Judge who ordered Trump to pay $454 million says he won’t recuse himself from case
Trump asked Judge Arthur Engoron to step aside from the case, which is on appeal, alleging he engaged in “prohibited communications” with a real estate lawyer about the case before his decision was rendered earlier this year.
“I am supremely confident in my ability to continue to serve, as I always have, impartially,” Engoron wrote in an order Thursday. The judge said that over three years into the litigation, his recusal would result in “immense prejudice.”
Despite the allegations of prohibited communications in the politics surrounding the case, Judge Engoron expressed confidence in his impartiality. The judge emphasized that his recusal would lead to significant prejudice in the ongoing litigation.
