Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday exploded at New York Judge Arthur Engoron, who on Tuesday found him liable for committing business fraud as head of the Trump Organization.
Writing on his Truth Social platform, the former president accused Engoron of unfairly ruling that he deliberately lied about the values of his properties over the span of several years in order to secure more favorable loans from banks.
"I have a Deranged, Trump Hating Judge, who RAILROADED this FAKE CASE through a NYS Court at a speed never seen before, refusing to let it go to the Commercial Division, where it belongs, denying me everything, No Trial, No Jury," the former president complained. "He made up this crazy “KILL TRUMP” decision, assigning insanely low values to properties, despite overwhelming evidence."
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Trump went on to suggest that it was wrong for the judge to conclude that he overvalued his own properties -- and then proceeded to claim without evidence that his Mar-a-Lago resort could be worth somewhere in the neighborhood of $2 billion.
Trump concluded his rant by rehashing claims that everyone in the American legal system is out to get him in a politically motivated "witch hunt."
"His anger & hatred is politically motivated & unprecedented by those who watched!" Trump said of the judge. "My actual Net Worth is MUCH GREATER than the number shown on the Financial Statements, a BIG SURPRISE to him & the Racist A.G., Letitia James, who campaigned for office on a get Trump Platform. While murderers roam the sidewalks of New York, my banks are happy, all loans are current, or paid off in full, sometimes early, with no defaults or problems of any kind. There is also an IRONCLAD DISCLAIMER CLAUSE!"