Multiple New York state officials abused their power and debased the law to harm someone they hate.
Democratic Judge Arthur Engoron’s Tuesday ruling against former President Donald Trump and the Trump Organization amounts to political vengeance only.
Alas, the ruling has consequences. According to Newsweek, several legal commentators described it as the “corporate death penalty.”
Based on his finding that Trump inflated the value of assets to secure loans and other advantages, Engoron ordered cancellation of Trump’s business licenses in New York.
Parts of Engoron’s ruling, however, appeared confusing.
According to Newsweek, Engoron also ordered “that the parties recommend independent receivers to oversee the dissolution of the businesses.”
At the same time, Newsweek described the ruling as “somewhat ambiguous,” for “it does not explicitly order that Trump’s businesses be dissolved.” It merely calls for “the naming of receivers who would oversee any dissolution.”
We should not read anything into the ambiguity. Engoron and New York Attorney General Letitia James meant to “get” Trump. That is the whole story.
Although she functions as a state attorney general, James brought a civil suit seeking $250 million in damages.
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