Posted on 11/10/2023 5:05:47 AM PST by Lakeside Granny
WASHINGTON — 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 law fare” 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 is presiding over the bench trial of a $250 million lawsuit, meaning the judge will also determine guilt and sentencing in the case. Stemming from a lawsuit James filed last year, it charges Trump with inflating asset values for financial gain. Trump testified angrily on Monday in the high-stakes case and has complained and clashed with the judge for weeks.
Engoron issued a partial gag order on Trump last month after he made disparaging remarks about a law clerk 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.
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An elite group like the Schutzstaffel.
Elite typically means small. Schutzstaffel was large.
At least Elise has the balls to do the right thing.
Bump
No, that’s not the main definition, although the SS was much smaller than the Wermacht.
Seems like joesbucks considers himself superior but won’t admit it.
Godwin would be proud of you.
I'd be shocked if there WEREN'T any whining ... some folks, even on this forum, do nothing but whine. Nothing is ever good enough for them. See #5, for example.
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