Judge to Trump: I’m fining you $10,000 per day until you comply. Updated with DeutscheBank docs too
This is strictly a civil matter. The NYS Judge held a two hour long hearing —“vaguest of terms, produced zero documents, and erroneously disavowed any obligation to produce responsive documents”
NYS Judge to Trump: Comply or face a $10,000 fine per day…
This is one of the reasons that you should always read the entire article (and/or Court filings) because there’s a significant buried lede. For the last time. repeat after me:
CONSERVATION/PRESERVATION EASEMENTS
..if any of you (still) believe that Blue-QANON-sense that “Trump’s going down for his mob ties” then I can’t nor will I help you. Largely because those Blue-QANON have literally zero idea or proffer any facts to support their “Trump is Mob” narrative. Whereas I’ve repeatedly provided actual facts concerning what the NYS-OGA and Manhattan DA are investigating: conservation easements (that embedded link will tie you to numerous published articles)
Major buried lede…NYS-OAG commence enforcement action
….Also at Monday’s hearing, a lawyer for James’s office said an “enforcement action” may soon be taken in the long-running civil investigation. James has the ability to sue over her findings, a move that could result in significant financial penalties and other repercussions for Trump’s family real estate and golf resort operation if they are found to be in violation of the law….
During the two hour long hearing both sides offered vigorous arguments on opposite sides of the spectrum. As the hearing concluded from the bench NYS Judge Arthur F Engoron stated the following:
..Mr Trump I know you rake your business seriously and I take mine seriously…I hereby hold you in civil contempt and fine you $10,000 per day until you purge that contempt…
Additionally this NYS SCROLL link will take you to the subpoena(s) in question
I’d recommend that you read the SCHEDULE A because it’s a pretty detailed schedule of documents, communications, contracts, financial statements etc (remember in February 2020 MAZARs officially called it quits, read more here)
Brief Case Summary/Background
For those who understand how our court system works —then you’d know that New York Attorney General, Tish James’ office has waited over two years. With respect to the most recent subpoena (which this article will exclusively focus on) it might be worth your time to reread these previously published articles —as it will help you understand the full arch and totality of NYS OAG v Trump Org et al…
March 24, 2022: NYS Judge to Trump: prove Trump Org didn’t engage in fraud, deceit or trickery. Open your kimono or face contempt…
February 14, 2022: BREAKING -MAZARS USA officially dumps Donald Trump and Trump Org. There’s a buried lede.. 3 IMPORTANT FILINGS -updated- with Trump’s Jan 2021 OGE filings.
January 18/19, 2022: New York Attorney General Tish James coming in hot. It’s AWESOME. Motion to Compel Trump et al Re Subpoenas.
December 19, 2021: Conservation Easements and Trump Org deeper dive into NY AG & Cy Vance. Updated 12/20 Trump sues NY AG
In the past I’ve repeatedly explained how one can lawfully obtain NYS Court Records in three easy steps, just in case you miss that “mini masterclass” see below for instructions. I do not subscribe to the “document hoarding” behavior. I have faith in my readers intelligence and intellect to understand some heavy legal analysis. Dig Deep. You Got this. I totally believe in you (snort -please note my acerbic sarcasm) this is how I cope with my ever growing urge to dispense throat punches…so for the umpteenth time here’s your mini-master-class is in session:
Step 2: type in the following index number: 451685/2020
Step 3: like unicorn magic you now have full unrestricted access to (public filings -the filings that are sealed shall remain sealed until the court orders otherwise: Case/Index # 451685/2020 -Motions and ALL scanned documents
New York AG’s April 22, 2022 filings
I think it’s important that you have access to the underlying documents which where the point of today’s oral arguments/hearing…
MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN REPLY -IN FURTHER SUPPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERALS CIVIL CONTEMPT MOTION AGAINST RESPONDENT DONALD J. TRUMP
…Trump served a “Response” that raised a number of boilerplate objections, provided answers subject to those objections, attested to searches that were also subject to the objections and described in the vaguest of terms, produced zero documents, and erroneously disavowed any obligation to produce responsive documents in the possession, custody, or control of the Trump Organization, even though, as the Court is well aware, the Trump Organization’s production has been plagued by its own delays and compliance problems that have required this Court’s ongoing intervention.
