Donald Trump Lashes Out At Judge Who Found Him Liable For Fraud

In a since-deleted post on Truth Social in response to Judge Arthur F. Engron’s ruling that confirmed the Trump Organization committed fraud when valuing their properties, Donald Trump referred to Judge Engron as a “political hack judge” and went on to say: “I have had very unfair judges since entering politics, but nobody has been as unhinged as this guy. Mar-a-Lago is worth, perhaps, 100 times more than he values it” (via Newsweek). Notably, it wasn’t actually the judge’s assessment of what Mar-a-Lago is worth, which has a number of restrictions on it in part because of its National Historic Landmark status, but rather a reporting of the county assessor’s valuation.

In another post, Trump said, “I have a Deranged, Trump Hating Judge, who RAILROADED this FAKE CASE through a NYS Court at a speed never seen before […] His anger & hatred is politically motivated & unprecedented by those who watched!” He also got in a hit on New York Attorney General Letitia James, referring to her as racist.

Trump also argued on Truth Social that the financial statements from his company were never meant to actually be believed at all since they all have a disclaimer that, “states that nothing in the financial statement should be excepted [sic] as fact!” This matches up with what the accounting firm that used to draw up Trump’s annual financial statements said in early 2022: The statements were not reliable.