Judge #Engoron delivered a sweeping array of punishments that threatens #Trump’s business empire as he simultaneously contends w/ 4 #criminal prosecutions & seeks to regain the WH.

Not only did Justice Engoron impose a 3-yr ban preventing Trump from serving in top roles at any NY company but also applied that punishment to TFG’s adult sons for 2 yrs.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/16/nyregion/trump-civil-fraud-trial-ruling.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Trump Ordered to Pay $355 Million in NY Civil Fraud Trial Ruling

The ruling in Donald J. Trump’s civil fraud case could cost him all his available cash. The judge said that the former president’s “complete lack of contrition” bordered on pathological.

The New York Times

One of the sons, #EricTrump, is the #TrumpOrganization’s de facto chief executive, & the ruling throws into doubt whether any member of the family can run the business in the near term.

#Trump will appeal the financial penalty — which could climb to $400 million or more once interest is added — but will have to either come up w/ the money or secure a #bond within 30 days. The ruling will not render him bankrupt, because most of his *wealth* is tied up in real estate.

#law #civil #fraud #NYAG

#Trump will also most likely ask an appeals court to halt the restrictions on him & his sons from running the company while it considers the case.

But there might be little Trump can do to thwart one of the judge’s most consequential punishments: extending for 3 years the appointment of an independent monitor who will be the court’s eyes & ears at the #TrumpOrganization, watching for #fraud & second-guessing transactions that look suspicious.

#legal #law #civil #conspiracy #NYAG #GAAP

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:

https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/111133424143457583

#law #conspiracy #NYAG #LetitiaJames #GAAP

Nonilex (@[email protected])

Woo Hoo! #Trump is found #liable for #fraud in #NewYork #civil case A #NY #judge ruled Donald Trump is liable for fraud for #exaggerating his #NetWorth by #billions of dollars a year on #financial #records submitted to #banks & #insurers, a major #victory for the state’s AG #TishJames before a high-stakes #civil #trial over remaining claims in the case. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-26/trump-found-liable-for-fraud-in-ny-attorney-general-s-case

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Nonilex (@[email protected])

#Trump’s #Trial in #NewYork #Civil #Fraud Case Begins The trial is scheduled to last until the end of Dec but is expected to end sooner. Trump arrived in the courtroom & strode past AG #LetitiaJames, seated in the first row, w/o making eye contact & immediately took a seat at the defense table. While pool photographers took his picture at the defense table, looking solemn, in camera-ready way, Judge #Engoron looked amused. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/02/nyregion/trump-fraud-trial?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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Nonilex (@[email protected])

So Far at Trump’s #Civil #Fraud #Trial On Wed, Justice Arthur #Engoron explained why he alone would decide the trial’s outcome rather than a #jury. #Trump went on trial this Oct in a #NewYork courtroom, facing a threat to the #business “empire” that informed his #public #persona & undergirded his run for the #WhiteHouse. Wed was the 7th day of the #TrumpTrial. #legal #law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization https://www.nytimes.com/article/trump-fraud-trial-takeaways.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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Here is the official 92 page ruling from Justice Arthur #Engoron:

https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/fbem/DocumentDisplayServlet?documentId=CJKA2EOIiTRatUAYz6FyeA%3D%3D&system=prod

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

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

Andrew Weissmann nails it again, “this guy can’t be trusted to run a company for three years without a babysitter?”

But we’re going to let him run the most powerful country on the planet????”

#Trump #law #politics #criminal #fraud #legal #VoteBlue #corruption

@Nonilex
And the answer (I hope) is, "No, we're not going to let him do that."
@Nonilex on the next page he points out that both Trump and his son Eric keep doing frauds, like Trump U and the fake charities.

@Nonilex

Understand that he can not use campaign funds to secure or post the bond needed to file appeals.