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Judge Engoron Accused of Banging Secretary of Opposing Counsel in Previous Case

"On Friday, far left Judge Arthur Engoron fleeced $355 million from President Trump for taking out loans in New York State and paying them back on time and with interest. The charges were brought against Trump by crazed New York State Attorney General Letitia James. There were no victims in the so-called crime. The banks did their due diligence before they loaned Donald Trump the money and testified they would gladly do it again.

Judge Engoron called this a crime and ruled that President Donald Trump owed the state $355 million. But that’s not all. As Volokh Conspiracy reported Engoron also put a Clinton-appointed judge in control of Trump business empire in New York State:

Judge Engoron also appointed retired U.S. District Judge Barbara Jones to continue in her role as an “independent monitor” of the Trump business empire but expanded her authority to review financial disclosures before they are submitted to third parties. Judge Jones can hire an independent director of compliance, and she has the authority to compel Trump to sell some or even all of his businesses down the road. This is all punishment for Trump allegedly committing fraud by falsely in inflating and deflating the value of his real estate assets to pay lower state taxes and to receive more favorable loans from banks.

Judge Arthur Engoron, a committed Democrat, has ruled repeatedly against Trump in the three years he’s been presiding over James’ lawsuit. According to the AP he’s forced Trump to sit for a deposition, held him in contempt and fined him $110,000.

According to reports Judge Engoron has been married three times and has four children.

But Arthur Engoron is no boy scout.

Engoron was banging the secretary of opposing counsel during a previous case – a complete ethics violation.

Nathan Lewin, a defense attorney for the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada, said the court’s Jan. 23 ruling against his client in several pre-trial decisions is “suspect” because of that relationship, of which he was not informed until late last month.

Lewin is defending the rabbis in an $11 defamation million suit filed by Helen Chayie Sieger of Borough Park, who claims their decision to allow her husband to remarry without requiring him to grant her a rabbinic divorce in effect labeled her an unfit spouse.

Lewin said in court papers that the law secretary, Arthur Engoron, claims he only began dating the secretary of the opposing counsel, Christopher Sullivan, on May 10. But Lewin said Sullivan’s actions in the case may have been “influenced” by information he received from the woman, identified in the papers only as Sue.

And Lewin noted that Engoron “was drafting [later] decisions and communicating” with the judge about this case during the time he was dating Sue.

Schoenfeld, at the request of the defendants, recused himself from the case July 1 after revealing that he had recently learned of the relationship. He said Engoron’s conduct raised ethical questions that he would report to the appropriate authorities, Lewin noted in his papers. Lewin said actions taken in this case may be criminal in nature and asked the court to conduct a full investigation."
I think that case will go for appeal. Two things: 1.James before becoming NY State attorney general publicly ran on going after Trump. 2. Before the trial commenced Engoron stated that Trump and his associates engaged in fraud.( Made the statement that an illegal action by Trump/ associates occurred and this before the start of the trial)
And it would seem a number of his past decisions were not let stand.
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sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@sladejr The Eighth Amendment (Amendment VIII) to the United States Constitution protects against imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments. This amendment was adopted on December 15, 1791, along with the rest of the United States Bill of Rights.[1] The amendment serves as a limitation upon the state or federal government to impose unduly harsh penalties on criminal defendants before and after a conviction. This limitation applies equally to the price for obtaining pretrial release and the punishment for crime after conviction.[2] The phrases in this amendment originated in the English Bill of Rights of 1689.

The prohibition against cruel and unusual punishments has led courts to hold that the Constitution totally prohibits certain kinds of punishment, such as drawing and quartering. Under the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause, the Supreme Court has struck down the application of capital punishment in some instances, but capital punishment is still permitted in some cases where the defendant is convicted of murder.

The Supreme Court has held that the Excessive Fines Clause prohibits fines that are "so grossly excessive as to amount to a deprivation of property without due process of law". The Court struck down a fine as excessive for the first time in United States v. Bajakajian (1998). Under the Excessive Bail Clause, the Supreme Court has held that the federal government cannot set bail at "a figure higher than is reasonably calculated" to ensure the defendant's appearance at trial. The Supreme Court has ruled that the Excessive Fines Clause and the Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause apply to the states, but has not done this regarding the Excessive Bail Clause.
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So, despite RUMORS about a previous case, the judge did nothing wrong in this case. Good to know.

According to reports Judge Engoron has been married three times and has four children.

But Arthur Engoron is no boy scout.
It's OK when Trump does it, but a crime when judge Engoron does it. RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT

As Volokh Conspiracy reported ...
!!! ROTFL !!!

$355 million from President Trump for taking out loans in New York State and paying them back on time and with interest.
It's MUCH more complicated than that, sunstroke! Look it up in the judge's ruling; scan for SFCs (Statements of Financial Condition). I have conveniently linked the ruling at the bottom.

Falsification of business records is a violation of New York Executive Law EXC § 63(12), which has been on the books since the 1960s.

Trump falsified business records involving:
Trump Tower triplex apartment
40 Wall St
Vornado Realty Trust
Trump Park Ave
Seven Springs
Briarcliffe
Mar-a-Lago
Trump National Golf Club LA
Aberdeen Golf Course

Trump is thus required by law to disgorge profits made from these falsifications.
Disgorgement is distinct from the remedy of
restitution because it focuses on the gain to the wrongdoer as
opposed to the loss to the victim. Thus, disgorgement aims to deter
wrongdoing by preventing the wrongdoer from retaining ill-gotten
gains from fraudulent conduct. Accordingly, the remedy of
disgorgement does not require a showing or allegation of direct
losses to consumers or the public; the source of the ill-gotten gains
is “immaterial.”

There are three groups of profits that must be disgorged, spread over five years.

Engoron ordered basically three tiers of judgements: $168,040,168 with 5~ years of pre-judgment interest; $126,828,600 with 2~ years of pre-judgment interest; and $68,000,000~ with 1~ year of prejudgment interest. The imputed rate in New York for prejudgment interest is 9%.

So, for the $168,040,168 tranche, Trump will owe $263,097,302.80 with the interest added. For the $126,828,600 (2 years), Trump will owe $151,739,452.95. For the remaining $69,026,048, Trump and/or his sons will have to pay $75,501,167.42.

For a grand total of $490,337,923.17! And each year this thing goes unpaid, Trump will owe an additional $44.1 million!

For complete details, see
https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2024/02/Judge-Engoron-ruling-in-Trump-New-York-civil-fraud-case.pdf

See the excerpted testimony of Donald Bender, Camron Harris, Nicholas Haigh, Doug Larson, Michael Holl, and others. Happy reading!!
@sunsporter1649 Look who's deleting posts because he's afraid of the truth, LOL!!!

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
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There’s a rule in NY he has to put up the entire amount before he can appeal..
no cruel or unusual punishment there right?
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He also likes sending nude selfies to friends

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@sladejr he looks the part
SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M
Don’t know if it’s true but it was said the judge prior to his legal career, drove a cab in NYC!
Reminds me of the priest in the movie, “.45” who exclaims, “ I not only have a collar, I have a cock, too!”( paraphrasing)
@soar2newhighs Meanwhile, Trump has become a shoe salesman! But how are these other careers relevant??

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@ElwoodBlues But but but Trump......
TheBannibalOne · 61-69, M
This country is a shame.
It is sickening.🫥

 
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