The judge in Trump’s financial fraud case was threatened
American media have reported that the judge overseeing the financial fraud case of Donald Trump has been threatened. |
According to the report of Fars International News Agency, the police of “Long Island” in the state of New York announced on Thursday morning a report of a bomb being planted in the house of judge “Arthur Enguron” who is responsible for handling the case of “Donald Trump”. The former US president has been charged with tax fraud.
This threat was made hours before the court session to hear the last arguments in this case.
A bomb disposal team from Nassau County, New York, was dispatched to Angoron’s home to investigate. It is not yet clear whether the judge was present at the home at the time.
On Wednesday, tense emails were exchanged between Engoron and Trump’s lawyer regarding the latest court hearing. Trump’s lawyer had requested that Trump present his final arguments in the court session. The judge denied the request.
The September 2022 financial fraud case was filed by New York Attorney General Leticia James against Trump, his eldest sons, their companies and several executives.
New York State Court Judge Arthur Engron accused Trump of fraudulently increasing the value of his family business and assets by about $2.2 billion, of which We can mention Maralago Trump’s resort in Florida, which, despite its real value of 28 million dollars, Trump estimated its value at 723 million dollars.
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