During the testimony in a case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, the courtroom on Monday witnessed a confrontational exchange of statements between former President Donald Trump and New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron, transforming the atmosphere into one of conflict.
President Trump exhibited a lack of restraint in expressing his opinions both within and outside the confines of the courtroom, leading to a sequence of confrontational interactions that disrupted the course of the judicial procedures.
President Trump expressed his view that “This is really election interference. This is fairly ridiculous. The numbers are much greater than on the financial statement. And we’ve already proven that. They said Mar-a-Lago is worth $18 million.”
“You have a racist attorney general who made some terrible statements, and you see some more that came over the wires today. It’s a very sad situation for our country. We shouldn’t have this. This is for third-world countries. And it’s very unfair.”
The courtroom observed an atypical occurrence as the legal representative of Trump and Justice Engoron engaged in a verbal dispute on the manner in which the proceedings were being conducted. The legal representation of Donald Trump requested that the judge give careful consideration to the explanations provided by the former president.
Tensions reached their highest point when the conversation shifted onto the financial assessments of President Trump’s holdings, notably his Mar-a-Lago property. President Trump contested the assigned assessment of $18 million for the property, asserting that its value was significantly higher. This assertion was met with skepticism by Justice Engoron.
It has been stated that Engoron exhibited significant frustration in reaction to the extensive answers provided by Trump to the inquiries posed by attorney Kevin Wallace. “Please just answer the questions; no speeches.”
President Trump provided a response indicating that “It was so long ago, but well beyond the statute of limitations for anyone else, but not me because I’m sure the judge will rule against me.”
Engoron raised a query regarding whether it was a “necessary part of the narrative.”
“You can attack me as much as you want, but please answer the question,” the leftist judge added.
“Values are far bigger than what’s on the statements… I thought 40 Wall St… Doral was underestimated, considerably more valuable,” argued Trump. He ripped into Engoron for devaluing his famous Mar-A-Lago estate: “$18 million, but it is worth 50 to 100 times more than that… But the judge ruled against me. I don’t know how he got to those numbers. The most valuable asset was the brand asset, but I didn’t put it on the statement…If I wanted to build up a statement, like you said, I would have added the brand value here.”
Engoron directed a query to the legal representation of President Trump, inquiring, “Can you control your client? This is not a political rally: this is a courtroom.”
According to reports, a contentious interaction ensued between President Trump, his legal representative, and Judge Engoron.
The attorney for Trump expressed the opinion that the prosecutors “should try to ask better questions.”
“I’m not here to hear what he has to say… he goes into speeches,” Engoron asserted.
The events of the day are expected to contribute to the existing extensive public and media examination of the case, which President Trump has frequently criticized as a baseless and politically motivated investigation. The litigation, which centers on the commercial transactions of the Trump Organization, has emerged as a central issue of disagreement between former President Trump and state authorities affiliated with the Democratic Party.
Prior to court, Trump posted on Truth Social:
Getting ready to head to the Downtown Lower Manhattan Courthouse to testify in one of the many cases that were instigated and brought by my POLITICAL OPPONENT, Crooked Joe Biden, through agencies and surrogates, for purposes of ELECTION INTERFERENCE. This is the first time this method of cheating in an election has been so blatantly used in the USA as a POLITICAL WEAPON! Mostly done in Third World Countries. Got a really Biased, Nasty, Club controlled, but often overturned, Judge, a Racist, Evil, and Corrupt Attorney General, BUT A CASE THAT, ACCORDING TO ALMOST ALL LEGAL SCHOLARS, HAS ZERO MERIT. A dark day for our Country. WITCH HUNT!
Last week, his final post on the social media platform he founded read:
This Rigged Trial, brought by the Racist New York State A.G. Letitia James before Trump and developer Hating Judge, Arthur Engoron, which should have never been brought in that the so-called STAR WITNESS, SleazeBag Lawyer (for many people) Michael Cohen, admitted last week on the stand that he LIED, and also that your favorite President, Donald J. Trump, or anyone from the Trump Organization, NEVER TOLD HIM TO INFLATE VALUES ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, the opposite of what he told the A.G. in order to get this HOAX started. Therefore, on that fact alone, this Fake Case should be dismissed. Additionally, however, the Financial Statements Values are Conservative (LOW!), Mar-a-Lago is worth MUCH MORE than $18,000,000, there is a 100% Disclaimer Clause on the 1st page of the Statements, the Banks and Insurance Companies were paid in full, no defaults, they all made money, and there is no Victim (except me!). Leave my children alone, Engoron. You are a disgrace to the legal profession!
Rephrased from: The Republic Brief By: Trump Knows
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