Donald Trump fired off on social media Monday, berating the judge overseeing — and deciding the final payout of — the former president's civil fraud case, for questioning the credibility of one of Trump's witnesses. In a series of posts to Truth Social, Trump took aim at New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron, dubbing him a "completely biased Democrat judge," and decried Engoron's rulings against Trump's supposed disclaimer clause, cited appraisals of his properties and criticism of his expert witness, New York University accounting professor Eli Bartov.
"Judge Engoron challenges the highly respected Expert Witness for receiving fees, which is standard and accepted practice for Expert Witnesses," Trump wrote the second post. "The ignorant Judge did not even try to listen to the Expert Witness. This is a great insult to a man of impeccable character and qualifications. The Judge ignores the Law!" Bartov was paid nearly $877,500 for testifying on Trump's behalf during trial. "This was news that Judge Engoron was not happy with, our highly respected Expert Witness was mocked and excoriated by Engoron for telling the Truth, the Courthouse was in disbelief," Trump added in the third post.
