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A legal expert and former House Judiciary Committee counsel warned New York Judge Arthur Engoron to watch the language he is using as he presides over former President Donald Trump’s $250 million civil fraud trial.
In a column for MSNBC.com, Michael Conway cited the trial of the so-called “Chicago 7″ to begin, reminding “Engoron that the defendants in the notorious case went out of their way to antagonize Judge Julius Hoffman, which seems to be Donald Trump’s strategy in a case where Engoron has already found evidence of fraud,” Raw Story noted.
Conway then pointed out that Engoron often sparred with Trump’s legal team as well as the former president himself when he testified, adding the intemperate language will no doubt be referenced in an inevitable appeal.
“In New York, Engoron has used strident language in rejecting Trump’s legal positions, terming them ‘pure sophistry,’ ‘risible,’ ‘bogus arguments’ and ‘egregious’ in his summary judgment opinion. He sanctioned five Trump attorneys $7,500 each for the ‘borderline frivolous’…
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