by Cullen Linebarger
Radical left “Judge” Arthur Engoron arbitrarily decided Wednesday to deny President Trump the opportunity to give a closing argument during his civil fraud trial in New York City.
This is the latest example of how he has rigged this entire trial against the 45th President. He even refused a minutia of compassion following the death of Trump’s mother-in-law, who died Tuesday.
As Cristina Laila has reported, tyrannical New York Attorney General Letitia “Peekaboo” James is seeking $250 million in “damages” when there is no victim in this fraud case. She also wants to ban Trump and his sons from operating any businesses in New York.
NBC News noted Trump had previously planned to deliver part of the closing statement himself in the trial, which is his constitutional right. But Engoron responded by listing a series of vague restrictions that made it impossible for Trump’s lawyers to agree to.
CBS News reported Engoron stated that Trump would have had to limit his statement in court to “what is permissible in a counsel’s closing argument, that is, commentary on the relevant, material facts that are in evidence, and application of the relevant law to those facts.” Of course, Engoron has taken every possible action to prevent the truth from emerging.
Laila previously revealed Engoron gagged President Trump’s lawyers, fined Trump twice for violating bogus “gag” orders, and denied his bid for a mistrial in New York. Engoron even yelled at Trump’s attorneys while they defended him and threatened to jail Trump for leaving up post on his Truth Social page.
Engoron’s despicable bias has been so evident that moderate Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) filed a judicial ethics complaint against him. A New York Appellate Judge also paused his order to dissolve the Trump organization back in October.
Given these facts, the “judge” knew Trump’s attorneys would never agree and proceeded to censor Trump one more time using Orwellian language.
Trump attorney Chris Kise wrote in an email to Engoron saying that Trump has “been wrongfully demeaned and belittled by an out of control, politically motivated Attorney General” and he should be allowed to “speak about the things that must be spoken about.”
This idiot shouldn’t be allowed to judge a Flower Show much les this Witch Hunt against Trump
It’s OK. It just assures the entire case will be thrown out on appeal once it reaches a non-DNC court.
By the rules of the court, a person who is already being represented by an attorney is not entitled to give his or her own closing statement, but may do so, entirely at the discretion of the judge. It’s difficult to imagine how Engoron’s following of the rules is going to get him overturned on appeal.
And so Engomoron says he will allow Trump to speak as long as he can censor his speech, telling him what he cannot say. Engomoron is only following the rules of the police state, the rules of fascism. Read up on Freisler and try to convince me he is not following the Freisler model.
Give Engoron the Roland Freisler Award for Supremely Fascist Faux-Judge Acting in the Name of The Party.
The judge said that Trump could give the closing statement if he agreed to abide by the guidelines for closing statements. Trump declined to agree. It’s pretty straightforward.
He tried to censor the closing arguments. NO ONE would agree to that.
There is no jury Trump might as well have argued his case with an empty chair.
Not to worry. His opportunity to by tried before a jury is coming.
Greg: “Yay, FASCISM!”
Better chance than the NY case where they really need money to house illegals.
Hey Bidens NASA cant do what was done in 1969?
Diversity climatetards Obama put in.
Do you feel that there are any rules at all regarding a closing statement?
Sure, but censorship shouldn’t be one of them, especially since there is no jury. How stupid is that?
Do you feel a defendant facing a hostile judge and prosecutor, facing a $250,000,000 fine and loss of business for having done absolutely nothing wrong, hurt no one and making money for his lenders should be able to plead his case?
Sure, but there’s a part of the trial where someone gets to do that, and it’s not during the summation. All the judge said was that Trump would need to keep to the facts and the relevant law. It’s the same set of rules under which the lawyer would need to operate.
But they plead their case during the summation, as well.
So, according to Engoron, a total clown that based his “judgement” on his belief that Mar a Lago is only valued at between $17 and $25 million, Trump should stick to “facts”? What’s a “fact” in that courtroom? What is the relevant law? It is more than likely all those details will be decided as Trump speaks, just as it has been up till now. Like when Engoron told Trump, when he was actually testifying, that he didn’t want to hear from him, it is clear this DNC operative should not be judging this case which should not even be being heard in the first place.
Democrats have turned every aspect of our justice system into a global embarrassment.
Well, since it’s clear you attended law school (perhaps the internet type?) please link to the rule of law where defendants are not allowed to choose to give the summary argument themselves.
And it is clear, the judge in this case has no clue what is not only fact, and relevant law, but would simply use his own personal opinion (not the law) to determine that (as he did the value of Trump’s property).
What you seem to be claiming is that a defendant has no right to defend themselves in certain parts of a trial. So back that up.
You seem to be saying that there are no guidelines about what gets done during the various parts of a trial, and that judges will let lawyers say everything and anything whenever they want to. So back that up.
Doesnt matter, it will go to appeal due to the Judges pre-trial statements of Trumps guilt.
Nope. I said nothing even remotely close to that. You’re just trying to avoid having to back up your own statements. So, groomer; when it comes to backing up what is said…………………
please link to the rule of law where defendants are not allowed to choose to give the summary argument themselves.
No. I’m not playing your stupid game. You’re not worth the effort of typing that it would require. Make of that whatever you’d like. Take your shriveled, green ooze-dripping, louse-ridden pudendum away and bother somebody else.
Typical left wing obfuscation.
And if you don’t like what I say, Groomer, you can always find another web site to show what a loser you are.
Nope. He’s been assigned this one to spread leftist talking points.
Hey! Nathan Blue is back!
You mean the game of “put up or shut up”? No, you don’t play that, though you expect everyone else to.
01/11/24 – Judge in Trump’s civil fraud trial faces bomb threat ahead of closing arguments
They think they’re the party of law and order.
Anyone wanting to off the Judge would warn him, stupid false leftist flag.
“stupid false leftist flag.”
In your dreams. Bearing the target in mind, Righty until proven Lefty.
Michael, you seem to be going out of your way today to show how ill informed you are.
Hey stupid guess who had his say in court?
According to reporters who were in the courtroom (no cameras were allowed) as President Trump delivered his remarks during the closing arguments of his New York civil case, the 45th President didn’t just rip left-wing Judge Arthur Engoron, but also Biden-tied Democrat Leticia James, who ran for office on finding a way to bankrupt Trump and toss him in prison. Trump accused both of them of taking part in a persecution effort motivated by politics.
You act as if I was against the idea of letting him give a campaign speech during the closing argument. I don’t give a shit what he does; I was simply pointing out that, since he’s being represented by a lawyer, Trump would get to speak only at the judge’s discretion.
I’m sure it was hare-brained.
Who made the threat? Identify them.
That Judge most likely has very good security, do you think someone with a modicum of intelligence would believe a bomb could be planted?
As Herr Obergruppenfuhrer Garland established, it’s not a crime to threaten judges.
Hopefully, it’s not the stealthy feller that planted the January 6th bombs or firebombed the pregnancy crisis centers! If so, they better get Engoron out of the country NOW!