Judge Engoron won't recuse self from Trump case — despite being 'accosted' by lawyer

New York Judge Arthur Engoron is making clear this week that he has no intention of stepping back from former President Donald Trump's civil fraud trial, CNN reported.

Engoron already found Trump liable in the case and ordered him to pay over $450 million for systematically lying about his businesses' property valuations to manipulate his tax liability and loan terms. Trump is moving to appeal that decision, and in the meantime, his lawyers have demanded Engoron step back from the case — which he refused to do.

In an order put out Thursday, Engoron stated that “I am supremely confident in my ability to continue to serve, as I always have, impartially,” and that it would cause "immense prejudice" if he were to recuse himself.

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Real estate attorney Adam Bailey has said he spoke with Engoron the day the verdict came down, telling NBC that he “had the ability to speak to [this Court] three weeks ago…I saw him in the corner [at the courthouse] and I told my client, ‘I need to go.’ And I walked over and we started talking … I wanted him to know what I think [about the case] and why … I really want him to get it right.”

Engoron flatly rejected the idea that being "accosted" by Bailey would bias him in the case.

“I did not initiate, welcome, encourage, engage in, or learn from much less enjoy, Bailey’s tirade," said Engoron. "I did not base any part of any of my rulings on it, as Bailey has outlandishly, mistakenly, and defamatorily claimed.”

This case is on top of the $80 million defamation judgment Trump was slapped with in the E. Jean Carroll defamation suit, and the 34-count felony conviction for falsification of business records. Trump has similarly vowed to fight both of these rulings.