By Free Republic | Created at 2024-09-27 12:02:20 | Updated at 2024-09-30 21:29:28
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New York appeals court judge calls Trump’s $454M civil fraud judgment ‘troubling’
NY Post ^ | 9/27/24 | Patrick Reilly
Posted on 09/27/2024 4:45:01 AM PDT by Libloather
A panel of New York appeals court judges appeared skeptical about the gargantuan $454 million civil fraud judgment Donald Trump was dealt after he was found liable for business fraud — with one jurist calling it “troubling.”
The former president is attempting to reverse or reduce the judgment of $354 million — plus an additional $100 million in interest — after a judge sided with New York Attorney General Letitia James, who argued in a lawsuit Trump inflated his net worth by billions to get better loan and insurance terms.
Trump’s lawyers, who have called Judge Arthur Engoron’s February ruling “draconian, unlawful, and unconstitutional,” appeared before a five-judge panel on a Manhattan appeals court on Thursday to plead their case.
Some judges appeared receptive to changing the bond.
Judge Peter Moulton questioned if James’ lawsuit turned into “something it was not meant to do.”
Moulton added the “immense penalty in this case is troubling.”
Trump attorney D. John Sauer argued that James’ lawsuit stretched New York consumer protection laws. There were “no victims” and “no complaints” about Trump’s businesses from lenders and insurers, Sauer claimed.
The lawyer claimed the case was “a clear-cut violation of the statute of limitations,” noting transactions used in the non-jury trial.
If the verdict is not overturned, he warned, “people can’t do business in real estate” confidently.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: appeals; court; judge; troubling
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Toss it out. Lock up Letitia.
1 posted on 09/27/2024 4:45:01 AM PDT by Libloather
To: Libloather
They won’t. It’s still NY and Trump is still Trump. He’ll have to find a way to get this to SCOTUS if he can’t he’s in trouble here. There is no justice with that last name. What a sad state, what a sad country.
2 posted on 09/27/2024 4:49:13 AM PDT by wiseprince (Me)
To: Libloather
TROUBLING????? It’s downright EVIL!!! DISGUSTING!!!
3 posted on 09/27/2024 4:50:40 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: Libloather
and put Arthur Engoron in the Nuthouse
4 posted on 09/27/2024 4:51:34 AM PDT by butlerweave
To: Libloather
Letitia is a Commie. SOros got her elected. We need to take these AG positions back.
Look at what they are doing to Adams. Lawfare 2.0.
Using the law for political punishment.Adams was not malleable enough for the Obamatron overlords.
Trump scares the shit out of the Obamatron overlords.They want to break him but this case is doomed to failure. It is equivalent to a bill of attainder, outlawed by the Constitution.
5 posted on 09/27/2024 4:52:10 AM PDT by Candor7 (Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!),<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>)
To: Libloather
6 posted on 09/27/2024 4:57:25 AM PDT by nopardons
To: Libloather
Unholy New York grade corruption is troubling.
7 posted on 09/27/2024 4:59:04 AM PDT by Vision (Woke is communism and it has no place in America. Election Reform Now! Obama is an evildoer.)
To: Libloather
If these judges had an ounce of integrity left, this case should be thrown out to save the NY justice system. James and Engoron should be referred to the state bar for disbarment proceedings.
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