#engoron — Public Fediverse posts
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— A 3-year ban on #Trump holding any #corporate leadership position in #NY.
— A 3-year ban on Trump & his companies from getting #loans from #banks registered in NY.
— Placing the company under an independent #monitor’s continued #supervision for at least 3 years, & ordering the hiring of an independent #compliance director.
#law #fraud #scammer #fraudster #Engoron #TrumpOrganization #nepobaby #InheritedWealth #TrumpLies
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The non-monetary penalties, the target of Trump’s new appeal, set strict limitations on his Trump Organization’s ability to do business. They include:
— A 2-year ban on Trump’s sons, Eric & Donald Trump Jr., from serving as a director or officer of any #NY company, effectively booting them from their roles managing the Trump Organization’s day-to-day operations.
#law #Trump #fraud #scammer #fraudster #Engoron #TrumpOrganization #nepobaby #InheritedWealth #TrumpLies
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It’s the first of a pair of expected appeals after a 5-judge panel of NY’s mid-level Appellate Division last week overturned Trump’s monetary penalty. #NYAG James has said she plans to ask the Court of Appeals to restore the fine after the Appellate Division deemed it “excessive.”
…The judges left other punishments in place & narrowly endorsed a lower court finding that he committed #fraud by padding his wealth on his financial statements.
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Trump’s lawyers filed a notice of appeal with the state’s Court of Appeals, seeking to erase the remaining effects of #NYAG #LetitiaJames’ lawsuit, which alleges [& has 2X been judged to be true] #Trump inflated his #NetWorth on financial paperwork given to banks & insurers.
#law #fraud #scammer #fraudster #Engoron #TrumpOrganization #nepobaby #InheritedWealth #TrumpLies
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#Trump asks court to toss remaining #civil #fraud penalties after getting his massive fine thrown out
Days after getting his staggering civil fraud penalty thrown out, Trump asked New York’s highest court on Tuesday to overturn his other punishments, including a multiyear ban on him & his two eldest sons holding corporate leadership positions.
#law #scammer #fraudster #Engoron #TrumpOrganization #nepobaby #InheritedWealth #TrumpLies
https://apnews.com/article/trump-new-york-fraud-lawsuit-appeal-dismissed-0015ed5775d8f7dea6e606645a7ed2b8 -
"Excessive fine," but still criminal and fraud.
#Engoron #appeals #fraud
https://apnews.com/article/trump-fraud-lawsuit-appeal-db39d93feff322eeeeedbc1ff75ccaf3?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share -
#NYAG James filed the case against #Trump & his family real estate business [The #TrumpOrganization] in 2022, accusing them of inflating his #NetWorth to obtain favorable #loan terms. After a monthslong trial, the judge overseeing the case ruled last year that Trump was #liable for #fraud, denting the real estate mogul image of success that underpinned his political rise [he’s just a #trustfund #nepobaby & an epic #scammer. Oh & a #rapist & a #felon.]
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Trump’s appeal will now most likely move to #NY’s highest court, providing him another opportunity to challenge the finding that he was [is] a #fraudster.
Thursday’s ruling handed #Trump a financial victory & represents a major setback for the #NYAG, #LetitiaJames, who is one of Trump’s foremost adversaries. The case had been a career-defining victory after she campaigned for the attorney general’s office promising to bring Trump to #justice.
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…#Trump has himself been found actually #liable of #fraud for #lying to #lenders to secure more favorable interest rates on #loans. Judge #Engoron in #NewYork last year found that Trump had inflated his #NetWorth on loan applications, & imposed a fine of about $450 million, including interest now totaling upwards of one billion dollars. Trump has appealed the ruling.
#economy #FederalReserve #law #tariffs #trade #immigration #labor #inflation #recession
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An attorney for #NY countered that the figure accurately represents the size of #Trump's #illGottenGains from #fraud.
In Feb, #NewYork Judge Arthur #Engoron found that Trump, his company & top execs — including sons Eric & Donald Trump Jr. — deceived banking partners by falsely #inflating Trump's #wealth on financial statements. That deception allowed Trump & his company to receive deal terms, loans & taxes that he wouldn't otherwise, leading to massive windfalls.
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Why New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron did NOT recuse himself from Trump's conviction and sentencing, dismissing Trump's recent motion.
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Why New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron did NOT recuse himself from Trump's conviction and sentencing, dismissing Trump's recent motion.
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Why New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron did NOT recuse himself from Trump's conviction and sentencing, dismissing Trump's recent motion.
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Why New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron did NOT recuse himself from Trump's conviction and sentencing, dismissing Trump's recent motion.
