The New York state scams case versus previous president Donald Trump made a huge splash when it was submitted, today that he’s dealing with real criminal counts, well, this one has actually taken a rear seats in popular creativity. It’s a series of monetary criminal activities — never ever the sexiest legal case — and missing out on the je ne sais quoi of supersecret clearance, violent coup, hush payments, or light treason the other cases boast. But the case still positions rather the legal danger to Trump and his service, and the legal representatives are still sloughing away zealously promoting for their customer. Perhaps too zealously.
Because it’s something to promote for a loser of an argument, it’s rather another to continue making the argument after the judge — and appellate court — has actually ruled on the concern.
As reported by Law360, New York State Supreme Court Justice Arthur F. Engoron heard arguments on the chief law officer’s movement for sanctions for consistently advancing arguments currently dismissed. And Judge Engoron let Trump lawyer Chris Kise understand precisely how little he valued hearing the exact same — bad — arguments over and over.
The judge stated the very first time he heard Trump’s argument that the chief law officer did not have standing or capability to take legal action against, “I thought that was a joke.”
“Standing? This statute is custom-made for the attorney general to bring a case like this. How could you possibly say she doesn’t have standing?” the judge asked.
“I thought: These arguments are crazy. Literally, literally crazy,” Justice Engoron stated, remembering how he called them “borderline frivolous” in a previous choice. “Then, the appellate division affirms me. Twice.”
“The law on sanctions is if you’ve been warned, don’t do it,” the judge stated.
Judge Engoron hasn’t yet ruled on the sanction movement (or contending summary judgment movements heard the exact same day) however he’s certainly losing his perseverance.
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