Trump fined $350 million for fraudulent business practices

[Socrates]

A New York judge has ordered former President Donald Trump and
executives at the Trump Organization to pay nearly $364 million in a
civil fraud case, handing a win to New York Attorney General Letitia
James, who sued Trump and his associates after a three-year investigation.

The Friday decision from Judge Arthur Engoron orders Trump and his
flagship organization to pay the bulk of that amount: $355 million.
Trump's two sons and codefendants, Eric and Donald Jr., are each liable
for $4 million. Allen Weisselberg, a former Trump Organization
executive, is liable for $1 million.

"Their complete lack of contrition and remorse borders on pathological.
They are accused only of inflating asset values to make more money. The
documents prove this over and over again. This is a venial sin, not a
mortal sin," Engoron wrote in the court filing. "Yet, defendants are
incapable of admitting the error of their ways."

[Sharx335]

Of course, the fact that the prosecutor is a dyed-in-the-wool wokester
Democrat is immaterial, inconsequential, and irrelevant. Right? And,
regarding, Judge Engoron: From ABC:

Like most judges in New York, Engoron has run unopposed in his races
within the Democratic Party, which uses a delegate primary convention
system controlled by party leadership to nominate judges for generally
unopposed elections.

And the link:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/arthur-engoron-new-york-judge-deciding-fate-trumps/story?id=103606841

[Socrates]

You have something in common with Trump lawyers:

Judge Arthur Engoron: “You and your co-counsel have been questioning my
impartiality since the early days of this case, perhaps because I
sometimes rule against your clients. That whole approach is getting old.”

[Sharx335]

The judge's response totally avoids the issue. My source, "ABC News" is
hardly a right-wing mouthpiece...unlike how the NY Times or WaPo usually
speak as left-wing trumpets.

[Bob]

Crikey, Sharx.
Do you *always* lurch to conclusions?

The judge's response was to allegations that totally avoided Trumps creative
accounting.
Your source summed it all up in their conclusion, but you would have needed
to be thorough to find it

'"These attacks are reprehensible," the group's president, Domhnall
O'Cathain, wrote in a statement in 2022 following Trump's criticism. "As a
bar association with a large membership of trial attorneys, we know the
excellence and integrity of Judge Engoron."

The attacks against Engoron appeared to increase following his ruling last
week, with a notable increase of hateful, anti-Semitic, and violent
language targeted at Engoron on far-right social media sites.

In spite of the outsized attention on the case, Engoron's colleagues
maintained they fully expect the judge to oversee the case professionally
and responsibly.

"Judges are usually levelheaded, and he certainly fits that mold," a
colleague of the judge told ABC News.'


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[Socrates]

https://i.postimg.cc/jq70nhbW/putn-n-rump.jpg

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[badgolferman]

You just can't...

[Sharx335]

Let me make one thing clear--there is no excuse for making anti-Semitic
remarks...if one resorts to that, they, effectively, has lost the
argument. But political bias is not exactly unknown--one's politics have
a direct connection to one's "world view" and, rest assured, most
lawyers if polled confidentially, would NOT support Mr. Trump in any regard.