Ben Kochman writes for the New York Post:
Donald Trump keeps sharing a photo on social media featuring a bright-red arrow pointing at the head of a bearded man at his civil fraud trial — claiming he is the son of the judge. The Post can now confirm that the pictured bespectacled, well-groomed target is not the kin of Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron.
I should know — I’m the guy in the photo. Trump, 77, on Tuesday yet again signal-boosted the photo of me sitting a few rows into the court gallery along with an article by a fringe-right activist inexplicably claiming Engoron’s son is “financially benefitting” from being given a “prominent” seat at the trial.
It was the second time within a month that the former president shared the photo of me and a screenshot of the Nov. 7 article from Laura Loomer.
Read the full article.
Loomer has posted the false claim at least a dozen times.
Donald Trump keeps re-posting a photo of a bearded man at his civil fraud trial.
He’s signal-boosted claims that the guy is the son of the judge — and that this somehow is a scandal.
There’s just one problem.
The guy in the photo is me.https://t.co/wlvOa8GCOc
— Ben Kochman (@benkochman) December 20, 2023
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President Trump just shared a screenshot on Truth Social from a tweet made by Congressman George Santos @MrSantosNY in which Santos said he passed my findings about Judge Arthur Engoron and his conflict of interests with his son and his wife and her anti -Trump postings… pic.twitter.com/3MAvrq5MO1
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) December 19, 2023
EXCLUSIVE:
Judge Arthur Engoron has made the Trump trial a family affair and potentially has reserved seats for his son, Ian Engoron, who may be financially benefiting from the Trump Trial via his position at an Democrat activist law firm in New York City, and his father’s… https://t.co/RV3k1QqTJ0 pic.twitter.com/ScjjTLPDYL
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) November 7, 2023