In a frantic last-minute attempt to derail a trial that threatens to destroy Donald Trumpā€™s corporate empire, the former presidentā€™s lawyers have turned the heat on the judge overseeing this caseā€”by suing him directly.

Edit: Unfortunately the tactic worked:

An appellate judge has taken the remarkable step of hitting pause on the New York Attorney Generalā€™s upcoming bank fraud trial against Donald Trumpā€”granting the former presidentā€™s request in a surprise hearing on Thursday that was closed off to the public.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-turns-new-york-ag-case-against-judge-arthur-f-engoron?ref=wrap

  • mkhopper@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Can this shitshow please be over? I mean, just when you thought things couldnā€™t get any stranger, another day comes around.

    • Cethin@lemmy.zip
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      1 year ago

      Itā€™s not strange. His whole goal has been to delay. He canā€™t win this, but it seems it will work to delay.

    • šŸ±TheCat@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      I think we really have to make contingency plans for the USAs fall to fascism. All these old guys in congress are selling us out.

      Canada is already doing it