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4 Oct 2023
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Trump civil fraud trial continues in New York

By Aditi Sangal and Adrienne Vogt, CNN

Updated 8:29 AM ET, Wed October 4, 2023
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11 min ago

Judge rebukes Trump after social media post attacking his clerk and bans parties from commenting on his staff

From CNN's Lauren del Valle, Kara Scannell, Sabrina Souza and Jeremy Herb

Judge Arthur Engoron sits before Tuesday’s proceedings.
Judge Arthur Engoron sits before Tuesday’s proceedings. Dave Sanders/Pool/AP

Judge Arthur Engoron rebuked Donald Trump after the former president attacked his clerk in a social media post on Tuesday and forbade the parties from making any future comments about his staff. 

"This morning one of the defendants posted on social media account a disparaging untrue and personally identifying post about a member of my staff. Although I have since ordered the post deleted and apparently it was, it was also emailed out to millions of other recipients," the judge said in court.
"Personal attacks of any member of my court staff are unacceptable, inappropriate and I will not tolerate them," the judge said.

The judge then said all parties must not speak publicly about any members of the court staff.

"Consider this statement an order forbidding all parties from posting emailing or speaking publicly about any members of my staff,” Engoron said. “Failure to abide by this .. will result in serious sanctions."

Trump posted on Truth Social Tuesday attacking Engoron’s clerk, claiming she was a “girlfriend” to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, and showing a picture of the two of them together.

“How disgraceful!” Trump wrote. “This case should be dismissed immediately.”

It was not immediately clear there was a connection between Engoron’s clerk and Schumer beyond taking a photo.

Monday, Trump also went after the clerk in his comments outside the courtroom, though he didn’t mention her by name.

“And this rogue judge, a Trump hater. The only one that hates Trump more is his associate up there,” Trump said. “The person that works with him. She’s screaming into his ear almost every time we ask a question. A disgrace. It’s a disgrace.”

The photo of Schumer and the clerk was posted last week by an obscure account on X, formerly known as Twitter, that had fewer than 200 followers as of Tuesday.

The post, which Trump included as an image in his own Truth Social post, did not allege that the clerk was Schumer's girlfriend, merely that the two were "palling around." Trump added the baseless "girlfriend" claim. The Truth Social post also included a clickable link to what appeared to be the clerk's Instagram page.

17 min ago

Trump says he will be back Wednesday after court adjourned for the day

From CNN's Lauren del Valle, Sabrina Souza, Kara Scannell and Laura Dolan

Donald Trump speaks as he leaves court on Tuesday, October 3, 2023.
Donald Trump speaks as he leaves court on Tuesday, October 3, 2023. Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images

Former President Donald Trump said he will be back Wednesday as he left the courtroom Tuesday afternoon.

“I will be back tomorrow,” Trump said. “Have a very good day, I’ll be back tomorrow.”

The afternoon session started after a 45-minute delay and unusual activity outside the courtroom during the lunch break. Trump went in and out of the courtroom during the break. 

Testimony re-started after Judge Arthur Engoron rebuked Trump for attacking his clerk in a social media post and in comments on Monday. He has now banned all parties from making any public comments about his staff.

The first witness, Trump’s long-time accountant Donald Bender, faced cross-examination from Trump attorney Jesus Suarez.

The cross-examination will resume Wednesday.

  • Donald Trump says he will be back in court for the third day of the $250 million civil fraud trial against him, his eldest sons, their companies and Trump Organization executives.
  • On Tuesday, Judge Arthur Engoron rebuked Trump after the former president attacked his clerk in a social media post on Tuesday, forbidding the parties from making any future comments about his staff. 
  • The New York attorney general’s case is civil, not criminal, but it threatens Trump's business in New York, and his voluntary appearances underscore that he views it as urgently as the other cases brought against him in state and federal courts.
Judge Arthur Engoron sits before Tuesday’s proceedings.
Judge Arthur Engoron sits before Tuesday’s proceedings. Dave Sanders/Pool/AP

Judge Arthur Engoron rebuked Donald Trump after the former president attacked his clerk in a social media post on Tuesday and forbade the parties from making any future comments about his staff. 

"This morning one of the defendants posted on social media account a disparaging untrue and personally identifying post about a member of my staff. Although I have since ordered the post deleted and apparently it was, it was also emailed out to millions of other recipients," the judge said in court.
"Personal attacks of any member of my court staff are unacceptable, inappropriate and I will not tolerate them," the judge said.

The judge then said all parties must not speak publicly about any members of the court staff.

"Consider this statement an order forbidding all parties from posting emailing or speaking publicly about any members of my staff,” Engoron said. “Failure to abide by this .. will result in serious sanctions."

Trump posted on Truth Social Tuesday attacking Engoron’s clerk, claiming she was a “girlfriend” to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, and showing a picture of the two of them together.

“How disgraceful!” Trump wrote. “This case should be dismissed immediately.”

It was not immediately clear there was a connection between Engoron’s clerk and Schumer beyond taking a photo.

Monday, Trump also went after the clerk in his comments outside the courtroom, though he didn’t mention her by name.

“And this rogue judge, a Trump hater. The only one that hates Trump more is his associate up there,” Trump said. “The person that works with him. She’s screaming into his ear almost every time we ask a question. A disgrace. It’s a disgrace.”

The photo of Schumer and the clerk was posted last week by an obscure account on X, formerly known as Twitter, that had fewer than 200 followers as of Tuesday.

The post, which Trump included as an image in his own Truth Social post, did not allege that the clerk was Schumer's girlfriend, merely that the two were "palling around." Trump added the baseless "girlfriend" claim. The Truth Social post also included a clickable link to what appeared to be the clerk's Instagram page.

Donald Trump speaks as he leaves court on Tuesday, October 3, 2023.
Donald Trump speaks as he leaves court on Tuesday, October 3, 2023. Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images

Former President Donald Trump said he will be back Wednesday as he left the courtroom Tuesday afternoon.

“I will be back tomorrow,” Trump said. “Have a very good day, I’ll be back tomorrow.”

The afternoon session started after a 45-minute delay and unusual activity outside the courtroom during the lunch break. Trump went in and out of the courtroom during the break. 

Testimony re-started after Judge Arthur Engoron rebuked Trump for attacking his clerk in a social media post and in comments on Monday. He has now banned all parties from making any public comments about his staff.

The first witness, Trump’s long-time accountant Donald Bender, faced cross-examination from Trump attorney Jesus Suarez.

The cross-examination will resume Wednesday.