Former President Donald Trump appeared in court before presiding Judge Arthur Engoron on Monday.
Trump bashed Engoron as a “rogue judge” before entering the court room. Trump entered the building with his entourage of lawyers Monday morning just minutes after New York Attorney General Letitia James.
The trial is a non-jury trial, meaning Engoron will decide the result himself. A New York State Appeals Court rejected the 2024 GOP primary frontrunner’s request to delay the civil trial.
Engoron last week ruled that Trump and the Trump Organization committed fraud while building his real estate empire by deceiving banks, insurers and others by overvaluing his assets and exaggerating his net worth on paperwork used in making deals and securing financing.
Engoron’s ruling comes after James sued Trump, his children and the Trump Organization, alleging that Trump “inflated his net worth by billions of dollars” and said his children helped him to do so.
