Any basis for a stay
Trump is still struggling to avoid paying those overdue library book fines.
Donald Trump’s penalties in the New York civil fraud case for manipulating the value of his properties to obtain advantageous loan and insurance rates were formally set at more than $454m on Friday.
The judgment, which includes $354m in penalties plus $100m in pre-judgement interest following the three-month, non-jury trial that concluded on 16 February, will continue to accrue interest if the former president fails to pay.
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In his ruling a week ago, Engoron has said the defendants had shown a “complete lack of contrition and remorse [which] borders on pathological” when he imposed the fine and banned Trump for three years, and his adult sons for two, from serving in as top executive roles at any New York company or seeking loans from any New York-registered bank. On Thursday, he rejected a request by Trump’s lawyer Clifford Robert to delay enforcing the judgments for 30 days in order to allow “an orderly post-judgment process, particularly given the magnitude of judgment”.
Engoron told the attorney that he had “failed to explain, much less justify, any basis for a stay. I am confident that the appellate division will protect your appellate rights.”
Oh come on, the basis is that Donald Trump is Donald Trump and he’s not supposed to have to pay anything he doesn’t want to pay.
Ran across a video online that pointed out that one of the stunts Donnie tried to pull was particularly egregious.
So, when the judge submits an order, he gives it to both parties to ask if there’s any details that need to be changed. This isn’t to alter the nature of the order, just to fix any misspellings, especially for things like accounts, phone numbers, and so on.
Donnie’s lawyers tried to slip in a fast one by changing the addresses of all the affected businesses from New York to Florida, in a naked attempt to be able to then later appeal the ruling on the grounds that the business holdings were outside the judge’s jurisdiction. Engoron said ‘no’, and kept the original addresses in the order.
Wow.
Holy crap! Surely that counts as an attempt by the lawyers to mislead/defraud the Court? Screechy? Almost worth a question to Serious Trouble. I’ve got to give it to his lawyers, they seem prepared to please Donnie even at the expense of potential contempt or discipline proceedings.
Meidas Touch Network reports the same. Ima do a post on it.