AFFIDAVIT OR AFFIRMATION IN REPLY -AFFIRMATION IN FURTHER SUPPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERALS MOTION TO COMPEL AND IN OPPOSITION TO CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELDS MOTION TO QUASH
…further support of the Office of the Attorney General’s (“OAG”) application by Order to Show Cause seeking to compel compliance with investigatory subpoenas issued by the Attorney General to Respondent Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. (“Cushman”) on September 30, 2021 and February 16, 2022 in connection with an investigation into potential violations of law
As previously noted by both the NYS-Judge and NYS-OAG the aggregated list of “full compliance of the subpoena(s)” includes:
Mr. Trump should be held in civil contempt for his blatant failure to obey the Court’s February 2022 Order and coerced to comply in full through the imposition of an appropriate fine. Full compliance means: (i) responding to each document demand without objection; (ii) conducting searches of all relevant physical locations, with details of the who, what, when, where, and how of each search (NYSCEF 361, Instruction No. 12); (iii) conducting searches of all electronic devices and other electronically stored repositories using technology-assisted review in consultation with OAG, including searches of Mr. Trump’s mobile devices already identified(id.,..
Instruction No. 8); (iv) producing all responsive documents and information in the form maintained, with the exception of the paltry 10 custodial documents of Mr. Trump already produced by the Trump Organization (id., Instruction Nos. 2 and 7); (v) identifying any responsive documents that have been destroyed or are no longer available with details on how and why they were not maintained (id., Instruction No. 3); and (vi) producing a standard privilege log for any documents being withheld on grounds of privilege…
One thing that you might have be unaware of -on April 18, 2022 the NYS Judge signed the following “show cause orders” —thereafter the NYS-OGA filed their Motion to Sanction Trump et al…
April 18, 2022 document # 716ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE SIGNED by Judge
April 22, 2022 document # 717 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
SIGNED
Now what?
(your prerequisite speculation alert) the NYS Judge is expected to issue a paper ruling by tomorrow. You can use the NYS SCROLL System to download the Judge’s Order. If you’re asking me: “what will Trump do next” he likely has a few options. One of those options, I’m pretty sure he’s going to take Because it would line up with his vast and previous litigation strategy…
Option # 1: Appeal the NYS Judge Ruling to NYS Appellate Court and/or NYS Supreme Court. This is not desirable for the. NYS-OAG ongoing (and likely Manhattan DA) investigation. I’d expect Trump’s attorneys to file a declaration (under oath) that they have exhausted all search and have turned over all responsive documents ←that doesn’t address the testimonial subpoena (aka deposition) of which Trump, his Daughter/Wife and Jr have refused to sit down for a deposition—whereas the other Trump son has already sat down for his deposition and invoked the 5th over 500 times (you can read more here)
Option # 2: just comply and get it over with because your Triple D litigation strategy sucks. And your consciousness of guilt behavior really undermine any of your arguments and portray you as an unethical and unscrupulous shitty “business man”
And lastly your daily saltwater therapy —I had no idea at the time using the cinematographic feature would result in this video —where the sky and the ocean were nearly identical colors.
Once the Judge dockets his Order/Memorandum I’ll do my best to update this article to embed aforementioned documents. But as previously noted that’s not expected until April 25, 2022 —until then I believe you have access to the full docket, facts and other filings.
Be Well
Filey
…Updated April 25, 2022 -3:45PM DC Local time
…and trust me you want to read these Court filings…because sheesh it’s almost like someone said “hey pay attention to MAZARs departure and Trump’s financial statements —more specifically Trump’s abuse of Conservation/Preservation Easements… nearly one year ago I published a decent deep dive and explained why my position has never wavered and now we have access to previously undisclosed documents and it’s DELISH…
When you choose to overlook the various exhibits, understand that you are also intentionally overlooking documents that contain a plethora of financial information. Case in point —and as previously discussed on April 22. 2022 the NYS-OGA filed several motions and those included a bunch of exhibits;
OCTOBER 4, 2012 - LETTER FROM DEUTSCHE BANK TO CUSHMAN
JULY 30, 2012 LETTER FROM DEUTSCHE BANK TO CUSHMAN
EXCERPT OF REDLINED APPRAISAL REPORT (again this is why it’s important to read the entire filing, including exhibits…
This is awesome! He's getting hot with the Alex Jones penalty of $10,000 per day. Love it all!
Have you ever read Bleak House by Charles Dickens Filey? #TraitorTrump's legal shenanigans remind me more and more of Jarndyce and Jarndyce daily. Endless legal maneuvering. I wish the fines were a helluva lot higher. I don't think 10G a day is going to make much of an impression on a career criminal whose greatest skill seems to be snookering gullible people out of their money.