrenching.
It ain’t over — YET.
Correct me if I’m wrong but the opinion of the owner of the property is superseded by the lender’s appraiser. He could say his shoes are worth a million dollars but that doesn’t hold water unless an appraiser agrees.
Apparently to Leticia James and Judge Engoron, THEIR APPRAISEMENT supercedes that of the lender’s appraiser.
That Engoron fellow looks like the sort of creep that ends up sitting across the table from Chris Hansen.
I seriously doubt that the “judge” ever undervalued anything he wanted to sell.
Mar-A-Lago is listed as a private club on the county tax rolls. For taxes “We look at their memberships—the number of members—their annual membership dues, the expenses that it costs to run the facility, and then we trade a capitalization rate, which includes the tax rate for that jurisdiction.”
IOWs, a big tax break!
He's even TOO FAR outside the "box" for the majority in his own party to support him. HE'S a HACK and ANYONE with common sense sees it!
The thing here is who was injured as a result?
Because the banks saw a investment that could bring them big money.
It is obvious these anti-Trump lawfare stooges have no clue about the real estate industry. They act like they live in cardboard boxes in the rail yard. The Leftnics are total morons and useful fools for the Marxists.
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