Trump lawyers’ loss on summary judgment 'extraordinarily rare': analyst

26 September 2023

Former United States prosecutor and legal analyst Charles Coleman, during Tuesday's episode of MSNBC's All in with Chris Hayes, spoke to how "extraordinarily rare" it is for a judge to decide that a trial is unnecessary.

New York Judge Arthur Engeron on Tuesday ruled that ex-President "Donald Trump committed fraud, deceived banks, and inflated the value of his real estate holdings," which granted "New York Attorney General Letitia James partial summary judgment in her civil case against the ex-president."

Additionally, the judge "ordered Donald Trump's business entities in the state of New York, including The Trump Organization, dissolved, and his business certificates canceled, according to legal experts, after ruling that the ex-president for years committed fraud and deceived banks and insurers by inflating the value of his assets."

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Following the ruling, MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin noted Engeron's "decision not only eliminates the need for trial on that claim, but also orders fairly dramatic relief: the cancellation of New York business certificates for all of the entities named as defendants, 'as well as any other entity controlled or beneficially owned by the individual defendants found liable.'"

Hayes asked Coleman, "How often does plaintiff get a judge being like, 'I've seen enough?'"

The ex-prosecutor replied, "It is extraordinarily rare that this occurs. Summary judgment as a notion, as we were just talking about, is one of the things that routinely is filed but isn't always granted. When you find it being granted, it's almost the equivalent of hitting a home run on the first pitch. It's that significant to lose on summary judgment, and so I think there is something to be noted there, of course. But what is also important and noteworthy, is a fact that there were sanctions for Trump's attorneys attached to this order. That in and of itself is incredibly significant because judges very much loathe to give out sanctions, and they make a very compelling case as to why sanctions were issued here."

Watch the video below or at this link.

Motion to dismiss summary judgement 'almost the equivalent of hitting a home run on the first pitch'youtu.be

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