EVERYTHING THIS CRACKPOT KNUCKLEHEAD JUDGE IS DOING IN THE TRUMP FRAUD TRIAL IS ILLEGAL, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THERE IS NO JURY THE JUDGE DECIDES THE VERDICTAmerica undoubtedly has the most corrupted courts and Judges on the planet.

Letitia James, the attorney general of New York, set out to prove that Donald J. Trump had committed fraud. Mr. Trump took the stand to assail Ms. James. Lawyers on both sides screamed that their opponents were out of line and wasting time.

When 11 weeks of chaotic courtroom wrangling ended Wednesday, the fate of Mr. Trump’s civil fraud trial began to move behind the scenes and into the hands of Arthur F. Engoron, the unconventional New York judge overseeing the case. And because the judge will decide the verdict — there is no jury — he will determine the future of Mr. Trump’s role in his family business.

Justice Engoron ruled before the trial began that Mr. Trump had fraudulently inflated his net worth, and announced an initial round of punishments. That blow recast the trial as a battle over how steep a penalty the former president would face. Ms. James has indicated that she may press for a fine well above the $250 million she originally sought and will ask the judge to bar Mr. Trump from running a business in the state, banishing him from the world that made him famous decades ago.

The attorney general’s arguments seemed to persuade the judge, and under the powerful New York law underpinning the case, he has broad authority to punish Mr. Trump. His decision is expected as soon as next month, after closing arguments in court.

“The judge has extraordinary powers to fashion a remedy to curtail and punish the misconduct, meaning bad news for Trump,” said Steven M. Cohen, a former top official in the attorney general’s office who is now a partner at Blue Raven LLP and teaches corporation law at New York Law School.

Yet Justice Engoron might have already erred when he issued that initial punishment of Mr. Trump, ordering that some of his New York companies be dissolved.

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