As Twitchy readers (and basically the whole world) know by now, Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron has ordered former president and presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to pay a whopping $355 million in fines for a case that New York Attorney General Letitia James brought against him for allegedly overvaluing his Mar-A-Lago estate in applying for loans. Engoron further ordered that Trump be barred from even doing business in New York or applying for any loans with any business registered in New York for three years.
The ruling had
law professor Jonathan Turley baffled as to how it -- or even the case itself -- could be justified. Meanwhile, Trump's attorneys dubbed the ruling 'manifest injustice' and a 'political crusade.'
The political crusade charge may have some merit, seeing as how
James campaigned on a promise to 'Get Trump' by any means necessary. She even has routinely referred to him as an 'illegitimate president' (which we were told was LITERAL INSURRECTION by Democrats, but we already know the only standard they have is a double standard).
But James certainly seemed pleased with herself this weekend, as she took to Twitter to smugly brag about the verdict.
The tweet is an obvious reference to Engoron's punitive verdict. It is also about as unprofessional and juvenile as James could get without actually tweeting, 'NYAH, NYAH, NYAH' at Trump. (But we wouldn't put that past her either.)
Reactions to James' petty tweet were harsh and deservedly so.
They are counting on Republicans to never pull these same Soviet show-trial tactics against them. And they are probably right in that assumption.
Of course, she is arrogant. Like Fani Willis or Jack Smith, other prosecutors charging Trump on the flimsiest of bases, they have never had to face accountability for their lawfare (
though that could potentially change for Willis after her disastrous week in court last week).