Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday continued to excoriate the "Crazed, Trump Hating, Rogue Judge" in his New York civil fraud trial.
Judge Arthur Engoron last month found Trump liable for fraud and ordered him to pay a penalty of $355 million, which with interest came to a total of more than $454 million.
Trump so far has been unable to obtain a bond that would allow him to appeal the judgment, his lawyers said Monday.
Trump either must find the cash or post a bond to prevent the state's authorities from seizing his properties while he appeals Engoron's Feb. 16 decision in the case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
"The only FRAUD in the Peekaboo James case, our failed and disgusting New York State Attorney General, was her convincing 'Judge' Arthur Engoron to put a value on Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida, of just $18,000,000, when it is worth 50 to 100 times that amount," Trump posted Monday night on Truth Social.
"This was fraudulently and illegally done, working closely together in a corrupt Communist system, to set their NARRATIVE after learning that their Values and Facts were completely wrong. Businesses will flee the State as Migrant Crime and Violence continues to flourish. I paid $300,000,000 in Taxes, and this is what I get. WITCH HUNT!!!"
Trump continued his attack on Engoron on Tuesday.
"Any business thinking about moving into New York State is CRAZY! The level of anger and hostility toward businesses and business people is incredible," Trump wrote. "Numerous people have spoken to me about this since the Racist and Politically Corrupt A.G., who ran for office on a platform of 'I will get Trump' without knowing anything about me or my business, and her corrupt puppet Judge, Arthur Engoron, who has already been overturned 4 times on this case, a record, started doing a number on me.
"Engoron laughed with disdain at the Appellate Division, his superior court, when they handed down a decision which essentially ended most of the case, and he REFUSED TO ABIDE BY IT. This is the first time something like that has ever happened in New York State. He is a Crazed, Trump Hating, Rogue Judge, has ZERO respect for the Appellate Judges, and has torn apart the Legal System in New York State, making it impossible for outside businesses to want to come there. Existing businesses will flee!!!"
Trump added: "Engoron will not do what the Appellate Division has ordered him to do on Statute of Limitations. This has never happened to the Appellate Division before. Remember, he is the judge that fraudulently valued Mar-a-Lago at $18,000,000, and who was already overturned 4 times on this case, a record!"
Trump, expected to win the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, already has begun campaigning against President Joe Biden. Trump called Engoron's actions, "ELECTION INTERFERENCE!"
"Judge Engoron actually wants me to put up Hundreds of Millions of Dollars for the Right to Appeal his ridiculous decision. In other words, he is trying to take my Appellate Rights away from me when I have already won at the Appellate Division, but he refuses to accept their already made decision," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
"Nobody has ever heard of anything like this before. I would be forced to mortgage or sell Great Assets, perhaps at Fire Sale prices, and if and when I win the Appeal, they would be gone. Does that make sense? WITCH HUNT. ELECTION INTERFERENCE!"
Reuters contributed to this story.
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