Overnight, Team Tangerine lost a bid to stay (or stop) the NY trial court judge’s order from taking effect. Trump may appeal to the highest court in NY… but he will lose there too. He has until 5 PM EST to put forward three names for the monitor, as does the NY AG’s office.

This will be the next cut, in a long line of paper cuts, that will ultimately see him indicted, tried, convicted and jailed. Here’s the latest, courtesy our erstwhile anonymous commenter — with the order itself imaged — at right:

…Engoron, a Manhattan trial court judge, gave both sides a Nov. 10 deadline to recommend three candidates for the job.

The order bars the defendants from transferring assets without court approval, and requires that the monitor receive a “full and accurate description” of the Trump Organization’s structure and assets.

Engoron called appointing a monitor “the most prudent and narrowly tailored mechanism to ensure there is no further fraud or illegality,” citing misrepresentations in Trump’s statements of financial condition from 2011 to 2021….

Now you know — 70s and sunny here, so off we go — for a lake-side bike ride, with my lovely adult daughter. She’s home from various haunts all over Europe, Morocco, Colombia and Colorado for a month, now — enjoying every minute of the time with her. Be excellent to one another… Smiling, ear to ear.

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