Judge Engoron Tears Donald Trump to Shreds
The judge ruling over Donald Trump's civil fraud trial wrote a scathing rebuttal of the former president's defense while rejecting the Republican's latest attempt to have the case decided in his favor.
Judge Arthur Engoron, who is overseeing the case in which Trump is accused by New York Attorney General Letitia James of fraudulently inflating the value of his properties and assets in financial statements, dismissed the former president's appeal for a directed ruling to clear him of any wrongdoing for the fifth time on Monday.
Engoron has already ruled that Trump committed fraud while filing financial statements for years, and is expected to decide on the size of the punishment against the former president sometime around late January or early February. Trump, the frontrunner in the GOP presidential primary, denies all wrongdoing and says the case is a politically motivated "witch hunt" that aims to stop him from winning the 2024 election.
https://www.newsweek.com/judge-engoron-ruling-donald-trump-fraud-trial-1853587
Side Note: Prosecutor L. James openly admits on social media that she and the judge decided Trump's guilt BEFORE the trial even began.