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Donald J. Trump, with lawyers Christopher Kise and Alina Habba, attends the closing arguments in the Trump Organization civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court……CONTINUE READING>>>>>>
Madeline Halpert
Reporting from New York
Justice Engoron took pains to explain his reasoning behind the penalties for the Trump Organization.
One of those reasons was apparently the lack of remorse from Trump Organization executives and family members.
In his ruling, Engoron has a whole section titled “refusal to admit error”.
He starts by saying this: “The English poet Alexander Pope (1688-1744) first declared, ‘To err is human, to forgive is divine.’ Defendants apparently are of a different mind”.
“Defendants are incapable of admitting the error of their ways,” he writes later on.
Engoron issued a ruling that was aimed at sending a message of “enough is enough” to anyone who engages in fraud with no remorse, says former federal prosecutor Diana Florence.……CONTINUE READING>>>>>>
