The judge who hit Donald Trump and his real estate company with fines expected to exceed $450 million in New York state’s civil fraud trial against the former president made clear in his decision that he doubted testimony of key witnesses, including the billionaire and three of his children.
Justice Arthur Engoron, who oversaw a nearly 11-week trial, wrote in his Friday verdict that he’d weighed the “expressions, demeanor, and body language” of witnesses as they testified a few feet away, as well as “simple touchstones of self-interest and other motives, common sense, and overall veracity.”
In the end, ...
