In a letter that can only be compared to a plea by the San Francisco 49ers to NFL’s commissioner to reduce the margin of their Super Bowl loss unilaterally despite how the game was played, a non-Habba lawyer for Donald Trump asked New York Judge Arthur  Engoron to effective void the $354 million (plus interest) judgment against Trump, saying the award should be recalculated because the defense wasn’t given opportunity to file a counter-settlement offer despite New York Attorney General Letitia James’s initial calculation of the judgment having been submitted to the Court more than six weeks before the amount was announced.

“The Court’s Decision and Order After Non-Jury Trial, dated February 16, 2024 … directed the Clerk of the Court to ‘enter judgment’,” attorney Clifford Robert asserts.  “Notwithstanding, the Attorney General has now taken it upon herself to submit a proposed judgment to the Clerk of the Court without notice to the Defendants and without conferring with Defendants’ counsel, clearly hoping that the Clerk will issue the Proposed Judgment before Defendants even have a chance to review it, let alone submit a proposed counter-judgment. This conduct not only violates the February 16 Decision, but it is clearly designed and intended to prejudice the Defendants.  […]

“Defendants therefore request that the Court set a return date for the Proposed Judgment that affords Defendants sufficient time to submit a proposed counter-judgment. To deprive Defendants of the opportunity to submit a proposed counter-judgment would be contrary to fundamental fairness and due process.”