• jkrtn@lemmy.ml
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      9 months ago

      Donald [pausing between social media posts inciting violence against the clerk]: I need a favor.

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    9 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    He’s fucked.


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  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldB
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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    The judge overseeing the $355 million civil fraud case has denied Donald Trump’s request to delay the judgment for a month.

    Judge Arthur Engoron told lawyers for Trump and the New York attorney general of his intentions in an email sent Thursday.

    Once the judgment is officially entered, it will start the 30-day clock for Trump to file an appeal.

    In the email, Engoron rejected Trump’s request for an additional 30 days, writing, “You have failed to explain, much less justify, any basis for a stay.”

    “The proposed judgment accurately reflects the spirit and letter of the February 16 Decision and Order,” the judge wrote.

    The judge directed the monitor to recommend a person to serve as an independent compliance director for the Trump Organization.


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  • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Just going by the article, it sounds like his team didn’t even offer a reason, or said much of anything – beyond just asking or telling the judge not to sign and enter the judgement itself because that starts the 30 day clock.

    His attorneys are either stupid as fuck, fed up with him, are looking at cutting down on hours they don’t foresee getting paid for, tired of their own legal careers, or all the above, because that’s almost some sovereign citizen level technicality shit.

    “Your Honor, I know the trial’s over, but if you don’t sign and enter the judgement then I don’t have to start worrying about it yet, so you should just hold off. No, no reason, just don’t sign it and then it won’t start until we want it to start.”

    I am not a lawyer, but I can imagine there are some looking at this just shaking their heads in befuddlement. If only losing defendants throughout the history of American jurisprudence had known they could just ask the judge to hold off on the last bit of paperwork then they could have had all the time in the world.

    That’s some serious Stable Genius™ shit right there, folks.

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    “You have failed to explain, much less justify why there should be a delay”. Daaaaaaamn judge has forfeited his fucks.

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      9 months ago

      He was making Eric go back to college for a law degree but Eric went to Disneyland instead and blew the tuition on Dole whips

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      9 months ago

      His current move is a pressure campaign to get the RNC to pay off his legal debts. Those spineless fucks might just do it.

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      9 months ago

      Last I heard he’s grifting his gullible supporters for about $100k/day, but it’s still unsustainable.

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        9 months ago

        Yeah, I imagine his non rich maga acolytes would be out of money soon, and his donors are sick of paying his legal bills. 🤔

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          There has to be some atrophy there surely.

          Like imagine you’ve been working hard all these months and donating whatever you can afford… surely there’s a non-zero number of people each week that think “you know what, there’s better ways I could spend this money”.

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        The NY judgement alone is $78k in interest per day until Trump pays it.

        I read the other day that Trump had about $550 million in liquid cash & he can’t touch $50M of it without other loans coming due. Loans he can’t pay & pay the judgement at the same time.

        E. Jean Carroll is about to sue him again.

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    Every judge who isn’t corrupt should know what the playbook is by now and deny that shit.

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      Of all the judges this engoron guy is the only one that seems able to deal with them as you would any other scum bag. Everyone else is so busy trying to act impartial they’re paralysed by inaction.