Letitia James

N.Y. judge 'pounded the bench' in anger as Trump's lawyers tried to drag out trial

The New York judge overseeing the civil fraud trial against former President Donald Trump and his adult sons visibly expressed anger on Wednesday as the former president's lawyers tried to use stall tactics on him, The Messenger reported.

The frustration of Judge Arthur Engoron, who already ruled on the facts against Trump by summary judgment, came as the ex-president continues to lash out with racially charged attacks on New York Attorney General Letitia James.

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'Where is the IRS?' Former FBI agent urges tax investigation after Trump's fraud trial

Former FBI agent and Donald Trump foe Peter Strzok fully expects the ex-president to begin throwing people under the bus to save himself.

MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace explained on Wednesday that even his father Fred Trump's legacy wasn't safe from his son – and that his relationship with his own kids will be the same.

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'Dirty Cop!' Trump melts down as New York attorney general closes in with fraud case

Former President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform on Wednesday to rage against New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is prosecuting a civil fraud case that could ultimately strip the former president of control of his businesses in the state.

"The Trial in NYC brought by the Racist A.G., Letitia James, who 'convinced' the highly partisan Democrat Judge in charge of the case that Mar-a-Lago is only worth 18 Million Dollars, when it is worth 50 to 100 times that amount, should be dismissed in that Peekaboo and the Judge fraudulently reduced the value of Mar-a-Lago, and other assets, in order to make their FAKE case more viable," Trump wrote. "This is yet another Witch Hunt for purposes of Election Interference."

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Trump says he showed up at his NYC fraud trial to draw media attention to ‘how corrupt it is’

NEW YORK — Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday he wanted to attend his Manhattan fraud trial to draw media attention to how “corrupt” the New York attorney general’s high-stakes case against his family real estate empire is — and then he hit the road. “Why attend? Because I want to point it out to the press, how corrupt it is — ’cause nobody else seems to be able to do it,” Trump said outside the courtroom, railing against the judge and attorney general Letitia James before leaving the courthouse. After he addressed the media, court officials began taking down some of the barriers install...

'Trump show is over': Attorney General Letitia James lashes out at former president's 'political stunt'

New York Attorney General Letitia James left the Manhattan courthouse Wednesday to tell the press that Donald Trump had left the building and was not expected to attend any more of his fraud trial.

She addressed his attacks on her and on others, but said that those attacks wouldn't be able to protect him from the consequences of the fraud case.

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Trump appeals judge's fraud ruling as trial continues

Donald Trump has appealed a New York judge's ruling that found him and his family's business liable for fraud.

The former president's attorneys filed the appeal Wednesday as he continues to stand trial in a lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James accusing Trump, three of his adult children and the Trump Organization of lying for years about the values of their assets for financial benefit, reported Reuters.

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Trump unleashes yet another attack on 'corrupt' attorney general despite gag order

Former President Donald Trump entered court for the third day Wednesday as another rant appeared on his personal social media site.

It came after he earned a gag order for a Tuesday attack on the clerk of the judge – which featured a photo from her campaign website and falsely claimed that she was the "girlfriend" of Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY). It infuriated the judge so much that he banned the former president from speaking about any members of the court staff.

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Trump's 'beyond laughable' attack on judge's clerk 'shows how scared he is': DC insider

Donald Trump drew a rebuke from the judge overseeing his fraud case after he targeted a courthouse staffer online, and MSNBC's Claire McCaskill said that showed how shaken the former president was by the lawsuit threatening his livelihood.

Judge Arthur Engoron, who found last week that New York attorney general Letitia James had proven the fraud claims against Trump and his two adult sons, ordered the ex-president to take down a Truth Social post smearing his clerk and banned him from making additional comments about his staff, and McCaskill told "Morning Joe" his attack was telling.

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Threat of jail is 'the one thing' that could stop Trump's inflammatory posts: CNN legal analyst

CNN legal analyst Elliot Williams said that Judge Arthur Engoron may have to threaten to throw former President Donald Trump in prison to get him to comply with a gag order he issued this week.

Engoron hit Trump with a gag order after the former president spread an evidence-free claim that a New York law clerk in Engoron's court is Sen. Chuck Schumer's (D-NY) "girlfriend."

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'Radical left Marxists': Trump launches attack hours after judge imposes gag order

Just hours after New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron imposed a limited gag order and directed Donald Trump to remove his social media post targeting and attacking, by name, the judge’s law clerk, the ex-president Tuesday evening issued an attack targeting the legal system, and apparently, by extension, Attorney General Letitia James.

Judge Engoron’s Tuesday order barred Trump from “posting, emailing or speaking publicly about any of my staff,” as Politico reported. The judge’s gag order did not extend to any officer of the court, witnesses, or anyone else involved in Attorney General James’ $250 million civil fraud case against Trump.

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'Far-left Democrat': Trump unleashes most direct attack yet on NY fraud judge

In a post to his website Tuesday, Donald Trump took a direct swipe at the judge overseeing his New York fraud trial in a long post that accused Judge Arthur Engoron of being a "A Far-Left Democrat."

Trump pointed to comments Engoron made in February of last year, where he said Trump is “just a bad guy” in response to a lawyer who argued that the former president was being unfairly singled out by New York Attorney General Letitia James.

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Trump targets New York law clerk with new conspiracy theory about fraud trial

Donald Trump put a target on a New York law clerk with a conspiracy theory suggesting Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer is dating her and is rigging the fraud case against the former president.

Trump claimed Tuesday, without citing any evidence, that Alison Greenfield, the principal law clerk to New York Supreme Court justice Arthur Engoron, was the girlfriend of Schumer and accused her of somehow directing the $250 million fraud case filed against him by New York Attorney General Letitia James.

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Trump has now 'crossed the line into criminal threats': Top legal scholar

As Donald Trump's rhetoric grows increasingly menacing and threatening, experts are again sounding the alarm.

It's been weeks since Special Counsel Jack Smith asked U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to impose a narrow limitation on the ex-president in the case charging him with attempting to overturn the 2020 election. It likely will be weeks before Chutkan announces a decision.

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