That is basically true. Once a court has established something as a matter of credibility or fact, no other court will alter that finding. You need to find a legal error, not factual.
If there was a conflict of interest, it should have been raised during the trial, however, former underlings and colleagues appear before judges all of the time.
What Trump needs is better attorneys.
Not talking about changing a finding of fact in a judicial setting.
I’m talking about contradicting a prior finding of fact in public discourse and being dinged $83 million for not agreeing with a judge’s lunacy when you know better because it was your life, not the judge’s life.
malicious intent could possibly be proved. Which would change things