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A key congressional ally of former President Donald Trump and someone whose name has been mentioned as a potential running mate has stepped up to lend him a helping hand in his New York civil fraud case.
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) filed an ethics complaint against Manhattan Superior Court Judge Arthur Engoron, alleging “inappropriate bias and judicial intemperance.”
In a letter to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct last week, Stefanik, the House’s No. 3 Republican, blasted Engoron, who has been openly hostile to the former president and his legal team throughout the proceedings.
“This judge’s bizarre behavior has no place in our judicial system, where Judge Engoron is not honoring the defendant’s rights to due process and a fair trial,” Stefanik wrote, asserting that those “serious concerns” are amplified by Trump’s status as the front-runner in the 2024 GOP presidential primary.
According to The Hill, the letter repeats several arguments made by the former president’s legal team as the case, brought by state Attorney General Letitia…
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