Posted on 06/29/2022 4:16:21 PM PDT by Libloather
NEW YORK -- Donald Trump is no longer in contempt of court, a New York judge ruled Wednesday.
Judge Arthur Engoron, who declared the former president in contempt on April 25 for being slow to respond to a civil subpoena issued by New York’s attorney general, said he has now met conditions required to lift the sanction following a protracted legal battle.
Trump last month paid $110,000 in fines he racked up as a result of the contempt finding. The money, paid directly to Attorney General Letitia James’ office, will continue to be held in an escrow account while Trump appeals the original contempt finding, Engoron said Wednesday.
Trump and his two oldest children, Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr., are scheduled to testify under oath in James' investigation starting July 15 after the state’s highest court rejected his last-ditch attempt to avoid a subpoena.
“Although we are pleased that the court has lifted the contempt finding, we maintain that it was wholly unwarranted and improper in the first place,” Trump lawyer Alina Habba said. “We will push ahead with our appeal to secure justice for our client.”
A message seeking comment was left with James’ office.
The attorney general asked Engoron to find Trump in contempt of court after he failed to produce any documents to satisfy a March 31 deadline to meet the terms of her subpoena. Engoron fined Trump $10,000 per day for not complying but stopped the fine from accruing in early May, when it appeared a resolution to the dispute was near.
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Contempt is too mild for how I view these political terrorists.
True. Repubs aren’t saying squat about all the people the DOJ/FBI are going after. Tucker listed them in his monologue tonight. https://twitter.com/ColumbiaBugle/status/1542307834066599936
Not all are Jan 6th people. Some just questioned the 2020 election. Some of the Jan 6th people like Bannon and Navarro, should have executive privileged but again, they question the 2020 election and also the OBIDEN regime.
Get in line! Behind, among others:
- Pelosi, her husband, their children
- Liz Cheney, her husband, their children
- Chuck Schumer, his wife, their children
- Adam Schiff, any spouse, any children
- all other members of the January 6th committee, their spouses, their children, their staff, spouses of staff, children of staff.
- Elizabeth Warren, her spouse, any children
- AOC, any spouse, any children, her staff, their spouses, their children,
General Milley.
And I am just getting started.
I want:
- text messages from 2 years before 1/6/2021 until 350 days after.
- all e-mail (sent, received) from 2 years before 1/6/2021 until 350 days after.
- Telephone pen register information.
- All stored/retrievable voice mail messages 2 years before 1/6/2021 until 350 days after.
-Bank records (checking, savings, C/D’s)
- credit bureau reports.
- all social media, chat archives.
Some might argue that there is no legitimate legislative function for such a dredge. And they would be right, except for the precedent set in the Democrat’s conduct of the 1/6 investigation so far.
I would investigate the investigators, the witnesses, all of the parties above following the same technique as the Democrats have taken to date.
I agree but throw Hellary in that mix and make it stick!!!
The court system is a complete farce. The government and their puppet judges are mobsters
The most instigated person in the history of the world and they still have bupkis.
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