Posted on 11/06/2023 8:31:28 AM PST by Red Badger
Former President Donald Trump was told not to make “speeches” soon after taking the stand Monday to testify during his New York civil fraud trial.
Judge Arthur Engoron reminded the former president to stay on topic and told his lawyer “this is not a political rally,” according to The Hill. His sons and co-defendants, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., testified in the trial last week.
“I’m sure the judge will rule against me because he always rules against me,” Trump said in response to a question about his role in preparing financial statements, according to CNN.
“You can attack me, you can do whatever you want, but answer the question,” Engoron said, per the outlet.
Judge Arthur Engoron ruled before the trial started that Trump and his business exaggerated his net worth and assets, deceiving banks and insurance companies. Democratic Attorney General Letita James, who brought the case against Trump, is seeking to prevent him from doing business in the state and secure $250 million in damages.
Trump argued during his testimony that the New York Attorney General’s office underestimated Mar-a-Lago’s value. He said the value of his “brand” alone would have increased the value of his properties, according to The Hill.
“If I wanted to build up the statement, like you said I did before you found out just how rich we are, I would’ve added brand value here and I would’ve increased it by tens of millions of dollars,” Trump said, per CNN.
Engoron told Trump’s lawyer Chris Kise to “control” his client.
“I would think, respectfully — of all witnesses — your honor would want to hear everything this witness has to say,” Kise said, per The Hill. Engoron responded that he did “not want to hear everything this witness has to say.”
“I beseech you to control him if you can,” Ergoron said, according to CNN. “If you can’t I will. I will I excuse him and draw every negative inference that I can.”
Trump also said during testimony that the trial was “very unfair.”
“I hope the public is watching,” Trump said, per The Hill.
Trump Jr. testified Thursday that he relied on the company’s accountants, according to CBS News.
“These people had an incredible, intimate knowledge and I relied on them,” he said, per the outlet.
Engoron issued a gag order against Trump early October after he made a post on Truth Social referring to Allison Greenfield, Engoron’s clerk, as the “girlfriend” of Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Since then, he’s issued $5,000 and $10,000 fines against Trump for violating the order and expanded it to prevent his attorneys from making comments referring to “confidential communications” between him and his staff.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
How in hell is this person a judge?
This is worse than absurd.
He’s a Democrat in a Democrat-run city, in a Democrat-Run state, in a Democrat-run country.....................
Judicial misconduct worthy of disbarment???
The American people are going to have to throw off this completely corrupt judicial system. There is nothing fair about it.
This is no judge. This is a tyrant.
All for show. This will be overturned on appeal. They just want to get it on record before the election.
Judge Arthur Engoron posed for the cameras and reminded
President Trump to stay on topic and answer the questions.
Engoron told the media ......”you may quote me.”
bingo!
Lol, Ergoron’s going to end up removed from the court.
I had to double check this wasn’t the onion...
The judge needs to step down. Period.
OR
They think by broadcasting an unfair and gross unconstitutional trial...they will rile the MAGA masses?
After forty years of trial practice, I am astonished - to put it mildly - that a judge would put that on the record. I've been before many difficult, temperamental judges, some on the Federal bench, but I have never encountered any dumb enough to say that in open court. It appears that the judge's prejudice toward Trump has overcome both his training and better judgment.
We are not a nation of laws.
We are a nation of childish, greedy Democrat lawyers.
My liberal son threw “91 indictments” in my face last night. It would have been a waste of time trying to counter that.
This morning he sent me a study saying that Trump released more illegals than Biden. However if you look at actual numbers of those stopped at the border Biden has released 2,440,145 while Trump released 712,930. % is slightly more for Trump for the time period they chose but overall numbers tell the real story.
President Trump President Biden
Time Period of Arrests FY 2019–2020 (24 months) 1/20/21–3/31/2023 (26.3 Months)
I despise these people with every ounce of my being.
Engoron the Moron is running a political show trial and he wants no one else to make political statements?
Engoron seems to be a seedy and more stupid version of Julius Hoffman.
It’s a farce in progress. Mistrial seems to be a small word for what he’s doing.
The judge sounds like Roland Freisler.
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