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The judge in former President Donald Trump’s $370 million civil lawsuit in New York—who, even before the trial began, ruled the former president liable for fraud—has sent a sharply worded email to President Trump’s attorneys defending his impartiality. Judge Arthur Engoron’s Feb. 8 email to Trump attorney Cliff Robert chides the lawyer for questioning the judge’s objectivity. “You and your co-counsel have been questioning my impartiality since the early days of this case, presumably because I sometimes rule against your clients,” Judge Engoron wrote. “That whole approach is getting old.” The insistence on his objectivity—and rebuke of Mr. Robert for...

Former President Donald Trump took the stand earlier this week in his New York real estate case, and when he attempted to read aloud from an “exonerating document” the presiding judge denied him the opportunity to do so. President Trump told his Truth Social followers that Judge Arthur Engoron struck down his request to read a financial disclaimer that accompanies each set of financial records submitted to banks by the Trump real estate empire. Such disclaimers are common reminders to readers that financial experts are encouraged to reach their own conclusions with the data. “This is the Paper that I...