Michael Popok: 'PANICKED Donald Trump Tries to FLEE Court Ruling'

Source:Meidas Touch- left to right: New York Attorney General Letitia James & Defendant Don.

"Trump’s lawyers want to convince the voting public that Judge Engoron was wrong in his decision that Trump committed 6 more counts of fraud, and should be banned from NY business as well as cough up almost $500 million plus interest. Michael Popok of Legal AF is joined by an expert on NY judgment procedures, who explains how it is more likely that the Judge and his law clerk (whom Trump despises) will draft the actual written judgment which will be used to go after his assets." 

From the Meidas Touch

"The judge in former President Donald Trump's civil fraud case has rejected a request from the defense to delay the enforcement of the penalties in the case.

The defendants had asked Judge Arthur Engoron to delay the enforcement of the penalties by 30 days to allow for an "orderly post-judgment process."

"You have failed to explain, much less justify, any basis for a stay," Engoron wrote in an email posted Thursday to the court docket. "I am confident that the Appellate Division will protect your appellate rights.

Trump last week was ordered to pay a $354.8 million fine plus interest and was barred from leading any New York company for three years. His sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump were also fined $4 million apiece and barred for two years.

The defense's request for a delay in the penalties stemmed from a dispute about the case's judgment order, the court document that, at the end of a trial, starts the clock for the penalties in a case. Lawyers for New York Attorney General Letitia James submitted a draft judgment on Tuesday, prompting criticism from Trump's defense lawyer Clifford Robert.

"To deprive Defendants of the opportunity to submit a proposed counter-judgment would be contrary to fundamental fairness and due process," Robert wrote in a letter to the court Wednesday morning.

Later that morning, Engoron requested that Robert submit a written response articulating what would make the defense's judgment different from the proposed order. Robert replied Wednesday afternoon by arguing that the attorney general's judgment broke with standard practice and included at least two errors.

"The Attorney General has not filed any motion on notice, nor moved to settle the proposed Judgment," Robert said in the filing. "Her unseemly rush to memorialize a 'judgment' violates all accepted practice in New York state court."

Citing the "magnitude" of the penalties in the case, Robert requested a stay of penalties by 30 days if Engoron opts to sign the attorney general's proposed judgment.

"Given that the court-appointed monitor continues to be in place, there is no prejudice to the Attorney General in briefly staying enforcement to allow for an orderly post-judgment process, particularly given the magnitude of Judgment," Robert wrote.

In a short letter to Engoron Thursday, state attorney Andrew Amer opposed the request, arguing that Robert failed to justify why an additional delay of 30 days would be necessary and writing that Engoron's decision in the case left "no room for further debate" about the judgment.

"Nor do Defendants provide any basis for staying enforcement of the judgment; indeed, they requested such relief in their post-trial brief, which the Court declined to grant," Amer wrote.

Amer also objected to a change proposed by Robert to move the address of six of Trump's businesses -- which are defendants in the case -- from New York to Florida." 

From ABC News

With all due respect to Michael Popok here and perhaps he did this video before Judge Arthur Engoron's ruling denying Donald Trump's lawyer Cliff Robert motion to delay the penalties against his client: it's the ABC News story that counts here. 

The Trump lawyers are simply trying to buy time here. Popok is right about that. But any competent, responsible, professional judge in the country, whose not just on the bench because they want to play golf in the afternoon, poker at the country club, get loaded at the local bar, check out the shows at the strip club, (you know, whatever their afternoon hobbies are) who also isn't blind and illiterate, is going to see exactly what Cliff Robert and company are trying to do here. 

Donald Trump doesn't have the money to even cover the premium for his appeal. The so-called billionaire, has at last count, under 500 thousand-dollars in his Go Fund Me account and they only have 25 days to come up with the rest of the 500 or so million dollars. And the Judge Engoron has already denied Cliff Robert's motion here. 

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