Judge Engoron Demands Trump Explain His Accountant's Apparent Lies

[Nevilledog]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/judge-demands-trump-explain-his-accountant-allen-weisselbergs-apparent-lies

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Donald Trump’s expected massive loss to the New York Attorney General in his bank fraud case suddenly took a turn for the worse on Tuesday, when lies that his longtime company accountant apparently told on the stand potentially opened the door for an even more devastating multi-million dollar judgment that could destroy the Trump Organization.

In an email to the AG and Trump defense team on Monday, Justice Arthur F. Engoron asked for both sides to respond to the news that former Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg is secretly negotiating a guilty plea with another law enforcement agency: the Manhattan District Attorney.

Last week, The New York Times reported that DA Alvin Bragg Jr. is coming down hard on Weisselberg for lying under oath to the AG’s office in an interview ahead of the three-month civil trial that just wrapped up.

“As the presiding magistrate, the trier of fact, and the judge of credibility, I of course want to know whether Mr. Weisselberg is now changing his tune, and whether he is admitting he lied under oath in my courtroom at this trial,” Engoron wrote.

*snip*

[The Magistrate]

1. I Like This, Ma'am

I like it a lot....


"Every word he says is a lie, even 'and' and 'the'."

[Walleye]

6. That is one of my favorite quotes, I believe it's Dorothy Parker. She had a way with words

[calimary]

46. MOST Excellent quote!

Sure fits this, gotta say!

[malaise]

2. The walls willsoon come crashing down on

Smelvis the criminal Slobfather

[tinrobot]

7. Ketchup stained walls.

[malaise]

8. LOL

[chicoescuela]

9. I hope you're correct

[lastlib]

39. Forget hammers.....sound like Judge E. about to drop the battleship Iowa on Smelvis....

and his crime front.

REEEALLLY gonna suck to be ketchup at Mar-a-Lardo tonight!

Melania, I think it's too late to cash out the pre-nup. Slobbu's goose is already cooked and carved.

[calimary]

47. Works for me!

[redqueen]

3. None of these criminals ever expected to pay for their crimes

I think they were all in on the con and expected dementia don to be dictator by now.

[Mr. Evil]

24. Yup.

What a 'stable genius.'

[liberalla]

32. So this is why the fine amount we expected last wed. was delayed?

Makes sense to me... (This might be in the link, but I'm just starting my bus ride home and haven't read up on it all yet)

[Mr.Bill]

49. What started as a bad decision

is now their only path.

[mobeau69]

4. Destroy this sleazy ass, Engoron.

[Maeve]

5. Good news again!

No immunity, serious questions....

[Ocelot II]

10. The plot thickens...

As if it couldn't get any thicker.

[eppur_se_muova]

12. Why am I thinking of that song "Anticipation" ?

Oh, yeah ... that was in a ketchup commercial.

[Ocelot II]

16. Or:

[lindysalsagal]

21. Pation!!!

Loveitt!

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

31. Oh yes, I remember that Heinz commercial.

That was one nice thick burger waiting for that serving of ketchup.

In Trump’s hell, the only condiment available for his cold hamberder is Grey Poupon.

[moniss]

13. Getting thicker than

a batch of Heinz on a cold morning!!

[MineralMan]

11. "Don't worry," Trump said, "I can pardon you."

Not no more...

[malaise]

41. Great to see you man

[MineralMan]

57. I'm always around. Just not posting much.

Thanks!

[Jarqui]

14. Trump "They rigged Weissselberg's lying ..." ....nt

[twodogsbarking]

15. Y'all know he lied for Trump, otherwise he would have been fired.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

17. This will be fun to watch

[Hermit-The-Prog]

18. traitortrump thought each court and case is isolated from the others.

[SayItLoud]

19. "Coming down hard on the Weasel"

Let's see if that is true. More jail time, testify truthfully, name names...but if it's a fine or slap on the wrist it's not my definition of "coming down hard".

[eppur_se_muova]

22. That sounds like a euphemism for something dirty. nt

[appleannie1]

20. Oh my

First he pisses the judge off numerous times during trial, then he fires his lawyer, then his 'reliable' accountant flips publicly, now the judge wants to know if the accountant committed perjury while testifying in his courtroom. Especially since the judge has not decided yet on how much money the golden idol will be penalized. Love it when a good thing comes together. Guess he will have to go back on the begging trail trying to scam more money out of his dumbarse fans.

[musclecar6]

56. Oh yeah

This Con man, liar and a cheat has never left the grifting trail. And those dumb fucks who keep shoving all their money to him, will just continue to do so. I figured out somewhere along the line in life you can’t do anything about stupidity.

