Arthur Engoron

New York has escalated its security for the state court system following a judgment this week that former President Donald Trump and his adult sons are liable for fraud over their business' property valuations, reported court journalist Frank Runyeon.

"Court officers have been on a heightened state of readiness and officers have been cautioned to remain alert and vigilant both inside courthouses and while on perimeter patrols," a spokesperson said, according to Runyeon.

Donald Trump Jr. reacted to being found liable for fraud in New York by insisting he was punished for his famous name.

During an appearance on The Charlie Kirk Show on Wednesday, Trump objected to New York Judge Arthur Engoron's ruling that found him, his father, and others liable for fraudulently manipulating the value of assets.

Former President Donald Trump continued his ranting on his personal social media site Wednesday after a judge ruled that he grossly inflated his wealth.

In a caps-heavy rant, Trump raged once again about New York Judge Arthur Engoron valuing Mar-a-Lago at just $18 million.

Newsmax host Rob Finnerty said he opposed a fraud judgment against Donald Trump because manipulating asset values was "the point of getting real estate."

Finnerty made the remarks the morning after New York Judge Arthur Engoron entered a partial summary judgment against Trump, members of his family, and his company. A $250 million lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James alleged Trump manipulated the value of his assets to receive favorable conditions on bank loans and insurance policies.

Donald Trump, the one-term, twice-impeached ex-president who is running for the White House while facing four criminal indictments that include 91 felony counts across three jurisdictions, "may soon be personally bankrupt," according to a journalist who has written two books on the man he calls a "self-proclaimed multibillionaire."

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist David Cay Johnston, author of "The Making of Donald Trump," and "The Big Cheat: How Donald Trump Fleeced America and Enriched Himself and His Family," reported on Tuesday's decision by Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron. The judge ruled Trump had committed fraud for years, by massively inflating the value of his assets. He ordered Trump's business certificates revoked and his assets dissolved.

Former President Donald Trump insisted he was worth even more than his financial statements indicate but blamed banks for believing the claims that a New York judge found to be fraudulent.

New York judge Arthur Engoron ruled on Tuesday that Trump and his two adult sons had persistently committed fraud by inflating the value of his assets and net worth to gain financial benefits, but the former president said the statements he submitted should have been cross-checked by anyone who lent him money.

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.

Investigative reporter and Trump biographer David Cay Johnston told CNN on Wednesday that former President Donald Trump is looking at a potentially dire financial situation after New York Judge Arthur Engoron found him liable for committing financial fraud.

In breaking down the ruling, Johnston noted that it essentially blocked the Trump Organization from continuing to operate in the state of New York.

A New York judge imposed a "corporate death penalty" on the Trump Organization after finding the former president and his sons liable for fraud.

Judge Arthur Engoron issued a ruling in the civil lawsuit brought by New York attorney general Letitia James that found Trump and his company had deceived banks and insurers by massively inflating his assets and net worth to make deals and secure loans, and New York Times investigative reporter Russ Buettner told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" the former president's business will be dissolved when the dust finally settles.

CNN's Errol Louis on Wednesday said that New York Judge Arthur Engoron delivered a devastating blow to former President Donald Trump when he found him liable for committing fraud.

Louis argued that Judge Engoron's ruling was particularly notable because he slammed Trump and his lawyers for recycling arguments that had already been previously rejected as irrelevant.

A New York State judge ruled for summary judgment in Attorney General Letitia James' civil fraud suit against former President Donald Trump and his adult sons, finding that they lied about the value of their assets. The only matter left for a jury to decide is how much they owe in damages.

But Trump had one particularly eye-catching defense for the Trump Organization's valuations, flagged by New York University professor and former Defense Department special counsel Ryan Goodman in the judge's ruling: the Saudis would happily buy his properties at the inflated prices he used.