As an attorney, there are a few things that stand out to me about this ruling that are absolutely calamitous for Donald Trump and his children.
Here’s why. 👇
First, the penalties on Don Jr. and Eric Trump are arguably even MORE devastating for them.
Both Don Jr. and Eric Trump are young and both men are currently overseeing Trump Organization day to day. On the contrary, as a 77-year old, Trump’s involvement in the company has reportedly been limited in recent years.
This ruling has essentially left Don Jr. and Eric Trump unemployed.
Second, the fact that Donald Trump and the Trump Organization are both banned from applying for loans from any New York-chartered financial institutions for 3 years makes it incredibly hard for Trump to actually afford the judgment.
Together with the E. Jean Carroll verdict, Trump is now responsible for almost $450 MILLION in penalties - an amount that would wipe out nearly every penny of cash he reportedly has.
Engoron did not hold back with his words in this decision:
“The defendants’) complete lack of contrition and remorse borders on pathological.”
One thing is clear, Judge Engoron’s ruling upholds the integrity of the financial marketplace - and finally holds Trump accountable for his many lies.
What are your thoughts, did Trump deserve these historic penalties?
-Attorney Joe Gallina
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Hello @cnnbrk. I’m checking to see if you were have a company party on a remote island last night.
I noticed that you had not featured the story about Donald Trump’s comments last night. Maybe you haven’t heard about that yet?
You know, the comments about saying he wouldn’t protect European countries from Russia unless they “paid up.”
I’m almost certain you would not intentional choose not to cover such a huge story. 🙄
You keep forgetting why you’re being charged.
One more time:
- Despite numerous requests from NARA, you refused to turn over all the classified documents in your possession. This dragged on for months. (Biden and Pence immediately volunteered them)
- You then lied, repeatedly, about having returned all the documents. (Biden and Pence cooperated and agreed to searches)
- NARA, out of options, approached the FBI. The FBI had to get a grand jury subpoena compelling you to return the documents. Your own lawyer warned you they could get a search warrant if you did not comply. Had you returned them at this point, you’d still be ok.
- You misled your own attorneys into filing a false affidavit stating you had returned the documents.
- The FBI had no choice but to get a search warrant issued by a federal judge. You were informed and watched the search on CCTV. Your attorneys were present.
- They recovered a trove of classified documents (pictures and listings in the indictment). From multiple locations in Mar-a-Lago, including a bathroom.
- To make matters worse, you also tried to destroy video surveillance footage of your associates handling and moving the documents (obstruction).
- There’s audio evidence of you admitting you had classified documents and acknowledging you were in unlawful possession of them.
- There’s evidence of you showing some of these documents to people not authorized to see them:
You had so many chances to make it go away. You didn’t.
It’s because you believed the rules didn’t apply to you.
You didn’t think you had to answer to anyone.
Here we are.