Wow, in the ruling the judge has written a scathing 3-page rant excoriating the conduct of Trumps' legal counsel. A few choice quotes:
We are way beyond the point of "sophisticated counsel should have known better"; we are at the point of intentional and blatant disregard of controlling authority and law of the case.
Exacerbating defendants' obstreperous conduct is their continued reliance on bogus arguments, in papers and oral argument. In defendants' world: rent regulated apartments are worth the same as unregulated apartments; ... That is a fantasy world, not the real world.
He has ordered every lawyer on the brief to pay $7,500 into the public defence fund as a sanction within 30 days.
It goes without saying, judges are usually of fairly even-temperament and not lightly do they use this kind of language. They've really fucked up.
It makes me wonder how anybody is still defending Trump. But clearly the quality of what's left is farkakte.