The Judge has made his ruling in the case from Attorney General James vs The Trump Orgnization.
Donald Trump fraud verdict: $364 million penalty in New York civil fraud case
BY MICHAEL R. SISAK
Updated 2:27 PM CST, February 16, 2024
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NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge ruled Friday against Donald Trump, imposing a $364 million penalty over what the judge ruled was a yearslong scheme to dupe banks and others with financial statements that inflated the former president’s wealth.Trump also was barred from serving as an officer or director of any New York corporation for three years.
Judge Arthur Engoron issued his decision after a 2½-month trial that saw the Republican presidential front-runner bristling under oath that he was the victim of a rigged legal system.
The stiff penalty was a victory for New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, who sued Trump over what she said was not just harmless bragging but years of deceptive practices as he built the multinational collection of skyscrapers, golf courses and other properties that catapulted him to wealth, fame and the White House.
Trump’s lawyers had said even before the verdict that they would appeal.
Now, here’s the thing.
In order to appeal in New York, you have to put up the money – WITH INTEREST.
364 MILLION HERE
83 MILLION FROM THE CARROLL CASE
WHO, in their right mind, thinks that he has 447 MILLION – PLUS INTEREST – to put up in order to get the appeal process started?
BWA HA AH AH HA HA H HA HA HA HA HA HA AH HA
Judge Arthur Engoron also entered an order barring former President Donald Trump from applying for loans from any financial institution registered with the New York Department of Financial Services for three years.
BWA HA AH AH AH HA HA HA HA HA HA AH
A New York judge on Friday handed Donald J. Trump a crushing defeat in his civil fraud case, finding the former president liable for conspiring to manipulate his net worth and ordering him to pay a penalty of $355 million that could wipe out his entire stockpile of cash.
The decision by Justice Arthur F. Engoron caps a chaotic, yearslong case in which New York’s attorney general put Mr. Trump’s fantastical claims of wealth on trial. With no jury, the power was in Justice Engoron’s hands alone, and he came down hard: The judge delivered a sweeping array of punishments that threatens the former president’s business empire as he simultaneously contends with four criminal prosecutions and seeks to regain the White House.
Not only did Justice Engoron impose a three-year ban preventing Mr. Trump from serving in top roles at any New York company, including his own, but the judge also applied that punishment to the former president’s adult sons for two years and ordered that they pay more than $4 million each. One of the sons, Eric Trump, is the Trump Organization’s de facto chief executive, and the ruling throws into doubt whether any member of the family can run the business in the near term.
In his unconventional style, Justice Engoron criticized Mr. Trump and the other defendants for refusing to admit errors for years. “Their complete lack of contrition and remorse borders on pathological,” he said.
MSNBC (@MSNBC) posted at 5:00 PM on Fri, Feb 16, 2024:
“Today we proved that no one is above the law — no matter how rich,” New York Attorney General Letitia James says following Donald Trump’s civil fraud ruling.
“Donald Trump may have written The Art of the Deal, but he perfected the art of the steal.” https://t.co/TszLKY69pM
(https://x.com/MSNBC/status/1758627419387297836?s=02)
Acyn (@Acyn) posted at 5:05 PM on Fri, Feb 16, 2024:
James: Donald Trump and the other defendants were ordered to pay $463.9 million. That represents $363.9 million in disgorgement, plus $100 million in interest, which will continue to increase every single day until it is paid. https://t.co/0Nlu2xGycT
(https://x.com/Acyn/status/1758628710184349843?s=02)
If you want to read the decision for yourself, go here.
That Well-Adjusted Biden Guy (@What46HasDone) posted at 9:02 AM on Mon, Feb 19, 2024:
Yup. I would find this all somewhat less offensive if the argument was that it was time for him to pass the baton to his VP. But the majority of these people are also arguing to pass over his 25 years younger VP based on various arguments of white nonsense.
(https://x.com/What46HasDone/status/1759594332028322136?s=02)
Rod (@rodimusprime) posted at 8:51 AM on Mon, Feb 19, 2024:
Every person who wants to replace Biden on the ticket also wants to skip over Kamala Harris as the presumptive replacement. And that’s why I’m not entertaining any of them.
