Donald Trump claims employers are fleeing New York leaving millions of people out of a job in protest of his ongoing criminal trial.
“Everyone’s laughing at the New York system and companies are leaving, people are leaving, but major companies with tremendous taxpayer dollars and employers of millions of people, literally. People are leaving, they’re taking their companies and they’re all watching this case,” Trump told reporters outside the courthouse Thursday, according to a clip highlighted by Mediaite .
“New York has got to do something about what’s happening because you look at Judge Engoron, you look at Judge Kaplan, what they’ve done, it’s disgraceful” he added.
Judge Arthur Engoron ordered Trump to pay nearly $355 million in penalties and nearly $100 million in interest for inflating and deflating the value of his assets to receive lower taxes and better insurance coverage in his civil fraud case earlier this year.
Judge Lewis Kaplan presided over Trump’s second E. Jean Carroll defamation trial where a jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million.
Trump is on trial in New York again for his first criminal case. He faces 34 counts of falsifying business records to pay hush money to adult film star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election to remain quiet about his extramarital affair. Trump has pleaded not guilty.
