The former president no longer is suing Judge Arthur Engoron, who is presiding over his civil fraud trial in New York.
Former President Donald Trump is no longer suing Judge Arthur Engoron, who is presiding over his civil fraud trial in Manhattan, a new court filing submitted on Thursday night shows.
Trump filed a lawsuit against Engoron last month, accusing the judge of ignoring an appeals court order in what was seen as an effort from the Trump legal team to delay the trial that began on Monday.
« As with so much of what Trump does, the suit was a short-term tactical move designed to delay the start of the civil fraud trial, » McAuliffe said. « When the maneuver of filing suit against the presiding judge didn’t work—the trial started as scheduled—the main reason for the suit evaporated. »
Referring to the petition that Trump, his two eldest sons and the Trump Organization filed against the judge and New York Attorney Letitia James on September 13, the motion filed Thursday informed the court that the proceeding is « discontinued with prejudice.
