NOTE: the excerpt is old, this trial is not delayed and the kids will be testifying this week.
Engoron already ruled in a partial summary judgment that Trump had submitted “fraudulent valuations” for his assets, leaving the trial to determine additional actions and what penalty, if any, the defendants should receive.
Engoron’s observation came during the defense’s effort to preclude testimony from the attorney general’s expert witness. In denying their effort, the judge also shot down the defense’s argument that disgorgement – fining Trump for illegal profits – is off the table.
A fine means a court order to pay, which has a lot more force behind it than a bill submitted by a vendor. If Trump doesn’t pay a court-ordered fine, jail becomes an available remedy.
It also means nothing other than just the cost of doing business
$250M is just the baseline. The judge could and probably will go bigger.
He’ll just get donations to pay the court fines, while whining that that money could have gone toward imprisoning the homeless.
He’ll look very matching in orange.
‘Tis the season
… jail becomes an available remedy.
Don’t hold your breath.
Unless the fine is equal or greater than the amount they gained illegally there is no point in it.
You’re going to…fine someone…for money…they shouldn’t have?
Yes like when u rob a bank u have to give the money back when u get caught.
Lawyers for the New York attorney general, in a late-day court filing, said they support the court-ordered pause on canceling Trump’s business certificates – but warn that a stay of Trump’s civil fraud trial would cause a “cascade of delays.”
In today’s filing, New York Attorney General Letitia James wrote she was “willing to agree to stay enforcement … pending the end of trial and entry of final judgment.”
On the other parts of Trump’s appeal – including the request to delay the trial and arguments against Engoron’s summary judgment ruling that Trump committed fraud – James vehemently argued in favor of letting the trial run its course.
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