Constitutional law professor Johnathan Turley went on Fox News America Reports with John Roberts & Sandra Smith to speak about the unjust ruling by Judge Engoron in President Trump’s New York civil fraud trial.
President Trump was recently fined $355 million and was banned from operating his businesses in New York for the next three years.
Professor Jonathan Turley went on to talk about the real ‘insidious’ part of the ruling.
He talks about the New York law requiring President Trump to either pay the $355 million or receive a bond before he can even appeal the decision.
President Trump must liquidate $355 million worth of assets before a judge hears his appeal.
Watch the clip here:
Judge Engoron and Letitia James know President Trump doesn’t have $355 million.
He is going to have to liquidate his assets.
This means selling businesses, properties, etc., and even having a chance at getting the court ruling overturned.
Turley hit it on the nose when he called this move ‘insidious.’
here is a backup of the video:
Jonathan Turley: “There’s not a single dollar lost by these ‘victims’. In fact, the people that James calls the victims actually wanted to do more business with Donald Trump. They said they made a lot of money and…viewed him as a whale client—they wanted more loans with him.” pic.twitter.com/aC6KLPD1fY
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) February 20, 2024
George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley: “Democrats weaponized justice system to punish Trump in business case…What is clear is that this case would never have been brought, let alone result in this massive fine, except for politics…This should shock the…
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) February 20, 2024
Turley writes more in a New York Post article:
Oscar Wilde wrote that “moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.” Justice Arthur Engoron took that line to heart with his absurd imposition of $455 million in fines and interest against Donald Trump and his corporation.
It succeeded wonderfully with New Yorkers, who celebrated the verdict like a popular public execution. It also worked wonderfully to make it difficult to appeal.
Much of the criticism of the decision focused on the unprecedented use of the law and the excessive size of the fine. The New York statute has been on the books for decades and has always been something of an anomaly in not requiring an actual victim or loss to justify disgorgement or fines.
Even the New York Times agreed that it could not find a single case in history where this statute was used against an individual or a company that did not commit a criminal offense, go bankrupt, or leave financial victims.
Engoron then combined that unprecedented application with an equally extraordinary penalty, which is greater than the gross national product of some countries.
He disgorged hundreds of millions in a case where not one dollar was lost by anyone. Indeed, the “victims” wanted to get more business from Trump and are now being prevented from doing so by Engoron.
President Trump and his business dealings harmed nobody.
This is nothing more than political lawfare to force President Trump out of the running for 2024.
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