Bananas for The Republic

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Justice Engoron ruled before the trial began that Mr. Trump had fraudulently inflated his net worth, and announced an initial round of punishments. That blow recast the trial as a battle over how steep a penalty the former president would face. Ms. James has indicated that she may press for a fine well above the $250 million she originally sought and will ask the judge to bar Mr. Trump from running a business in the state, banishing him from the world that made him famous decades ago.

...Yet Justice Engoron might have already erred when he issued that initial punishment of Mr. Trump, ordering that some of his New York companies be dissolved.

The decision set off a firestorm and appeared to imperil much of Mr. Trump’s New York empire. But interviews with legal experts and a review of court rulings suggest that the judge may have lacked the authority to dissolve the companies.

An appeals court last week granted Mr. Trump’s request to pause the punishment so it could consider Justice Engoron’s ruling. That could presage a more thorough assessment of the judge’s decision-making throughout the trial; Mr. Trump’s lawyers have placed their hopes on an appeal.

“President Trump very much appreciates the court’s consideration and ruling,” Christopher Kise, one of Mr. Trump’s lawyers, said in a statement after the appeals court granted the request, adding that it would help “pave the way for a much needed, and deliberative, review of the trial court’s many errors.”

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A former federal prosecutor told The Post that Smith’s decision to continue filing motions in district court for a case that has been stayed is exceedingly rare — and could get him sanctioned.