Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron on Thursday released a written order detailing why he determined Donald Trump’s Wednesday sworn testimony denying that he attacked a court clerk “rings hollow and untrue” after he fined the former president $10,000 for his second violation of a partial gag order meant to protect courtroom staff.

The former president had claimed on the witness stand that he had been referring to his former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen as the “partisan” sitting “alongside” Engoron when he spoke to reporters outside the courtroom on Wednesday. But the judge was unconvinced, deeming that excuse “not credible.”

“Witnesses do not sit ‘alongside’ the judge, they sit in the witness box, separated from the judge by a low wooden barrier,” Engoron wrote in the order, obtained by The Messenger. “Further, Donald Trump’s past public statements demonstrate him referring to Michael Cohen directly by his name, or by a derogatory name, but in all circumstances, he is unambiguous in making it known he is referring to Michael Cohen.”

He added: “Using imprecise language as an excuse to create plausible ambiguity about whether defendant violated this Court’s unequivocal gag order is not a defense; the subject of Donald Trump’s public statement to the press was unmistakably clear.”

    • fiat_lux
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      He’s been calling her that for years, and it’s kind of wild nobody really mentions it. Michael Cohen tried to play it off as “oh its probably commentary on how she handles lawsuits” (paraphrased) but it’s pretty clear from this list of nicknames that Trump just likes rhyming nicknames for bullying people about things he thinks makes others inferior, including but not limited to racism, ableism and sexism.

        • ElleChaise
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          251 year ago

          If black and orange can’t even get together for Halloween, we’re worse off than I thought.

      • hltdev
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        121 year ago

        most brilliant Wikipedia page hands down 😂

    • LennethAegis
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      631 year ago

      I’ve never heard that word. TIL. Dang sneaky dog whistles that just go over my head.

      • @[email protected]
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        That’s the whole point. Unless you are a dog you don’t hear it. Otherwise it would just be a normal whistle…

      • Christer Enfors
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        91 year ago

        I think I’ve only heard it in Police Academy, when Hooks accidentally runs over the feet of one of the bad guys.

    • @[email protected]
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      511 year ago

      Fuck I haven’t heard that word in like 10 years. But yeah that’s legit what that statement looks like.

    • gregorum
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      351 year ago

      Yeah, “peekaboo” is something Trump probably uses as a dog whistle because he actually thinks it’s a slur, but his dumb brain transposed it for the one you mentioned some time in the past and nobody bothered to correct him, so he just keeps using it, like when people incorrectly use the word “irregardless.”

    • @Raiderkev
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      341 year ago

      That was the first thing that popped into my head. Why can’t this fucker just have a heart attack from all his hamberders already? I’m sick of hearing his shit. The last 3 years were nice. Man was practically out of the news cycle.

      • FuglyDuck
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        121 year ago

        I do not know. But. Like. I’m willing to pitch in to buy him an all-you-can-eat supply of them. you know. To help the heart attack along.

      • @FReddit
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        11 year ago

        Got my popcorn out . . . .

    • Thales
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      311 year ago

      I physically cringed when I read that. JFC indeed. He’s such a racist dipshit.

    • @A7thStone
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      I was thinking the exact same thing. I came to the comment section to see if anyone else caught it, or if I was jumping to conclusions.

    • @tsz
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      You’re trying to tell me there’s black guys on the internet now?

    • @crashoverride
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      121 year ago

      Ignorant white dude here, what is it jigaboo?

      • @samus12345
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        141 year ago

        Yet another slur for a black person.

      • @UnculturedSwine
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        81 year ago

        Just had to look it up myself, it’s a contemptuous term for a black person.

          • @Got_Bent
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            131 year ago

            In his generation, particularly with known actions of his father, I’m quite certain he would know that word. Very common for that age group and their parents.

        • @beebarfbadger
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          171 year ago

          Honestly, I’m glad that it was asked here in this context, because a) everybody reading this without the prerequisite knowledge will find an immediate answer and b) I’d rather not land on some list for googling something that may or may not be a red flag without even knowing :)

          • @[email protected]
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            41 year ago

            If you think you’re going to land on some kind of list for googling a word then you should be out in the street rioting.

            • @beebarfbadger
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              11 year ago

              Oh, I absolutely know that everything I google is meticulously sorted into my data profile. I just wanna be a good zombie and be on all the right lists :)

          • @willis936
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            21 year ago

            You’re posting on the fediverse. You’re already on all the lists.

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      I didn’t even know that slur existing. Fuck Trump. When will we finally get to not give a shit about him.

      • @[email protected]
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        Prob bc it’s an older slur, like how most people wouldn’t recognize dago or wop these days. But unlike racism against Italians, the country never moved on from being racist against black people, so greaseball hamberders like the orange combover can still gin up reactions with his klan supporters by dogwhistling it.

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      21 year ago

      Isn’t peekaboo a game you play with babies?

      Is that a euphemism for like having some kind of affair?

      “playing peekaboo under the table”

      Or am I hallucinating?

    • @marx2k
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      lol black guys don’t exist on the internet. They’re all out ice skating