The father in former President Donald Trump came out in spades on Wednesday in a post to his Truth Social platform.
Trump blasted Manhattan Superior Court Judge Arthur Engoron and Democratic Attorney General Letitia James for dragging his kids into court to testify in the leading 2024 GOP presidential contender’s civil fraud trial. That included Engoron forcing Ivanka Trump to testify even after an appeals court removed her from the case.
According to NBC News, Donald Trump Jr. testified on Wednesday, Eric Trump was scheduled to testify on Thursday, and Ivanka was expected in the courtroom on Friday.
“This Rigged Trial, brought by the Racist New York State A.G. Letitia James before Trump and developer Hating Judge, Arthur Engoron, which should have never been brought in that the so-called STAR WITNESS, SleazeBag Lawyer (for many people) Michael Cohen, admitted last week on the stand that he LIED, and also that your favorite President, Donald J. Trump, or anyone from the Trump Organization, NEVER TOLD HIM TO INFLATE VALUES ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, the opposite of what he told the A.G. in order to get this HOAX started,” Trump railed on his Truth Social platform.
“Therefore, on that fact alone, this Fake Case should be dismissed. Additionally, however, the Financial Statements Values are Conservative (LOW!), Mar-a-Lago is worth MUCH MORE than $18,000,000, there is a 100% Disclaimer Clause on the 1st page of the Statements, the Banks and Insurance Companies were paid in full, no defaults, they all made money, and there is no Victim (except me!),” he wrote.
Trump then added: “Leave my children alone, Engoron. You are a disgrace to the legal profession!”
NBC added:
Ivanka Trump had challenged the AG’s subpoena for her to testify in the case, but Engoron ruled Friday she should take the stand. He gave her time to appeal the ruling.
Trump’s attorneys had argued Ivanka Trump should be spared from testifying because an appeals court ruled earlier this year that she be removed as a defendant in the case over statute of limitations issues.
The lawyers contended the AG’s office was trying “to continue to harass and burden President Trump’s daughter long after” the appeals court “mandated she be dismissed from the case.”
They also argued that the AG waited too long to subpoena her and that the office doesn’t have jurisdiction over her because she no longer lives in the state.
