{"id":2273023,"date":"2024-06-20T20:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T00:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-legal-team-pushes-to-have-judge-arthur-engoron-thrown-off-civil-trial-after-new-development\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T20:57:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T00:57:54","slug":"trumps-legal-team-pushes-to-have-judge-arthur-engoron-thrown-off-civil-trial-after-new-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-legal-team-pushes-to-have-judge-arthur-engoron-thrown-off-civil-trial-after-new-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s Lawyers Seek to Disqualify Judge Arthur Engoron from Civil Trial Following Recent Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrumps-legal-team-pushes-to-have-judge-arthur-engoron-thrown-off-civil-trial-after-new-development%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2273023&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President\u2063 Donald Trump&#8217;s\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-key-points-from-trump-campaign-press-conference-on-challenges-to-election-results\/\" title=\"9 Key Points from Trump Campaign Press Conference on Challenges to Election Results\">legal team<\/a> has filed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boeing-agrees-to-2-5b-settlement-over-737-max-crashes\/\" title=\"Boeing agrees to .5B settlement over 737 MAX crashes\">court documents<\/a> aiming to disqualify Judge Arthur\u200b Engoron from presiding over a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-nominee-jessica-clarke-muffs-john-kennedys-basic-question-during-hearing-you-want-to-take-another-crack-at-that\/\" title=\"Biden Nominee Jessica Clarke Muffs John Kennedy\u2019s \u2018Basic\u2019 Question During Hearing: \u2018You Want To Take Another Crack At That?\u2019\">civil fraud case<\/a> against \u200dTrump in New York. The move followed allegations\u2062 that\u2063 Engoron engaged \u2064in inappropriate communications with an external party \u2062concerning the case. Trump&#8217;s attorneys \u2064are also challenging a prior ruling by Judge Engoron, which found Trump guilty and ordered him to pay \u2064nearly $500 million to the state. They seek to remove Engoron \u200cas they appeal his decision.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> legal team filed documents in court on Thursday seeking to have Judge Arthur Engoron thrown off the civil fraud case against Trump in New York after they discovered that he allegedly engaged in \u201cprohibited communications\u201d with an outside party about the case.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s lawyers are trying to get Engoron tossed off the case as they appeal his highly controversial ruling that Trump was guilty and needed to pay nearly half a billion dollars to the state.<\/p>\n<p>In the court <a href=\"https:\/\/iapps.courts.state.ny.us\/fbem\/DocumentDisplayServlet?documentId=BrWwF6tAFk9cdwOyp3oihw==&#038;system=prod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documents<\/a>, Trump\u2019s lawyers cited an interview that real estate lawyer Adam Bailey gave with a local NBC News affiliate in New York in which he claimed that he spoke to Engoron during the trial at the courthouse where it was taking place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI actually had the ability to speak to him three weeks ago,\u201d Bailey <a href=\"https:\/\/iapps.courts.state.ny.us\/fbem\/DocumentDisplayServlet?documentId=DRm5fgCg176No9zVouqssw==&#038;system=prod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> during the interview back in February, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cut-off-from-campaign-cash-omars-husband-turns-to-booze-biz\/\" title=\"Cut Off from Campaign Cash, Omar\u2019s Husband Turns to Booze Biz\">documents filed<\/a> by Trump\u2019s lawyers. \u201cI saw him in the corner [at the courthouse] and I told my client, \u2018I need to go.\u2019 And I walked over and we started talking \u2026 I wanted him to know what I think and why\u2026I really want him to get it right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s lawyers argued that the allegations were \u201cfundamentally incompatible with the responsibilities attendant to donning the black robe and sitting in judgment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1712932862202000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0plT8RRdMy9XUpIhocnjQS\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpecifically, this Court has been publicly accused of engaging in prohibited communications regarding the merits of this case, in clear violation of the Code and this Court\u2019s solemn oath,\u201d they said. \u201cIn sum, this Court appears to have proceeded not only in contravention of controlling law and the Constitution, but perhaps also contrary to the governing standards of judicial conduct. The gravity of these public allegations of potential misconduct is underscored by the fact that this Court, based upon public reporting, is also now apparently under investigation by the Commission on Judicial Conduct (the \u2018Commission\u2019).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They said that the development creates at a minimum the \u201cappearance of impropriety\u201d and means that Engoron must be removed from the case.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump&#8217;s legal team has requested the removal of Judge Arthur Engoron from a New York civil fraud case involving the former president. They allege Engoron engaged in prohibited communications about the case with an external party. 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