Recently, Trump was found guilty in a civil case of having inflated his net worth and the value of his properties, a ruling to which Trump has offered reasonable rebuttals, namely by claiming that the opinion undervalues some of his more famous properties and does not take into account the value of his brand.
But Trump has not stuck to simply rebutting the claims of the New York Attorney General, Letitia James, and the ruling of the Judge in the case, Judge Arthur Engoron. He’s also gone on the offensive against both of them, as he did in a quick but powerful statement after his recent court appearance.
Launching a blistering attack on Judge Engoran, he said, “This is a judge that should be disbarred. This is a judge that should be out of office. This is a judge that some people say could be charged criminally for what he’s doing. He’s interfering with an election.”
“[H]e’s been given false information, misleading information, and corrupt information by a very corrupt and incompetent attorney general, Letitia James. This woman is grossly incompetent. She ran on the basis I will get in trouble without knowing anything about me. So he’s been given this information, that’s now been proven to be false, such as Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, being worth $18 million, when in fact it’s much closer to $1.5 billion,” Trump also said.
“And I appreciate very much the officials of Palm Beach, Florida yesterday, and writing and saying that she was very wrong, that’s not the way you value the property. So she said it was $18 million. It’s 1.5 billion. Likewise, we’ve just recently sold new properties for many times what they were worth, many times what they were worth in the financial statements,” he continued.
“And the statements are actually much lower than the actual net worth. She knows that, but she’s fraudulent. Because of the fraudulent numbers she’s given, many of which, Mar-a-Lago is just one example. We have other examples that are almost as good in some cases might indicate that. This case should be dismissed. This is not a case, and she should probably be dismissed also because she’s terrible and grossly incompetent,” Trump said, not pulling any punches.
“But at a minimum, she should start looking for the murderers and the criminals, the violent criminals all over New York do something about all of the illegal migrants pouring into our city and state, and not spend the next six months in a courthouse because she’s been caught early. Her numbers are fraudulent. She’s a fraud. Her numbers are fraudulent. And this case should be dismissed. And they ought to get on to violent crime and solving the problems of New York City and New York state. Thank you very much,” he said, ending his remarks.
Watch him here:
President Trump laying down the law:
"This is a judge that should be disbarred. This is a judge that should be out of office. This is a judge that some people say could be charged criminally for what he's doing. He’s interfering with an election." pic.twitter.com/VRGzdaRiB2
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) October 2, 2023
In a post about the matter on Truth Social, Trump said, “It is so unfair that I am being tried under Section 63(12), which is unconstitutionally being used to punish me because I am substantially leading Crooked Joe Biden in the polls. It is a Consumer Protection Statute, and not meant, at all, for Election Interference purposes, which is what this is all about! Under this Section of the law, I am not even entitled to a JURY (there is no checking of a box alternative!).This was done by Radical Left Marxists design, and is not the America we know. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!“
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