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Why New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron did NOT recuse himself from Trump's conviction and sentencing, dismissing Trump's recent motion.
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Donald #Trump's decision to run to his Truth Social account on Thursday to defend Judge Aileen #Cannon from criticism drew the attention of MSNBC political analyst Steve Benen,
who pointed out the former president has done nothing but lead the charge in attacks on the judges who are overseeing his other trials.If anyone has any doubts about this, they should feel free to ask U.S. District Judge Gonzalo #Curiel,
U.S. District Judge Lewis #Kaplan,
New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan #Merchan,
New York State Supreme Court Justice Arthur #Engoron,
and U.S. District Judge Tanya #Chutkan,
each of whom has been on the receiving end of Trump delegitimizing tantrums -
👀 Effective Thursday, former President #Trump's namesake family real estate company has a #babysitter.
New York Judge Arthur #Engoron, who oversaw Trump's civil fraud #trial imposed a #monitor over the #TrumpOrganization as part of a judgment that also required Trump to pay a nearly-half billion dollar #penalty.
#BarbaraJones a retired federal #judge has been named to continue [ bless her ].https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-trumps-civil-fraud-trial-imposes-monitor-oversee/story?id=108352797
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Appeals #court judge has denied #Trump a stay of enforcement of the monetary judgment in the #civil #fraud case:
#legal #law #conspiracy #TrumpOrganization #Engoron #NYAG #LetitiaJames #SuckIt
https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=ZWaAqAQogm6UhRjKc4u16A== -
UPDATE / #BreakingNews:
#TRUMP LOSES EMERGENCY BID TO STAY $464 MILLION JUDGMENT
#legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #Engoron #NYAG #LetitiaJames #SuckIt
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You never have heard of Jessica Denson? Here you have an excellent occasion to do so (even if you already know who she is).
Seven years of though (not just hard) work, condensed in a (for the entire United States) extremely meaningful footnote! -
Judge Delivers DEVASTATING FINAL VERDICT against Trump
Ben Meiselas reports on the final verdict issued by Justice Arthur Engoron in the New York Attorney General civil fraud case against Donald Trump, his businesses, Don Jr., Eric Trump, and other co-defendants.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5sm5b0yoUk #Engoron #Trump #fraudtrial #NYC
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p. 88:
“this Court finds that defendants are likely to continue their #fraudulent ways unless the Court grants significant #injunctive relief.”
#Trump #legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #NYAG #LetitiaJames #TrumpTrial #GAAP #Engoron
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Here is the official 92 page ruling from Justice Arthur #Engoron:
Notably on p. 87:
"Their complete lack of contrition & remorse borders on the pathological. …Trump is not Bernie Madoff. Yet, [these] defendants are incapable of admitting the error of their ways."
#Trump #legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #NYAG #LetitiaJames #TrumpTrial #GAAP
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Between this ruling, & the 2 #EJeanCarroll rulings, #Trump is down half a billion dollars in #legal #damages this year.
My #civil #fraud #TrumpOrganization #TrumpTrial threads:
starting w/ #Engoron’s pretrial #SummaryJudgment:
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Nikki Haley was swatted in December, records review shows
Swatting has become a prolific tool of political #intimidation in recent years as people respond to inflammatory rhetoric.
Newly reviewed records show that presidential hopeful Nikki #Haley was the target of a swatting incident in late December when an anonymous person called 911 claiming to have killed his girlfriend at Haley’s South Carolina home.
Authorities responded to a call on 30 December from a person who said he had shot his girlfriend and was threatening to harm himself, giving Haley’s address to the operator. It was shortly deemed a fake emergency, Reuters reported. Haley and her son were not at home during the time of the call; her husband was overseas.
The report comes after a surge in swatting – when anonymous people use the addresses of public figures when calling 911 to report fake violent incidents, like shootings – against public officials in recent months.
Earlier this month, special counsel Jack #Smith and DC district court judge Tanya #Chutkan, both key figures in the federal case against Donald Trump for attempts to overturn the election, were targets of swatting.
Shenna #Bellows, Maine’s secretary of state who barred Trump from the state’s Republican primary ballot, was also singled out in an incident last year.
Gabriel #Sterling, a top official in the Georgia secretary of state’s office, said that 14 police cars, a firetruck and an ambulance appeared at his home when someone called 911 about a hoax shooting.
“Now I bolt my doors every night,” he told Reuters. “That’s the reality I’m living in.”
Jen #Easterly, the head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the federal agency that is tasked with bolstering election security, was also a target of a hoax December 30, NBC News reported earlier this week.
