All posts tagged "Chris Kise"

Former President Donald Trump’s attorney in his $364 million fraud trial issued a blistering response complaining about a penalty Judge Arthur Engoron did not inflict, according to a legal expert.

Chris Kise’s released two-page statement Friday bemoans Engoron’s decision to impose a corporate “death penalty” on the Trump Organization, which he asserts Trump will appeal.

The problem, as legal analyst Adam Klasfield noted, was, “The judge just reversed that part of his old ruling.”...

Letitia James has rested her case, Chris Kise has rested his defense but, after a marathon 11-week civil court trial, Donald Trump can't take a break.

“I am worth Billions of Dollars more than is shown on my very Conservative Financial Statements, THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF THE A.G. WITCH HUNT!!!” former President Donald Trump wrote on his social media Truth Social site Thursday, one day after court proceedings concluded in his $250 million lawsuit. “NO VICTIMS, ONLY SUCCESS AND PROFITS.”

That’s not what Engoron ruled in his summary order that found Trump liable for fraudulently inflating his assets to secure better deals from lenders and investors. The trial, in which Trump denied wrongdoing, was to determine damages. ...

Donald Trump’s legal team for the fifth time Tuesday tried to have the former president's $250 million civil lawsuit tossed, but only managed to infuriate State attorneys and tickle the judge overseeing the case, reports show.

“There’s no evidence of fraud, no victims, no damage,” Trump attorney Chris Kise argued in his plea for a directed verdict, according to Law360’s Stewart Bishop.

“There’s no way I’m going to grant that,” Justice Arthur Engoron reportedly replied. “But send me something.”...

Donald Trump admitted Tuesday he dodged testifying in own fraud trial because of a gag order banning him from commenting on court staff in his $250 million fraud trial.

Trump took to Truth Social Monday to decry both Justice Arthur Engoron — who has said he has received credible death threats during court proceedings — and Attorney General Letitia James.

“I wanted to testify on Monday, despite the fact that I already testified successfully, answering all questions having to do with the Fake, No Victims, No Jury lawsuit, thrown at me by the Corrupt Racist A.G., Letitia James, and presided over by a Trump hating judge who suffers from a massive case of Trump Derangement Syndrome, and is a puppet for the CROOKED A.G.” Trump wrote. ...

There’s “bad blood” between lawyers in Donald Trump’s $250 million fraud trial with one factor proving especially objectionable: Trumps in the courtroom, according to a new analysis.

Transcripts show an abnormally high number of objections in the Trump Organization's civil court case that only gets higher when the Trumps appear in the New York City courtroom themselves, CBS News reported Thursday.

"You have such bad blood here between the two sides," CBS News legal analyst Rikki Klieman said. “Their emotional quotients are high, and they're mad.” ...

Judge Arthur Engoron Tuesday shut down an expert defense witness in Donald Trump’s fraud trial who tried to testify that Mar-a-Lago was worth as much as the former president said it was, according to reports.

Defense witness John Shubin attempted to argue the Florida property — a cornerstone in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ $250 million fraud case — was not restricted for use only as a social club, ABC News reports.

Shubin reportedly argued the property could be developed, which would increase its value, because there was “no prohibition on the use of Mar-a-Lago as a single-family residence.” ...