Trump lashes out at judge over children being forced to testify

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 November 2, 2023

Former President Donald Trump has never made any secret of the disdain he has for his multiple legal cases, and that fact was on display again this week.

According to The Hill, Trump recently lashed out at the judge presiding over his New York civil fraud case for compelling his children to testify.

Don Jr. and Eric testify, Ivanka appealing order to appear

The former president's words came in a Wednesday post on Truth Social and came the same day that his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., took the witness stand.

Fox News reported that Donald Trump Jr. told the court that he lacks professional training with generally accepted accounting principles and relied on the Trump Organization's accountants for information.

What's more, Donald Trump Jr. also testified that his father never made any business decisions after he entered the White House.

Meanwhile, NBC News noted the former president's younger son, Eric Trump, also appeared as a witness the following day.

Donald Trump Jr. and his younger brother are both named as co-defendants alongside their father. Their sister, Ivanka Trump, is not a co-defendant and is appealing an order compelling her to testify.

Trump names judge and former attorney in social media post

Trump not only went after Judge Engoron in his Truth Social post but also targeted his former attorney Michael Cohen, who testified against him last week.

"This Rigged Trial, brought by the Racist New York State A.G. Letitia James before Trump and developer Hating Judge, Arthur Engoron, which should have never been brought in that the so-called STAR WITNESS, SleazeBag Lawyer (for many people) Michael Cohen, admitted last week on the stand that he LIED," Trump wrote.

"Therefore, on that fact alone, this Fake Case should be dismissed," the former president went on to insist. "There is no Victim (except me!). Leave my children alone, Engoron. You are a disgrace to the legal profession!"

Trump clashed with the judge last month after Engoron fined the former president and threatened him with jail time for violating a gag order.

Former president hit with fines over two gag order violations

Fox News reported that Trump was ordered to pay $10,000 over comments he made to reporters at a press conference.

That move came days after NBC News revealed that the judge became "livid" that a post Trump had deleted from Truth Social was still visible on his campaign website.

"I made it clear [that] failure to comply will result in serious sanctions," Engoron said before hitting the former president with a $5,000 fine.

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