NY judge in Trump $370M civil fraud trial rips lawyers for repeatedly accusing him of bias: ‘Getting old’

The Manhattan judge weighing whether to fine Donald Trump a whopping $370 million over business fraud claims chided the former president’s family attorneys Thursday for repeatedly accusing him of bias, saying “that whole approach is getting old.”

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron — who is expected to render his verdict in the non-jury case later this month — blasted a lawyer representing Trump’s two eldest sons for again “questioning my impartiality” in a letter to the court this week.

“You and your co-counsel have been questioning my impartiality since the early days of this case, presumably because I sometimes rule against your clients,” Engoron wrote to attorney Cliff Robert in the Thursday filing.

“That whole approach is getting old.”

Engoron on Tuesday asked Trump attorneys and ones for New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office to submit responses to him about the possibility that a witness in the case had lied on the stand — and whether that should affect his ultimate ruling, which has been highly-anticipated.

The judge’s request cited a New York Times article earlier this month that reported former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg was in talks with Manhattan prosecutors to potentially take a plea deal on perjury charges for lying in the civil fraud case Engoron is overseeing.

Robert — who is representing Eric and Donald Trump Jr. in the case — claimed on Wednesday that Engoron’s consideration of a “speculative” news report “calls into question the impartiality of the court.”

Engoron clarified in an email to Robert, filed on Thursday, that he didn’t want to start “a wide-ranging debate with counsel,” but felt he had to respond to the attorney’s “misleading response.”

“I am not reopening the case, but if someone pleads guilty to committing perjury in a case over which I am presiding, I want to know about it,” he wrote.

Robert, Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba, and prosecutors with the AG’s Office all separately said Wednesday that Engoron should not let the Weisselberg report affect his decision.

Robert responded to Engoron’s email in a statement Thursday saying: “I have always acted responsibly and will continue to properly advance my clients’ interests.”

Engoron’s letter did not indicate when he plans to issue his anxiously awaited decision in James’ case against Trump, his sons, the family real estate company and others.

James’ office over the course of the three-month trial argued that for a decade Trump exaggerated his wealth by billions a year on annual financial statements to get better loan and insurance terms.

She is seeking at least $370 million in penalties against the former president.

Trump, 77, has claimed the case is part of a politically motivated witch hunt against him and has repeatedly attacked Engoron and James for unfairly targeting him.