"Shocked," a legal expert said on Wednesday after detailing a new Donald Trump filing in which his "angry" attorneys demanded a stay of the massive civil fraud judgment.
MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin took to social media to explain some of the newest revelations in the fraud case, which saw the ex-president being found liable for fraud and ordered to pay hundreds of millions of dollars. There has been a lot of speculation as to how Trump will pay the hefty fee.
But Rubin is paying more attention to the fact that Trump's lawyers earlier had asked Justice Engoron "for time to submit a proposed counter-judgment even though it should be a relatively plain statement of the injunctive relief Engoron ordered plus some math to fill in the pre-judgment interest."
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In response, Rubin reported, "Judge Engoron tells Team Trump, via email, that they need to state specific objections to the AG's proposed judgment by 5 p.m."
"I have compared the language of the Attorney General’s proposed judgment to the language of my February 16, 2024 Decision and Order, and the former exactly tracks the latter (except for the addition of defendants’ addresses and blanks for interest amounts)," according to Engoron's email.
Rubin reports that Trump's team responded by "demanding" a stay.
"Defendants respectfully submit that the concerns raised in their letter of today’s date about the Attorney General’s unilateral submission of a proposed Judgment to the Clerk of the Court, stating that it is made 'on motion,' merit full compliance with the CPLR and the Uniform Civil Rules for the Supreme Court and the County Court," the reply states. "Should the Court decide that the standard processes set forth in the CPLR and the Uniform Civil Rules for the Supreme Court and the County Court do not apply in this case, and proceed to enter the Attorney General’s proposed Judgment, Defendants request the Court stay enforcement of that Judgment for thirty (30) days."
Rubin reacted:
"Trump's lawyers, angry that Judge Engoron is apparently not going to allow motion practice on reducing his opinion to a formal judgment, demands a 30-day stay of any entered judgment instead. Shocked," the former litigator wrote.
