👀 Judge Engoron gave Trump 'the rope and he hung himself' says former prosecutor of the in-session diatribes and campaign rhetoric bloviated by The Donald.
Reflecting on the closing arguments in the $370 million financial fraud trial in Manhattan that has engulfed Donald Trump, former prosecutor Charles Colemann Jr. claimed the former president did himself no favors with his rant when allowed to speak by Judge Arthur Engoron.Speaking with host Jonathan...
#Trump is attacking Judge #Engeron and his family so he can later #appeal, claiming the ruling is an unjust retaliation against Trump for what he said about the judge and his family. He's putting the rabbit into the hat now so he can pull it out later.
Donald Trump on Wednesday continued his attacks on the wife of Judge Engoron, who is overseeing the civil fraud case in which the former president has already been found liable for fraud.Trump has aggressively denied all wrongdoing in the case, which is being prosecuted by New York Attorney General ...
#EliseStefanik is a motivated #liar who is trying to leverage her position in #Congress to interfere with the lawful civil #trial against the #TrumpOrg. The #AppellateCourt did not "smack down" Judge #Engeron's #gagOrder. They simply ordered an administrative stay while they evaluate the situation; a standard procedure when there's a #dispute. They haven't in any way ruled on the merits. Stefanik knows this, and she knows she has no authority over the matter.
'Fascist lies are about the projection onto others of what fascists are/do. Trump today as usual displayed his wannabe fascist mindset.”
~ Federico Finchelstein
'He’s in the courthouse calling the judge ‘rogue’ and calling the prosecutor ‘racist.’ Not on the steps outside the courthouse (bad enough) but inside the very courthouse.”
~ Sherilyn Ifill
#Trump #crime #criminal #fraud #LetitiaJames #Engeron #fascism
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"The witch hunt/victimhood rhetoric is part of the authoritarian playbook and was/is used by the following corrupt leaders: Mussolini, Hitler, Berlusconi, Erdogan. If extended to the whole country being victimized, add Putin, Xi, and more.”
~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat cited by David Badash
#Trump #crime #criminal #fraud #LetitiaJames #Engeron #authoritarianism #Mussolini #Hitler #Berlusconi #Erdogan #Putin #Xi
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Inside New York’s State Supreme Court in Manhattan, Donald Trump unleashed his anger on the first day of Attorney General Letitia James’ $250 million civil fraud lawsuit that has already led to the judge ordering the ex-president’s business licenses be revoked and his businesses dissolved. One of Trump’s rants was highly-criticized by a fascism expert […]
Trump begins his New York trial appearance wit attacks on NY Attorney General Letitia James and Judge Arthur Engeron.
#Trump #crime #criminal #fraud #LetitiaJames #Engeron
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https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/02/nyregion/trump-fraud-trial