Anyone who has been following the New York civil case against former President Donald Trump knows that repeatedly less than ethical moves have been made on the part of the prosecution, namely the New York AG Leticia James and the presiding Judge Arthur Engoron.
Engoron, presiding over the $250 million lawsuit, is the sole judge of the outcome since there is no jury. He will decide the outcome and sentencing. And he has made it clear where he stands in regard to Trump, issuing gag orders that fly in the face of free speech as well as this week refusing to look at the document that would settle the whole matter.
Trump offered a written disclaimer in court that absolves him of any miscalculation in regard to values, but the judge waved it away, although the whole case seems to be standing on this point.
The Trump team has continually addressed the behavior of the judge during proceedings, and now there is a complaint from closer to home.
NBC News reports:
Rep. Elise Stefanik, the House GOP conference chair, has filed a judicial ethics complaint against the judge presiding over the New York civil fraud case against Donald Trump, accusing Judge Arthur Engoron of “weaponized lawfare” against the former president and calling on the judge to recuse himself.
Engoron had exhibited “clear judicial bias” against Trump, including by telling Trump’s attorney that the former president is “just a bad guy” whom New York Attorney General Letitia James “should go after,” Stefanik, R-N.Y., said in a letter to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct.
She said the judge had failed to honor Trump’s due process rights, concerns that she said are exacerbated by the former president’s position as the frontrunner for the presidential nomination.
Engoron issued a partial gag order on Trump last month after he spoke about the case on social media and to reporters. He was fined twice for violating the gag order. The judge expanded the gag order last week to include the former president’s lawyers.
“I filed an official judicial complaint against Judge Arthur Engoron for his inappropriate bias and judicial intemperance in New York’s disgraceful lawsuit against President Donald J. Trump and the Trump Organization,” Stefanik said in a statement to NBC News. “Americans are sick and tired of the blatant corruption by radical Leftist judges in NY. All New Yorkers must speak out against the dangerous weaponized lawfare against President Trump.”
A link to Stefinik’s complaint is included below.
NBC continued:
Stefanik said in the letter to accompany the complaint that Engoron had illegally gagged Trump’s protected political speech, violated political giving rules with financial contributions to Democrats as recently as 2018, and ignored a decision on the appropriate statute of limitations in the case. At the start of the trial, Engoron “infamously smiled and posed for the cameras,” she noted.
“If Judge Engoron can railroad a billionaire New York businessman, a former President of the United States, and the leading presidential candidate, just imagine what he could do to all New Yorkers,” Stefanik writes. “Judge Engoron’s lawlessness sends an ominous and illegal warning to New York business owners: If New York judges don’t like your politics, they will destroy your business, the livelihood of your employees, and you personally. This Commission cannot let this continue.”
“All Americans, including political opponents, must receive due process and equal protection under our U.S. and New York Constitutions,” Stefanik wrote. “Judge Engoron’s disdain for President Trump and his politics are evident, and the Commission must take corrective action to restore a just process and protect our constitutional rights. Judge Engoron must recuse from this case.”
Stefanik is not alone in her indignation over the judge’s treatment of Plaintiff Trump. Last month, the American Civil Liberties Union argued that the federal judge presiding over Trump’s criminal case over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election had violated his First Amendment rights when issuing a gag order.
Stefanik is known as the top New York Republican in the House and is currently also suing New York Gov. Kathy Hochul over a mail-in voting expansion. She is being transparent about her actions, as she has posted her complaint and letter on X.
She states her disgust over the mistreatment of a persecuted former president in her post:
“Americans are sick and tired of the blatant corruption by radical leftist judges in NY. All New Yorkers must speak out against the dangerous weaponized lawfare against President Trump. Read my full complaint below.”
🚨🚨🚨 I just filed an official judicial complaint against Judge Arthur Engoron for his inappropriate bias and judicial intemperance in New York’s disgraceful lawsuit against President Donald J. Trump and the Trump Organization.
Americans are sick and tired of the blatant… pic.twitter.com/5HRzSle2LV
— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) November 10, 2023
The multiple court cases aimed at Trump by Democrats seem to be losing steam and are only playing out as long as they can. It appears that the goal is to cast Trump in a bad light, not actually be able to find him guilty, as that is not happening.
Judging by polls, they are not fooling Americans.
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