Judge Arthur Engoron has quite the history.
He was a cabbie, piano and drum teacher and band member. He’s burned through three wives......his latest is some kind of New Age therapist. He’s an egoistic and eccentric jerk who cannot resist including himself in his rulings.
Engoron’s judicial rulings are rife with biographical info, part full-disclosure, part nostalgia.
He revealed in one decision that he participated in “huge, sometimes boisterous, Vietnam War protests.” He’s also described himself as a free-speech absolutist and said he’s been a member of the American Civil Liberties Union since 1994, and the Jewish Lawyer’s Guild.
Engoron, who describes Trump as “just a bad guy” also fancies himself a real estate appraiser, which is critical to the trial. Engoron himself decided the value of Mar A Lago in order to hold Trump for trial.
This bench-sitter valued Mar A Lago at $18 million. Real estate professionals find that absurd.
This decision, which came down without a jury, has sent shockwaves through political — and real estate — circles, especially that $18 million base value for the property.
One prominent Palm Beach real estate broker, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told The Post, “It’s utterly delusional to think that property is only worth $18 million.”
The insider added, “If that property were on the market today, I would list it for $300 million.
a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king.
If I were President Trump’s legal team, I’d jump on the fact that this “judge” has zero qualifications in appraising real estate values, and have real estate professionals lined up around the block to refute the claims by this “judge”, and that moron NYAG James.
It should be asked in open court was the judge ever a licensed appraiser? Was he ever a licensed real estate broker? Was he ever a licensed real estate agent?
Mar-a-Lago is over 63,000 sqft +/-, with 127 rooms.
There is currently a house for sale in Palm Beach that is around 1/10th the size and is currently listed for $40 million.
A 900 sqft condo is listed for almost $2 million.
A .28 acre piece of dirt, is listed for $12 million
But the judge says Mar-a-Lago is only worth $18 million? 🙄