Democrats and other Leftists love to make headlines. Then quietly walk things back when they go south.
A high-profile incompetent Democrat Judge Arthur Engoron just began the process and did a huge walk-back. He’s undid an order for the Trump family to dissolve their New York businesses.
What’s most unbelievable about this recent decision by Engoron are the conflicts of interest. Engoron has more tentacles into the prosecution than a blood relative. So the revelation that he will no longer dissolve the former president’s businesses comes as no surprise.
Why did Engoron walk back a decision he made last year in September? More on that in bit.
Late last week Engoron issued his highly anticipated and predictable decision where he fined Trump more than $350 million. Adding insult to insanity, Engoron ordered Trump’s adult sons to pay millions as well. They too were banned from running companies in New York for a few years.
In what amounts to a kangaroo court, the 11-week bench trial had a pre-determined outcome. Engoron commented New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) had already proven the core of her supposed fraud case against the former president. Thus, Engoron ordered that Trump’s New York business certificates be dissolved.
As Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary opined recently, [pp] “Trump did nothing different than any real-estate developer”. Truly, anybody not suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome knows this decision is an obvious partisan witch hunt.
Engoron knows this. In an effort to save some face, perhaps this is why he rescinded his September order?
Technically, he ordered that his September decision be modified “solely to the extent of vacating the directive to cancel defendants’ business certificates.”
What exactly does that mean?
Does Engoron claim that Trump is an unscrupulous businessman who now can continue doing business, as long as he pays fines? This is a huge mixed message.
Engoron’s earlier decision effectively stripped Trump of his ability to operate as a real estate enterprise in New York. Engoron recommended back then that independent receivers begin managing the “dissolution of the canceled LLCs.”
The big squeeze. If Trump wouldn’t play ball, politically, then Engoron’s job was to make sure he had no ability to earn a living.
So again I ask, “What happened to cause this partisan putz to change his mind?”
Engoron noted that dissolving Trump’s companies en masse “could implicate serious economic concerns.” And political ones as well.
While some act as if this is no big deal, since the ruling on the fines are over $450 million with interest and penalties. But I disagree.
Trump can operate, business as usual. He will appeal the case, and he will win. Then, Trump will become president again in 2024.
I think Engoron senses a 2024 Trump win. Just like the car rental companies who are returning to gas-powered vehicles see the writing on the wall, so does Engoron. These things seem insignificant, however I find them to be Leftist “tells”.
How many other real-estate people have done exactly as Trump has? All of them. Does anybody think Trump’s team may be looking into this for his appeal?
I know that I would investigate every builder in New York; pull their bank records and valuations. Then I would ask Letitia James when she plans to sue all those wealthy Leftist fatcats?
Consider what Engoron did as Step 1 in his 12-step program of redemption for Trump. Or perhaps the first domino to fall.
As for the Left’s strategy, they think they got what they wanted: press from a massive fine. They just wanted to make Trump look bad. In my mind, they failed. But I suspect they think they are winning.
With no plaintiff or anybody else actually hurt by Trump’s actions, I anticipate Trump getting a 1-2 point bump in the polls. If that’s winning for the Left then no harm no foul.
Still, this is a horrible development that the Left will try to spin as no big deal. It’s is a big deal. And we will learn just how big over the next few months.