[Johonny]

23. Weisselberg's loyalty was always a mystery

As it seemed clear he was the fall guy. The family was more than happy to sell him out.

[dchill]

25. "Things fall apart. The center cannot hold."

[underpants]

26. "...in my courtroom..." sounds like parent laying down the law on their child

[EndlessWire]

55. Sounds more like Engoron

exploring the opportunity to get tRump's attorneys disbarred. Why else would he demand to know what they knew?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

27. TSF is not going to like having to fly back to NYC.

And face Judge Engoron.

Will it be the Judge who asks TSF why his CFO LIED? Or the AG's team?

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

34. I want TheSickFuck right there on the stand, perjuring himself with every breath

[ZonkerHarris]

28. happy days

[Seinan Sensei]

29. Pop Pop

[lastlib]

42. (just a friendly hint--you ain't got enough popcorn there!)

Have some more on me:
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[LudwigPastorius]

30. The Accountant!

[tavernier]

33. Ha!

I often think of scenes from the Untouchables as these trials are commencing. Especially the one where the judge has to recuse himself because obviously he is on Capone’s bribery list.

Thanks for the photo.

[Lunabell]

35. Trump organization?

They need to re-name it the trump crime family!!

[Major Nikon]

36. He was paid by Trump to lie. That was the whole point

The only thing that mattered to the orange dipshit was making the Forbes list. Without any doubt his accountant was ordered to lie or he would have been out of a job. Rather than finally telling the truth about that while under oath which would have undoubtedly destroyed his boss, he decided to continue with the lie and risk far greater personal peril.

The sad part is even if he now finally tells the truth, it won't really matter because he has lost every bit of credibility he might have once had. He is just as deplorable and deserves everything he has coming to him.

[4lbs]

38. Was he actually paid by the Grifter-in-Chief?

Could be that Weisselberg is now singing to the Feds because he found out his check had more bounce in it than a tennis ball.

Smellvis said "Smell This" and the stench was too much for the bench.

[Major Nikon]

40. He didn't come to them, he got found out

Right now we don't know for sure what the perjury is about, but speculation is that he blatantly lied about the orange dipshit's apartment square footage saying to the court he wasn't concerned about it when Forbes had the communications from him saying he dogged them about it for years.

[Scalded Nun]

37. Time to buy stock in Heinz.

Ketchup, along with every other imaginable condiment is hitting the wall today!!

[AllaN01Bear]

43. i really hope this stings .

[central scrutinizer]

44. Defense strategy

Commit so many crimes with so many helpers in so many overlapping jurisdictions that you can waddle free while they try to untangle the mare’s nest.

[honest.abe]

45. it will be interesting to see how the Idiot responds.

Seems caught red handed.

[Generic Brad]

48. This will cost Trump way more than $370 million

There is no way Engoron doesn't give the harshest penalty he has the authority to hand out. We are on the verge of seeing major accountability - finely.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

50. Judge Engoron wants a response by Wednesday at 5.

Here is the Judge's email

Link to tweet

[OAITW r.2.0]

51. Maybe an extra $100MM on his negative liquid asset balance sheet?

[moniss]

52. Engoron is smart to

also give them a short leash be making them respond by Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. and not letting them drag a response for weeks and weeks. Weaselnuts for all of his supposed "smarts" played this really stupid for himself and his family. If he had gone to the state and the Feds and agreed to come clean completely he could have gotten a plea deal to spare himself jail time and maybe only minor penalties for any complicit family members. But the wise guys figure they will always beat the law and to an extent, given enough money for lawyers etc., they do. But not always. So Weaselnuts already spent 90+ days at Rikers in the infirmary wing for his protection. He then came out and apparently continued on with the lies. 90 days taught him nothing and his promises of cooperation have been shown to be riddled with more lies. Maybe spending 2-3 years in Rikers would have a bit more impact.

[Tickle]

53. Is this a civil case

or criminal? I thought it was a civil case

[thucythucy]

59. I think it is a civil case

but I believe lying under oath, civil case or not, is a criminal offense.

[moniss]

54. So does the response today

come from the parking lot attorney? He seemed to be ditching her but so far she is, to the best of our knowledge, the attorney of record for the case. Maybe it comes from that other guy who sat at the table. I don't recall if the two were from the same firm. I can imagine the filing will just be a denial that they or their client know anything about the perjury or negotiations.

[Owens]

58. Translation: Did Trump order Weisselberg to lie for him

He may force Trump's hand to admit he told Weisselberg to lie to everyone for him