Trump slams judge, accuses him of ‘hatred’
Former President Donald Trump Fires Off, Smokes Judge He Says Has ‘Gone Crazy in His Hatred’
Former President Donald Trump may have put himself in line for another $10,000 fine for violating a gag order placed on him in his civil fraud trial in New York when he called Judge Arthur F. Engoron “crazy” and “Radical Left.”
Trump made the statements Thursday morning on Truth Social, the social media platform he founded in 2021.
“The Judge in the New York State A.G. case refuses to accept the overturning of his decisions by the Appeals Court,” the former president wrote. “This is a first in the history of the State!
“HE HAS GONE CRAZY IN HIS HATRED OF ‘TRUMP,’” he added (emphasis original throughout).
“Also, their ‘STAR’ witness just admitted his statements were all a big lie. He broke down in court. The Radical Left Judge said he doesn’t care,” Trump continued in his post.
“He is trying to protect RACIST A.G. Letitia James, who has no case, lost the appeal, but has a tyrannical and unhinged Trump Hating Judge,” he argued. “She campaigned for A.G. on, ‘I Will Get Trump,’ long before she knew anything about me.
“This is Judicial Misconduct,” Trump concluded, “coupled with Prosecutorial Misconduct, and somebody from the State of New York must step in and stop this Complete & Total Miscarriage of Justice!”
Trump has already been fined twice for violating what the establishment media consistently refers to as a “narrow gag order,” as The New York Times did Thursday.
“This court is way beyond the ‘warning’ stage,” Engoron wrote when he issued the first $5,000 punishment, which he called “nominal,” according to the Times.
The following week, he fined Trump $10,000 despite the former president’s sworn testimony that his comments didn’t refer to Engoron’s clerk.
The judge said Trump’s statement in his own defense in the matter “rings hollow and untrue.”
Trump has not yet appealed Engoron’s gag order, although members of his legal team have suggested that such a challenge may be forthcoming.
“We have significant concerns about the constitutionality of limiting President Trump’s right to comment on what he observes in the courtroom,” Trump attorney Christopher Kise told the Times.
Trump’s first violation was apparently an oversight — the first $5,000 fine was imposed because of a social media post that had remained on his campaign website “for weeks,” according to the Times.
The second, however, appeared more intentional, as Trump told reporters that Ergoron was “very partisan” and had a “perhaps even much more partisan” person sitting next to him, an apparent reference to his clerk.
Nonetheless, even the liberal American Civil Liberties Union has weighed in on Trump’s side regarding a gag order placed on the former president in another of his trials, in which he’s accused of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election.
“Donald Trump has said many things. Much that he has said has been patently false and has caused great harm to countless individuals, as well as to the republic itself,” the ACLU wrote in a friend-of-the-court brief submitted in that case. “But Trump retains a First Amendment right to speak, and the rest of us retain a right to hear what he has to say.”
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How might Donald Trump’s controversial statements and clashes with judges affect the public perception of his behavior and the outcome of his civil fraud trial
Former President Donald Trump is making headlines once again as he fires off a series of controversial comments about Judge Arthur F. Engoron, who is presiding over his civil fraud trial in New York. Trump’s remarks, made on his own social media platform, Truth Social, have landed him in hot water and may result in another $10,000 fine for violating a gag order placed on him during the trial.
In his social media post, Trump accuses Judge Engoron of refusing to accept the overturning of his decisions by the Appeals Court, calling it a first in the history of the state. He goes on to claim that the judge has gone crazy in his hatred of Trump and accuses him of protecting the “racist” Attorney General Letitia James. Trump further alleges that the judge’s misconduct is coupled with prosecutorial misconduct, calling for someone from the state of New York to step in and stop this alleged miscarriage of justice.
This is not the first time that Trump has been fined for violating the gag order. According to The New York Times, he has already been fined twice. Judge Engoron issued the first $5,000 punishment, which he referred to as ”nominal,” citing that the court has already reached beyond the warning stage. Despite Trump’s sworn testimony that his comments didn’t refer to the judge’s clerk, Engoron fined him an additional $10,000, stating that Trump’s defense rings hollow and untrue.
Trump has not yet appealed Engoron’s gag order, but members of his legal team have expressed concerns about the constitutionality of limiting the former president’s right to comment on courtroom proceedings. Trump’s first violation was seen as an oversight, as the social media post in question had remained on his campaign website for weeks. However, the second violation appeared to be more intentional, as Trump referred to Engoron as “very partisan” and alluded to a potentially partisan clerk sitting next to him.
Interestingly, even the liberal American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has come out in support of Trump regarding another gag order placed on him in a different trial. In that case, the ACLU begrudgingly sided with Trump, expressing concerns about the restriction on his freedom of speech.
As Trump continues to make controversial statements and challenge the constraints placed on him during legal proceedings, it remains to be seen how these actions will impact his trials and the public perception of his behavior. Whether his remarks will have any effect on the outcome of his civil fraud trial remains uncertain, but the former president’s constant clashes with judges and legal restrictions are certainly keeping him in the spotlight.
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