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Judge Engoron shoots down ‘nonsensical’ arguments and ‘disingenuous’ and ‘bad faith’ statements

The New York judge overseeing Donald Trump’s civil trial for fraud allegations has rejected a motion from the former president’s attorneys for a mistrial.

A filing from attorneys for Mr Trump and his co-defendants argued that the case was “tainted” with “tangible and overwhelming” evidence of “apparent and actual bias” from Judge Arthur Engoron and his chief clerk, who has been the subject of ongoing attacks from Mr Trump and his allies, which prompted the judge to issue a gag order in the case that prevented parties from disparaging court staff.

In his order on Friday, Judge Engoron shot down “nonsensical” legal arguments from Mr Trump’s legal team involving his clerk, and underscored his “unfettered right” to consult with his law clerks throughout the course of a trial.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 65 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Whatever snail slime-based makeup he uses now is gross.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 35 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

that's a natural slime... he just kind of oozes it out, and hasn't been keeping up with his skincare regime. Depression, you know?

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Skincare? I thought he just blasted his plugs and face in an autoclave

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Been inspecting those UVC disinfectant bulbs too closely.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Don’t judge, autoclaves are really the only way to break the slime down!

[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 17 points 11 months ago

His face looks like a failed rimjob.

[–] massive_bereavement@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

He looks like a rotting pumpkin

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 37 points 11 months ago

Happy Friday everyone!

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 19 points 11 months ago

Well, at least that was quick.

[–] skeezix@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

When it comes to assholery, trump is a Bozart.

[–] gullible@kbin.social 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I figured you were making a joke that I didn’t understand so I looked up “bozart” and found the most ridiculous site name in existence. Don’t click, it’s basically spam, but do behold the wonder that is this URL.

https://www.italianjewelryfashionbeautyitalyinthegulfcountries.com/

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not as long, but reminds me of this internet gem.

https://zombo.com/

(Here's the history, for anyone unaware)

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Holy shit! I remember that site as one of the casualties of the death of Flash, like Homestar Runner. Good to see it's back in HTML5 glory, like Homestar Runner.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 1 points 11 months ago

There's a new Homestar Halloween toon, if you haven't seen it yet.

https://youtu.be/G_7O-ZiR34k