Trump attorneys allowed to subpoena lawyer who bragged about conversation with Judge Engoron

Donald Trump's lawyers have been authorized to subpoena communications between a New York City real estate lawyer and Judge Arthur Engoron, who presided over the former president's civil fraud case

Trump's lawyers believe that Engoron and the attorney at issue, Adam Leitman Bailey, improperly discussed the Trump case ahead of the ruling against him.

It was Bailey himself who spilled the information about this as he bragged about the conversation during a television interview with NBC New York.

During two interviews given in February, Bailey revealed that he talked with Engoron, in which he advised the judge about the law at issue in the Trump case, a move that is completely unethical and borders on judicial misconduct.

Amid one such chat, Bailey stated, "I know he respects my real estate knowledge, so I gave it to him. I gave him everything I knew. He had a lot of questions you know, about certain cases. We went over it."

Judicial rules prevent judges from discussing their pending cases with outside parties and require judges to disclose any communications they have with the parties. Engoron followed neither of these, and that fact could have big implications for the adverse ruling against Trump.