He was never going to rule a mistrial, but this was about getting these objections on record for the inevitable appeal.

Escape route rejected.

The judge digs himself deeper!

Kek!

his Trump hating, handler wife, must have told him what to say.

So what justice Engoron admitted is that he is solely responsible for his judgement and actions. He will regret putting out that statement I suspect.

Here's the ruling

https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/fbem/DocumentDisplayServlet?documentId=e7egXMrk5KE0sOyTUjgixg==&system=prod

Basically he rejects the motion

The one interesting thing he says the political contributions from his law clerk don't violate ethics rules because she is a candidate for judge and thus she is allowed to buy tickets to political events.

Also the GAG Order appeal is more complicated than it seems

NEW: The filings surrounding the temporarily stay of the gag orders in the Trump civil fraud trial reveal something you may not appreciate: **This ain't no ordinary appeal. In fact, it's a brand-new lawsuit against Judge Engoron himself. **

https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=vMWLuYUU9zYh6SHwphu57w==

Of course he would reject the mistrial motion. He would be admitting he’s biased! Duh.🤷🏼‍♂️

He’s a liar. He wouldn’t be hearing this trial if his statement wasn’t blatantly false and everyone with eyes to see and ears to hear knows it. He was picked specifically.

This guy who calls himself a judge needs to be taken to GITMO.