“One of the most troubling trends we have seen in recent years has been the harassment of public officials across the political spectrum, including extreme incidents involving swatting and direct personal threats,” Easterly told NBC News. “These incidents pose a serious risk to the individuals, their families and, in the case of swatting, to the law enforcement officers responding to the situation. While my own experience was certainly harrowing, it was unfortunately not unique.”
Some officials have also been targets of more direct threats. On the morning of closing arguments in Trump’s New York fraud trial, a bomb squad responded to a threat directed toward the Long Island home of judge Arthur #Engoron, who is overseeing the case.
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‘Control your client’: Judge to Trump’s legal team after he lashes out in closing arguments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ7MyGx5UGg #Trump #newyork #FraudTrial #Engoron
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Mary Trump: "The damage has been done. Despite the fact he just destroyed any hope for leniency, Donald said exactly what was on his mind. Now, he will pay for it."
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'Judge says Donald Trump won't give own closing argument at civil fraud trial after disputing rules'
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Trump would not be allowed to introduce new evidence, “comment on irrelevant matters” or “deliver a campaign speech” — or impugn the judge, his staff, the attorney general, her lawyers or the court system, the judge wrote.'
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“I won’t debate this yet again. Take it or leave it," Judge Engoron.
👊🏼 💥So Trump left it.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/judge-rescinds-permission-trump-give-closing-argument-civil-106263574 #Engoron #LetitiaJames #NewYork #FraudTrial
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Fri, #NYAG #LeticiaJames asked Judge #Engoron, who oversaw the #Civil #Fraud #TrumpTrial, to penalize #Trump ~$370M, saying the #Trial had demonstrated that he had gained that amount through unlawful conduct.
The penalty was well over the $250M that the NYAG estimated in the fall of 2022, when she sued TFG, accusing him of inflating his net worth to obtain favorable treatment from banks & insurers.
#TrumpOrg #Fraud
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/05/nyregion/letitia-james-trump-fine.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare -
#Trump wrongly profited & saved money by inflating Trump’s #NetWorth by up to $2.2B a year, & his business partners were #cheated out of potential earnings, acc/to #NYAG James.
Trump & his lawyers have denied any wrongdoing, saying that the company followed standard business practices.
NY Supreme Court Justice Arthur #Engoron, who is overseeing the trial, previously set a date for final arguments in January & said he hoped to issue a verdict that month. -
More #Trump #legal news: A #NY #appeals court continues the #stay of #Engoron’s order canceling Trump’s NY #business certificates, but DENIES a stay of the other relief granted to the #NYAG after its #SummaryJudgment victory on its first claim of pervasive, widespread #fraud in financial statements.
https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=5p9NRTfcYFzQKAIUUmB_PLUS_Ig==
#law #civil #conspiracy #TrumpOrganization #LetitiaJames #TrumpTrial
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NY Supreme Court Judge Arthur #Engoron released 275-pages of #transcripts from threats he and his court staff have received, in an effort to support his request for the narrow #gagorders he imposed on #Trump and his attorneys to be reinstated. Courthouse News Service described the threats as “vulgar, #threatening and #antisemitic,” “profanity-laden,” and reported they “ranged from crude and #bigoted to downright chilling.” https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2023/11/trump-says-his-threats-arent-threats-legal-expert-explains-latest-gag-order-twist/
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Judge Arthur #Engoron denied Donald #Trump's request for a #mistrial, describing the defendants' arguments as "nonsensical," "disingenuous," & "utterly without merit."
#legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #NYAG #LetitiaJames #TrumpTrial
https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/trump-fraud-trial/?id=103642561 -
#Engoron interrupted & asked #Kise if he actually heard what the judge had said.
The #NYAG supplied the answer, that Engoron said he's here to hear #Trump answer questions.
Engoron called that entire portion of Kise's presentation “misleading!" It was intended to be. Just as it was when Trump posted it.
I reposted but here are links
Trump’s post:
https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/111365740541183885What was actually said in court:
https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/111364764092476545 -
Thankfully, Justice #Engoron agreed w/ #Kise as well & said he's only going to base his #ruling on what's in front of him, meaning the #evidence presented in this #trial.
#Trump atty moved on to #disgorgement (the #NYAG is seeking $250M in purportedly ill-gotten gains from Trump et al).
Kise: “There's no demonstration of a [connection] between the purported ill-gotten gains & the defendants' (conduct).”
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#Trump attorney Chris #Kise argued to NY Supreme Court Justice Arthur #Engoron, that regardless of what was in Trump's #financial statements, they did not make a material difference to bankers who approved #loans to Trump.
Kise says there was no testimony presented at trial by anyone at Trump #lender #DeutscheBank or other lenders that said they would have proceeded differently had they known Trump's accurate financial condition.
