Former President Donald Trump blasted Judge Arthur Engoron, calling him “crazy” and “unhinged” for overseeing his civil fraud trial.
In a series of posts on the social media platform Truth Social, Trump criticized Engoron’s decisions so far and claimed that the whole trial is a politically motivated attack against him.
“Judge Engoron is a political hack who ruled against me before the trial even started. He is doing the dirty work for the Democrat Party,” the president wrote, claiming Engoron, “fought us, sanctioned us for no reason, fined us big money, never gave us even a one day delay. This is his big chance, and he was not going to let it go.”
“He fines me at levels never seen before. The A.G.’s people are thrilled, but can’t believe it is happening,” he continued in a second post. “Engoron is crazy, totally unhinged, and dangerous – Our Judicial System has gone to HELL.”
This comes after Engoron ruled in September that Trump was liable for fraud in the case brought forth by Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James. The lawsuit alleges the 45th president and his adult children falsely inflated and deflated the value of the Trump Organization’s assets for years in order to benefit from cheaper taxes and better insurance coverage.
Trump went on in his posts, attacking the judge’s ruling and touting the apparent contradictions in the testimony made by his former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen.
“I’m being ‘railroaded’ at a level never seen before,” Trump wrote. “When Cohen admitted the whole case was a lie, he didn’t care. Think of it, we had a Perry Mason moment with their Star Witness and the judge acted like nothing had happened, and then started screaming at us.”
“He then put a RIDICULOUS GAG ORDER ON ME, which we will appeal,” he added.
He also reiterated that the case should be thrown out before going after James. “There was no fraud, so they are working with the corrupt A.G. whose campaign was ‘I will get Trump,’ to develop something, anything,” Trump said.
Engoron has been relentless in cracking down on the former commander-in-chief. The judge drew criticism when he mugged for television cameras and shrugged in front of the courtroom audience during the first of Trump’s real estate appeal trials. Some claimed that Engoron’s gesture indicated that he already saw the result as inevitable.
