Former President Donald Trump was expected to deliver his own closing arguments in the politicized New York trial against him and his company this Thursday. In an update that came after the publication of this original story, the far-left linked Judge Arthur Engoron rescinded the right of Trump to do so, according to the Associated Press.
Trump, along with several associates, stands accused by Democrat New York Attorney General Letitia James of falsifying the value of The Trump Organization’s assets on key financial statements to fraudulently receive tax and insurance benefits.
The former president’s plans to deliver the closing arguments were initially approved by Judge Arthur Engoron, who now appears to have bowed to political pressure, again, to stop the move.
Letitia James’s office is asking Engoron to force Trump to pay nearly $370 million and to issue a lifetime ban on his doing real estate business in New York. She is also asking for a five-year ban on Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump from operating in the New York real estate industry.