Trump Declares He ‘TOTALLY WON THIS CASE’ After Judge Already Ruled He Committed Fraud

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Donald Trump was either confused, misinformed, or in denial when he shouted from his Truth Social account that he “TOTALLY WON” the fraud case against him, even though the judge already ruled he did, in fact, commit fraud.

Judge Arthur Engoron ruled in September that the Trump Organization, led by Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Eric Trump, defraud banks and insurers by inflating the value of its assets.

The civil complaint was brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is seeking $250 million in damages and the revocation of the Trumps’ ability to do business in the state. Engoron will rule on damages once the current proceedings conclude.

“Judge Engoron should end the ridiculous Political Witch Hunt against me,” Trump posted Friday. “I have TOTALLY WON THIS CASE, which should never have been brought. The only Fraud was committed by A.G. Letitia James in convincing the Judge that Mar-a-Lago was only worth $18,000,000 (in order to make my “numbers” look bad), when it is worth 50 to 100 times that amount. She campaigned on ‘getting Trump.’ She should be prosecuted!”

The New York Times reported after the judge’s ruling in September:

Ms. James has argued that Mr. Trump inflated the value of his properties by as much as $2.2 billion and is seeking a penalty of about $250 million…

Justice Engoron wrote that the annual financial statements that Mr. Trump submitted to banks and insurance companies “clearly contain fraudulent valuations that defendants used in business.”

Earlier this week, Trump ranted that James was “CORRUPT & RACIST,” and referred to Engoron as the “TRUMP HATING, RADICAL LEFT JUDGE.” The post came a day after Trump’s car crash testimony on Monday, where Engoron admonished his attorneys that if they couldn’t control him, “I will.”

Also this week, former first daughter Ivanka Trump testified in the case and “threw her father under the bus” to “protect herself,” according to CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen.