'Completely out of bounds': Judge Engoron sends 'scathing' message to Trump lawyer

The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s $370 million civil fraud suit sent a “scathing” letter to the former president’s lawyer over a “crazy” reply to his inquiry about potential perjury during the trial.

Arthur Engoron slammed Cliff Robert Thursday over his response to the New York City judge’s request for information about Trump’s co-defendant Allen Weisselberg’s reported perjury plea deal negotiations with the Manhattan District Attorney's office.

“If someone pleads guilty to committing perjury in a case over which I am presiding, I want to know about it,” Engoron wrote. “You and your co-counsel have been questioning my impartiality since the early days of this case, presumably because I sometimes rule against your clients. That whole approach is getting old.”

Engoron, tasked with determining an appropriate penalty after finding Trump liable for fraud, accused Robert of “grossly mischaracterizing” his request for more information about potentially false testimony in his courtroom, as reported by the New York Times earlier this month.

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“I have not taken, do not plan to take, and did not suggest or hint that I would take judicial notice of the subject New York Times article,” Engoron writes. “However, if, tomorrow, Mr. Weisselberg publicly confesses to having committed perjury about a significant matter in the case before me, or if he pleads guilty to such perjury at any time before I issue my final decision, I will research and consider what the law allows.”

Engoron also appears outraged at Robert’s decision to challenge Michael Cohen’s testimony, during which Trump’s lawyers accused him of perjury.

“You have already submitted your post-trial briefs and made your final arguments,” said Engoron. “Your invocation of Michael Cohen's testimony and veracity is completely out of bounds.”

Trump repeatedly denied wrongdoing, after New York Attorney General Letitia James accused him of defrauding investors by inflating the value of his assets, and called the civil trial a political "witch hunt."

Tensions have only mounted as Trump's presidential campaign trial wound its way through Engoron's courtroom.

Courthouse News reporter Erik Uebelacker, who shared the letter on X Thursday, expressed surprise at Engoron's harsh tone that he called "SCATHING."