It has been noted that The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has launched a probe into a New York real estate attorney’s claim. It was stated that he advised Judge Arthur Engoron in the case against former President Donald Trump via Western Journal.
Attorney Adam Leitman Bailey has told WNBC-TV that he had a courthouse conversation with Engoron three weeks ahead of the judge’s verdict to charge Trump with a $454 million penalty for fraudulently inflating the value of his assets.
New York judges are not allowed to consider outside opinions in such a way when litigating a case, yet Bailey said he discussed the legal questions at length with the judge.
“I actually had the ability to speak to him three weeks ago,” Bailey said in an interview with the station on Feb. 16, just hours before the judge issued his ruling.
“I saw him in the corner [at the courthouse], and I told my client, ‘I need to go,’” he recounted.
“And I walked over, and we started talking … I wanted him to know what I think and why … I really want him to get it right,” the attorney continued.
Bailey stated that he knew Engoron after appearing before him “hundreds of times” in the course of his employment.
“He had a lot of questions, you know, about certain cases. We went over it,” the attorney said.
He said he “explained to” Engoron that ruling against Trump would have far-reaching implications beyond destroying the former president, including damaging New York’s economy.
It seems that if Trump were forced to pay a hefty fine and shut down his business, it would make other companies worry over similarly being targeted at any time, even when there were no actual damages or victims, as in this case.Trump’s legal team raised the same points, which Engoron ignored in his verdict.