(https://x.com/rodimusprime/status/1759591617969676434?s=02)
TRUTH
Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) posted at 11:24 PM on Mon, Feb 19, 2024:
He is not just a crook. He is a narcissistic sociopath and a vicious dictator who has not hidden his plans to blow up NATO, destroy all American alliances, coddle up to Putin, MBS and Kim, create concentration camps for immigrants and base his presidency on retribution.
(https://x.com/NormOrnstein/status/1759811126823641329?s=02)
Eugene V. Belitsky 🇺🇦 (@Jhenya_Belitsky) posted at 7:51 AM on Mon, Feb 19, 2024:
I want to remind you that Russia was getting absolutely NOWHERE in their efforts to conquer Ukraine … until Republicans rode in to help. Every single atrocity of the past 6 months & going forward – every dead child, every murdered POW, every burned city, has GOP fingerprints.
(https://x.com/Jhenya_Belitsky/status/1759576390058283089?s=02)
Malcolm P. Johnson (@admiralmpj) posted at 7:17 AM on Tue, Feb 20, 2024:
BREAKING: Twitter has suspended the newly created account of Yulia Navalnaya, Alexei Navalny’s wife, just days after the account was created and she announced that she would become the new face of Russia’s opposition leader.
(https://x.com/admiralmpj/status/1759930375135166632?t=wt8DCsd1vUYkodpIdDwYsQ&s=03)
THIS level of ignorance and stupidity just bothers me.
No community has more student loans. No community has more pre-existing conditions and chronic conditions like diabetes. Who is more likely to be renting and not owning?
Get some logic here, people.
MamaFlips 🇺🇸 (@chillny30) posted at 10:30 AM on Sat, Feb 17, 2024:
The student loan cancelling was not specific for Black Americans. Insulin cost went down for all Americans. It was not specific for Black Americans. Minority does not equate to Black Americans. Rental assistance was not specific for Black Americans. So stop
(https://x.com/chillny30/status/1758891735172763917?t=l_iusqnAQOZDpyesdTD2LA&s=03)
This tickles me.
OF COURSE, he’s going for every penny. What did you expect?
Raw Story (@RawStory) posted at 5:44 AM on Tue, Feb 20, 2024:
Knives out for Lara Trump at RNC: ‘GOP donors are in full panic mode
https://t.co/LvGmwyRhKb
(https://x.com/RawStory/status/1759906925838241883?t=YQeBeGmDJLwfksU6N9sPGw&s=03)
Folks have said that we learned from 2016
Democrat, Environmentalist, & the establishment (@BlueSteelDC) posted at 7:29 AM on Tue, Feb 20, 2024:
This was not going to be 2016
In 2016 we didn’t like what we saw. We thought how many email stories did they need!!!
We kept our mouth shut and lost 3 SCOTUS seats
And guess what emails were not important
(https://x.com/BlueSteelDC/status/1759933376406892833?t=y6pV3gg6SdwF0nb7Q2_rYw&s=03)
Bad Faith ✝️🐴🇺🇲🌻🇺🇦 (@Jeffdc5) posted at 5:06 AM on Tue, Feb 20, 2024:
The idea that the the media has been afraid to talk about Biden’s age until now, and it’s unfair to push back on them is laughable 😂. These “journalists” are always the victims of their stories 😂
(https://x.com/Jeffdc5/status/1759897211876352180?t=cUPe2MuOMQw6T8xrr7pCug&s=03)
Beverly Foy (@BeverlyFoy6) posted at 6:59 AM on Tue, Feb 20, 2024:
They weren’t expecting pushback
They have been allowed in the past to malign HRC without any consequences
They were allowed to print birther nonsense about Obama without loss of job or access
In 2024 they are being shutdown and told to shut up and they have no idea how to cope
(https://x.com/BeverlyFoy6/status/1759925818229129708?t=5IsjR4kW6Mdzh2pWGFKxQw&s=03)
Yes, that’s what they’re saying.
scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) posted at 10:32 AM on Mon, Feb 19, 2024:
The media is basically saying “yes, you’re in the top third of the class but we want to replace you with the guy who is dead last b/c he’s more fun to hang out with and we can make more money if you’re gone.” https://t.co/MqN0Zc9gSm
(https://x.com/scarylawyerguy/status/1759617001188635074?t=dp06153UW4o4jwurALDmIQ&s=03)
BeelkJ2413 (@BeelkJ2413) posted at 6:35 AM on Tue, Feb 20, 2024:
Man I’m just exhausted by the hypocrisy by the supporters of his opponents then and now about his age. Sure Biden is old but so the hell are/were Trump/Sanders and there has nowhere close the scrutiny on their ages the way there has been for Biden by their media advocates,
(https://x.com/BeelkJ2413/status/1759919791748293109?t=Wuq2_9RcDw2Xrxq8wQjZuQ&s=03)
Eric Michael Garcia (@EricMGarcia) posted at 4:34 PM on Mon, Feb 19, 2024:
Pelosi is articulating what a lot of Democrats felt for years. Bibi Netanyahu really crossed the rubicon for Democrats when he openly thumbed his nose at Barack Obama on settlements and then spoke to Congress to scuttle the Iran deal.
(https://x.com/EricMGarcia/status/1759708024241901950?t=WLjHrTAe8SbY7mSSqWJ6bg&s=03)
Galen Metzger🪬📈🇺🇦🌐 (@GalenMetzger1) posted at 8:49 PM on Mon, Feb 19, 2024:
Imagine if Roosevelt couldn’t get lend-lease through Congress in 1940 because Herbert Hoover told congressional Republicans that he didn’t want to stop Hitler unless the US got something out of it.
That’s what’s happening right now with Trump and Ukraine aid.
(https://x.com/GalenMetzger1/status/1759772111583780897?t=hfKbfu4W46R3ABZGVaeQ0w&s=03)
Galen Metzger🪬📈🇺🇦🌐 (@GalenMetzger1) posted at 8:50 PM on Mon, Feb 19, 2024:
It isn’t hyperbolic – Putin is the same scale of threat to the world as Hitler was. And we have half of the Republican party actively rooting for him to win.
(https://x.com/GalenMetzger1/status/1759772529713954971?t=NE-mNbmdZqcu71kulacO-Q&s=03)
Galen Metzger🪬📈🇺🇦🌐 (@GalenMetzger1) posted at 8:55 PM on Mon, Feb 19, 2024:
And the worst part is how *preventable* the coming disaster is – all we need to do is keep the Russians bogged down in Ukraine! That will require a constant stream of foreign support flowing into Kyiv – but it’s a small price to pay to avoid the Russians invading Estonia.
(https://x.com/GalenMetzger1/status/1759773771177611653?t=FaRrS0MB-MTMdbKczMy96A&s=03)
Galen Metzger🪬📈🇺🇦🌐 (@GalenMetzger1) posted at 8:57 PM on Mon, Feb 19, 2024:
And they *will* invade Estonia. The Russian position is that the west, while rich and powerful, is too fat and lazy and divided to make the sacrifices neccessary to stop them from rewriting the global order and dominating Europe again.
So far, we’re proving them right.
(https://x.com/GalenMetzger1/status/1759774364893851797?t=-InEjcfIxAkGg6eQGwThBQ&s=03)
This is what I mean when I say that Ukraine is England 1940
Galen Metzger🪬📈🇺🇦🌐 (@GalenMetzger1) posted at 8:59 PM on Mon, Feb 19, 2024:
We either can shell out a few billion in aid each year in Ukraine, or we can get into a direct war with American soldiers to defend Estonia from a nuclear power, or we can let the Russians subjugate, rape, and plunder all the way to the English Channel.
Those are our options.
(https://x.com/GalenMetzger1/status/1759774751843565638?t=mIZzILpy4Cjb2RQhSu4kHQ&s=03)
James (@GravitysRa1nbow) posted at 11:01 PM on Sun, Feb 18, 2024:
There’s no fucking way J.D. Vance is currently defending Charles Lindbergh and the America First Committee right now.
