Donald Trump's lawyers have indicated that they will be filing for a mistrial in the former president’s New York civil fraud case as the trial enters its second phase with one court observer characterizing the move to The Daily Beast as the "nuclear option."
Throughout the trial, Trump has pushed claims about Judge Arthur Engoron and his law clerk Allison Greenfield being biased and motivated by politics. But on Friday, the former president received outside help to support his narrative when Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., filed an ethics complaint with a state court commission citing “inappropriate bias and judicial intemperance.” Stefanik accused Engoron of “weaponized lawfare” against Trump and called on him to recuse himself.
