Until we know specifics, we can’t say for certain. But it would lend credence to the idea that somebody had access to Trump’s finances to analyze what it would take to take everything away from him.
That makes some sense. Thanks.
“I actually had the ability to speak to him three weeks ago,” Bailey said, during an on-camera interview with NBC New York on Feb. 16, the day the judge’s decision was due. “I saw him in the corner [at the courthouse] and I told my client, ‘I need to go.’ And I walked over and we started talking … I wanted him to know what I think and why…I really want him to get it right.”
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Bailey, who said he is no fan of Trump, was not involved in the civil case and is not connected to any of the four separate criminal cases against the former president. He said he knows the judge from having appeared before him as a litigant “hundreds of times.”
Bailey said he “explained to him” that a fraud statute at issue in the case was not intended to be used to shut down a major company, especially in a case without clear victims. He said such a ruling would hurt New York’s economy. Engoron had rejected a similar argument raised by the Trump team in court.
“He had a lot of questions, you know, about certain cases. We went over it,” Bailey said.
Sounds interesting. But if the judge didn't solicit the advice, well then why is he being investigated?