It has come to light that an attorney for former President Donald Trump has indicated that he may look to have a mistrial declared in the New York fraud case against Trump and his business brought by the state’s Attorney General Letitia James via Conservative Brief.
The attorney, Christopher Kise, cited a report from Breitbart News’s Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle as the basis for the action.
The report claims that the top clerk for New York County Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron, Allison Greenfield, “appears to have violated judicial rules preventing officers of the court from making excessive political donations.”
“There’s a news story out [today]…about particular political contributions made by your court staff…it raises questions of impartiality,” the attorney said, Law360’s Stewart Bishop reported.
He said the “defense will have to give serious consideration to seeking a mistrial.”
The judge appeared to have a tantrum at the accusation and got frustrated with the attorney.
“It’s not information, it’s an allegation!” the judge said.
“This idea someone has notified me, absolutely untrue, absolutely untrue,” he said before casting aspersions at the news organization,”…I’ll let everyone in the room think what they will about Breitbart.”
The Breitbart News report claimed that the judge was informed of the possible violation in a complaint filed by a third party.
“It appears Engoron was advised of Greenfield’s violations in a 72-page complaint addressed to his court via email that was also filed with the New York State Bar Association the same day he decided to issue a gag order against former President Donald Trump in his case currently playing out in Engoron’s Manhattan courtroom,” the report said.
The report claimed that “in 2022 alone, Greenfield gave thousands of dollars” in political contributions that allegedly exceeded a $500 threshold for court officials in aggregate donations for a calendar year.
