Elise Stefanik's new ethics complaint against Judge Engoron blown up by ex-prosecutor
On Friday morning, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) attempted to intercede on Donald Trump's behalf by filing an ethics complaint against Judge Arthur Engoron who is overseeing a $250 million financial fraud trial against the Trump Organization and its officers.
On X, formerly known as Twitter, the New York Republican announced, "I just filed an official judicial complaint against Judge Arthur Engoron for his inappropriate bias and judicial intemperance in New York’s disgraceful lawsuit against President Donald J. Trump and the Trump Organization."
She then added, "Americans are sick and tired of the blatant corruption by radical Leftist judges in NY. All New Yorkers must speak out against the dangerous weaponized lawfare against President Trump," with the entire letter to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct, added to her post.
Appearing on CNN. with host Kate Bolduan to discuss the reporting that Mar-a-Lago employees are speaking with special counsel Jack Smith about stolen documents they witnessed, former federal prosecutor Sarah Krissoff was asked about the complaint and predicted it will be promptly dismissed upon receipt.
"So if the complaint has merit the commission can launch an investigation and look into it," the former prosecutor began. "You know, this complaint i think Stefanik should have done a little bit more legal research because there is a lot in there that's just so sort of legally wrong.
"She discusses the summary judgment opinion issued by the court and seems to sort of discredit that opinion," she added. "I mean, that is sort of a normal process in every civil case in this country; that there's an opportunity to seek some rejudgment, which is what both parties did here. So I think she has some legal infirmities in her complaint here that they are going to make the commission rather dismissive of it."
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