{"id":2292295,"date":"2024-07-10T20:54:55","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T00:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/engoron-allows-trump-to-subpoena-lawyer-who-boasted-of-talk-with-civil-fraud-judge-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T21:00:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T01:00:46","slug":"engoron-allows-trump-to-subpoena-lawyer-who-boasted-of-talk-with-civil-fraud-judge-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/engoron-allows-trump-to-subpoena-lawyer-who-boasted-of-talk-with-civil-fraud-judge-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Engoron allows Trump to subpoena lawyer who \u2018boasted\u2019 of talk with civil fraud judge &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fengoron-allows-trump-to-subpoena-lawyer-who-boasted-of-talk-with-civil-fraud-judge-washington-examiner%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=2292295&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>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/41-percent-of-illegal-immigrant-group-biden-admin-released-into-us-never-showed-up-for-court-dates\/\" title=\"41% of illegal immigrants released by the Biden administration did not attend their court hearings.\">court \u200dorder<\/a> \u2063that allows \u2063former President Donald Trump to subpoena a lawyer who claimed to have met with the judge overseeing Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-appeals-court-refuses-trumps-request-to-delay-fraud-trial\/\" title=\"NY Appeals Court denies Trump&#039;s bid to postpone fraud trial.\">civil fraud trial<\/a>. The\u2063 judge, Arthur Engoron, denied parts of the subpoena but acknowledged its\u2063 merit \u2063due to \u200cthe lawyer publicly boasting about meeting with the \u2064judge. The lawyer, \u2063Adam Bailey,\u2064 reportedly \u200boffered unsolicited \u200blegal advice to the court. Engoron had previously found Trump liable for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ny-ag-files-fraud-suit-against-donald-trump-children\/\" title=\"BREAKING: NY AG Files Fraud Suit Against Donald Trump, Children\">business fraud<\/a> and ordered \u2062him\u2062 to pay millions in damages. The lawyer&#8217;s conversation with the judge prompted an ethics probe, \u2063but Engoron denied \u2063any improper behavior.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span 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class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-10T18:34:19-04:00\">July 10, 2024 6:34 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1634179\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> can move forward with subpoenaing a lawyer who publicly claimed to have met with the judge who oversaw the former president\u2019s civil fraud trial, according to a court <a href=\"https:\/\/iapps.courts.state.ny.us\/fbem\/DocumentDisplayServlet?documentId=mrgZC4uVC1_PLUS_JcLia7ubb7w==&#038;system=prod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">order.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Judge Arthur Engoron denied portions of Trump\u2019s subpoena but determined that it was \u201cnot wholly without merit,\u201d the judge wrote in the order, filed Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s attorneys had requested to issue a subpoena for documents to New York-based lawyer Adam Bailey after Bailey told a local NBC affiliate that he privately spoke with Engoron about the case weeks before Engoron announced his verdict against Trump in it.<\/p>\n<p>Bailey \u201cboasted\u201d to the media about the meeting, Engoron said, observing that he had to allow some form of Trump\u2019s subpoena for that reason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Bailey has opened the door by making his extraordinary claims to the media, in which he, by his own admission, stated that he attempted to offer unsolicited legal advice to this Court,\u201d Engoron wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Engoron found Trump liable for years of business fraud, and in February, he affirmed the finding and ordered Trump and Trump Organization executives to pay $454 million in damages and interest.<\/p>\n<p>NBC New York reported on Bailey\u2019s conversation with Engoron three months later, prompting an ethics probe into whether it was appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>Engoron denied through a spokesperson at the time that anything \u201cuntoward\u201d had occurred with Bailey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo ex <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fulton-county-mayhem-rappers-attorney-held-in-contempt-ordered-to-jail-after-refusing-to-reveal-source-to-judge\/\" title=\"Fulton County Chaos: Judge Orders Rapper&#039;s Lawyer Jailed for Contempt After Withholding Source Information\">parte conversation<\/a> concerning this matter occurred between Justice Engoron and Mr. Bailey or any other person,\u201d spokesman Al Baker <a href=\"https:\/\/lawandcrime.com\/high-profile\/judge-who-oversaw-trump-civil-fraud-trial-reportedly-under-investigation-by-judicial-oversight-body-for-hallway-chat-with-lawyer-who-says-they-talked-about-the-case-before-verdict\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a>. \u201cThe decision Justice Engoron issued February 16 was his alone, was deeply considered, and was wholly uninfluenced by this individual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2885247\/trump-begins-appeal-454-million-civil-business-fraud-ruling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"appealing Engoron's verdict\">appealing Engoron\u2019s verdict<\/a>, still requested to issue a sweeping subpoena for documents of Bailey\u2019s communications that could shed light on any of his interactions with the court.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Engoron ruled that the subpoena was too broad and \u201cunquestionably would permit an improper wholesale fishing expedition\u201d but offered a narrower version of it for Bailey to comply with instead.<\/p>\n<p>Engoron ordered Bailey to furnish the documents within seven days.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" 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Judge Arthur Engoron denied parts of the subpoena but acknowledged its merit, stating that the lawyer&#8217;s public claims warranted some form of investigation. The lawyer, Adam Bailey, had boasted to the media about his private conversation with Engoron, prompting the subpoena request. Engoron found Trump liable for fraud and ordered him to pay damages, but denied any inappropriate communication with Bailey. Trump, appealing the verdict, requested a broad subpoena for Bailey&#8217;s communications, which Engoron deemed too expansive. Instead, Engoron ordered Bailey to provide specific documents within seven days<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2292296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24149533681019.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34603,7836,3634],"class_list":["post-2292295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-engoron","tag-subpoena","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24149533681019.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2292295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2292296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2292295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2292295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2292295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}