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#Trump atty #Kise accused Judge #Engoron of using "two sets of standards."
Solomon countered that it's "night-&-day different" because the state used #Ivanka Trump's communications w/the GSA, not the agency's internal docs.
Engoron to Kise:
"Your constant insinuations that I have different set of standards. It's just not true. …You can keep saying it if it makes you happy, that I'm favoring one side over the other. …I just make the rulings as I see them." -
The cross-examination of #Ivanka is by #Trump atty Jesus Suarez.
Ivanka testified that she had nothing to do w/the preparation of Trump's SFCs.
Shortly after he began questioning, #Engoron noted that she'd answered some of their questions in direct.
Atty Chris #Kise complained that >1 min in, the defense was being told to “hurry up” & said: "That is grossly unfair."
#Engoron: "I disagree."
#law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #NYAG #LetitiaJames #TrumpTrial
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#NYAG showed an email from #JaredKushner to #Ivanka on June 17, 2013:
"You can get better pricing for such LTV. Nativixis will give you 140MM at that rate most likely. Show i show it to them?" (sic) (#LTV=Loan to Value)NYAG asked why she showed such info to #Kushner,
#Kise objected on spousal privilege grounds.
#Engoron decided that was a good time for a lunch break
#Trump #legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #TrumpTrial
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#Kise: "While there is some contextual latitude...we're asking about things that are well-barred.”
#Engoron: “I agree w/your logic that a certification in 2016 doesn't affect anything about original loan, however (some loans) require as a condition of a loan the #TrumpOrganization or whoever…certify things in the future. I believe those certifications are at issue."
#Ivanka retook the stand.
Engoron to Ivanka: “Sorry to have kept you in the dark.”
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#Ivanka got a break while attys argued SOL to.
#Engoron: "For me, the reasons for all the rulings on statute of limitations from pre-2014 & 2016 deals...these deals, at least some of them, were required for updated financials, year after year.… It doesn't make sense to talk about the follow up documentation w/o [referencing] the original loan.”
#Trump atty #Kise: "Nothing that was done by way of certification (affects) a decision that was made years before the statute of limitations expired.”
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Justice #Engoron responded that he didn’t think that mattered.
#Kise: “We haven't had any questions about those corporate entities.”
Engoron considered it further & said: “It's an interesting question; to what extent the question has to be limited to the grounds of the subpoena?"
#Trump attorney #AlinaHabba: "She's no longer a defendant in this case.”
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Before today’s proceedings got underway, Justice #Engoron & attorneys met behind closed doors.
Ivanka's testimony is expected to go into tomorrow, since the defense anticipates #Trump attys to cross-examine.
Before the defense case begins, Trump's lawyers are expected to make multiple motions tomorrow, likely for a #mistrial as well as judgment as a matter of #law.
#civil #fraud #conspiracy #TrumpOrganization #LetitiaJames #TrumpTrial
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#AlinaHabba made clear that the motion would be in part about Justice Engoron's principal #LawClerk.
#Engoron: "Don't file that motion, please. I think it's important for the safety of my staff. I am 1,000% convinced, & you don't have any right or reason to complain about my confidential communication."
#Kise: “There's no way to file that motion without referencing the subject matter.”
Engoron: “I'm directing you not to make that motion [...] I'm going to protect my staff, okay."
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#Trump tore into the #NYAG & Judge #Engoron (again).
Engoron said he was dating himself w/the analogy, but Trump sounded like a "broken record."
#NYAG asked Trump about fmr #TrumpOrg CFO #AllenWeisselberg, & events after his #taxfraud #guilty plea.
Trump: “It was a very sad thing, people went after him vigorously & violently because he happened to work for me.”
Trump said if he’d never run for president Weisselberg would have just led a normal life (doubtful, but the country might’ve).
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#Kise made his usual statute of limitations objection on a term loan agreement from late 2012, which Judge #Engoron overruled - Trump smiled at the ruling.
When it was entered into evidence, Trump shook his head.
#Trump: “The number[s] of my net worth are substantially more than reflected in my financial statements, so therefore you have no case. I think this case is a disgrace
(Trump campaigning from the stand)
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#NYAG showed a 2015 #Forbes article.
Trump scoffed: "Forbes. They're owned by China. Now, they sold to Russia."
The article says that #Trump was very much involved in inflating his #assets,
Trump: “I have very little respect for Forbes."
(Forbes broke the news that Trump inflated the size of his apt & recently knocked him off the billionaires list.)The article cited a recorded conversation at the time. Trump atty #Kise objected & called the recording inaudible. #Engoron agreed re quality.
