Nov. 10, 2023, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government president Richard Manning praised U.S. House GOP Conference Chairperson Elise Stefanik for her standing against the political prosecution of former President Donald Trump and calling for New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron to be removed from the case:
“In a world where so many politicians duck for cover, Rep. Stefanik is exhibiting a true profile in courage by demanding that the New York state Commission on Judicial Conduct remove New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron from the case against former President Donald Trump due to his clear bias and outrageous disregard for the basic rule of law.
“Stefanik rightly cites New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron’s, ‘bizarre behavior’, ‘inappropriate bias’ and ‘judicial intemperance’ in the letter. Engoron outrageously disallowed direct evidence to the contrary when he declared that President Trump was guilty of fraudulently overvaluing his properties. One example was his accepting an absurdly low valuation claim by the prosecution of between $18 and $27 million offered by the Democrat Attorney General’s office for Trump’s Mar a Lago estate. Independent real estate experts value the property in line with Trump organization estimates of between $426 million and $612 million. On his acceptance of this single undervaluation by the anti-Trump NY Attorney General, Engoron has proven his unsuitability to try this case.
“Stefanik courageously urged the commission to ‘take corrective action to restore a just process and protect our constitutional rights, ‘by sanctioning and removing the judge from the case.
“Stefanik sticking her neck out when she did not have to in support of the rule of law and against the obvious and blatant political prosecution of President Trump, she has gained a new admirer. It took real guts to push back against the legal establishment in her own state, and the country needs more elected representatives like Elise Stefanik who stand up for what is right regardless of consequences.”
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