You think there’d be some limit to these people. https://t.co/L6O250FrgC
(https://x.com/GravitysRa1nbow/status/1759443004731908516?t=eH62qhXHRsSRnZljpv_S-Q&s=03)
scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) posted at 2:14 PM on Sat, Feb 17, 2024:
If you’re scoring at home, the person making the U.S. a laughingstock on the world stage is the 51-year-old House Speaker (for the benefit of his 78-year-old puppet master) not the 81-year-old Peter et al are trying to run out of the White House.
(https://x.com/scarylawyerguy/status/1758947954277134582?t=fGlCnLhd0w4qFa0sd3Iiow&s=03)
Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) posted at 2:51 AM on Sat, Feb 17, 2024:
Zelensky, as the House goes on a two-week recess without approving security aid for Ukraine: “Please remember everyone that dictators do not go on vacation.”
(https://x.com/peterbakernyt/status/1758776116121354294?t=zP4lzMhC2RxEvYMYV7E4JA&s=03)
Crazy Fenak (@CrazyFenaker) posted at 8:01 AM on Sat, Feb 17, 2024:
Utter dereliction of Duty for MAGA Mike to declare a two week vacation for the do nothing Congress at a time when they are supposed to be coming up with a federal budget and deciding on aide for Ukraine and Israel.
(https://x.com/CrazyFenaker/status/1758854278041452897?t=1clno2b2YJRVEzjQ2T-MJw&s=03)
Candidly Tiff (@tify330) posted at 1:28 PM on Mon, Feb 19, 2024:
No. Biden should do 2 town halls — one on MSNBC with Maddow and one on CNN with Jim Acosta. A morning joe appearance would find as well.
Traditional media is not deserving of 1:1 interviews until they get their act together.
(https://x.com/tify330/status/1759661290690084949?t=SWa54GUBv3U2xJ-j94pZ3g&s=03)
NATE IS A CLOWN.
F-HIM.
Adam Carlson (@admcrlsn) posted at 11:36 AM on Mon, Feb 19, 2024:
What Nate’s proposing is really not a big ask. It’s pretty reasonable.
And if Biden whiffs on some or makes some gaffes, so be it. At least he’s putting himself out there & can visibly show people he’s still sharp.
Anyway, here’s the link to the piece:
https://t.co/zKkfcCjMae https://t.co/OAX2pNzDpx
(https://x.com/admcrlsn/status/1759633049916948929?t=aIJlCmmRfF0efXVIhD24VQ&s=03)
CLAP CLAP CLAP
Ghost of Shamble Bangs (@Drea_got_banned) posted at 2:02 PM on Mon, Feb 19, 2024:
Biden shouldn’t reward the beltway media with interviews AT ALL. he should go to local major markets and bypass all of the DC clowns
(https://x.com/Drea_got_banned/status/1759669715880808926?t=9KRRQNCiOex5KDyMR15b8g&s=03)
scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) posted at 6:28 AM on Tue, Feb 20, 2024:
Critics are not asking Jon Stewart to be a Tucker Carlson-esque propagandist for Biden. What we’re asking is he not conflate Biden and Trump being equally flawed candidates based solely on their age, which minimizes Trump’s myriad flaws and implies Biden is not a better option
(https://x.com/scarylawyerguy/status/1759917865199616070?t=JkmYw8P2GqRyWxsqW4uaLg&s=03)
Candidly Tiff (@tify330) posted at 3:10 PM on Mon, Feb 19, 2024:
The horse shoe is real and like I said you are a fool. What do I keep telling you about these “GenocideJoe” idiots..they have a goal and it has nothing to do with Palestine. https://t.co/HF8HDbFJUU
(https://x.com/tify330/status/1759686898639876416?t=tXwtFOwd9CypkGJJmP0_Kw&s=03)
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline) posted at 11:07 PM on Mon, Feb 19, 2024:
The Houston Chronicle endorsed President Joe Biden — here’s why & it’s damn good 🔥 https://t.co/Rsxw7VK61g
(https://x.com/cwebbonline/status/1759806959782670715?t=ihn76YLTvBfcbxSMkY-IzA&s=03)
Biden’s Wins (@BidensWins) posted at 8:24 AM on Tue, Feb 20, 2024:
BREAKING: The Biden campaign raised a whopping $42 million in January. That’s more money than the entire Trump campaign has on hand right now. The pundits who say President Biden isn’t running an effective campaign are dead wrong and ought to look at Trump’s disorganized mess.
(https://x.com/BidensWins/status/1759947223930896417?t=1Bn6H_Kn-z___VYxU6ZyQQ&s=03)
David Cay Johnston (@DavidCayJ) posted at 6:55 AM on Tue, Feb 20, 2024:
Bankruptcy is Donald Trump’s likely next legal move to delay paying more than $500 million in damage awards.
I explain the strategy, and how Trump will spin this to voters, in my latest @DCReportMedia column:
https://t.co/LKsk1hRVYc
(https://x.com/DavidCayJ/status/1759924857028895163?t=sTCoNzQXZ5BAJUWf3yKjfw&s=03)
Brother Mouzone’s Bow Tie (@jahsounds) posted at 6:09 AM on Tue, Feb 20, 2024:
This admin has done: Reparations for black farmers, carve-outs for AAs within the Office of Minority Business Development, and the largest reinvestment in HBCUs ever.
Booker introduced a Black maternal health bill in 2018.
It was blocked by you know who.
Google is free.
(https://x.com/jahsounds/status/1759913284080107951?t=YNC6BRGC720tvdAlPHVsRw&s=03)
The Supreme Court handed Latino voters in Washington State a victory on Tuesday — and declined a move that could have potentially eroded Voting Rights Act protections further.
According to Democracy Docket, the justices will not take up Soto Palmer v. Hobbs, a case filed in 2022 in which a judge found legislative districts in Eastern Washington intentionally “cracked” Latino voters to deny them representation. The justices simultaneously reversed the dismissal of a parallel racial gerrymandering lawsuit filed by Republicans, sending it back to a lower court for consideration.
According to Democracy Docket, the justices will not take up Soto Palmer v. Hobbs, a case filed in 2022 in which a judge found legislative districts in Eastern Washington intentionally “cracked” Latino voters to deny them representation. The justices simultaneously reversed the dismissal of a parallel racial gerrymandering lawsuit filed by Republicans, sending it back to a lower court for consideration.
This comes after a year of litigation in which the Supreme Court, which spent over a decade chipping away at various enforcement provisions of the Voting Rights Act, surprised many legal observers by upholding some protections against racial gerrymandering.
Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) posted at 0:37 PM on Sat, Feb 17, 2024:
I understand that people have paid into Medicare and social security for years. I understand the people who receive these benefits are not freeloaders. I understand many need these benefits.
Nevertheless, they must go or the country cannot be saved. I’m sorry. Life is unfair.
(https://x.com/JesseKellyDC/status/1758923661992509747?t=ycIVY82fyneT0YHx5iXKBQ&s=03)
Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) posted at 7:02 AM on Sun, Feb 18, 2024:
Every once in a while conservatives admit what their actual policy goals are and just stating them plainly is much more politically damaging than anything else one could say
(https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/1759201822114238939?t=uKiMXkBrtVkV7xskeIwvmA&s=03)
Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) posted at 7:17 AM on Sun, Feb 18, 2024:
Joe Biden: Reduce Medicare spending by bargaining bulk discounts on prescription drugs.
Trump: Make Medicare more expensive by repealing that and don’t explain what happens next.
Real conservatives: What happens next is we let 👏 grandma 👏 die 👏
(https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/1759205388824551812?t=1_FsFITQpSeD1Wx3e2sjEw&s=03)
The Devil Wears Prada A New Musical (@PradaWestEnd) posted at 2:30 AM on Mon, Feb 19, 2024:
Vanessa Williams IS Miranda Priestly. That’s all. https://t.co/C2WfviFFyk
(https://x.com/PradaWestEnd/status/1759495622455853369?t=wfzfTFBPBsVtcyaQJNpWew&s=03)
Good Morning Everyone 😊😊😊