Trump Gag Order Reinstated In N.Y. Fraud Trial As Appeals Court Upholds Ban On Attacking Court Staff
Former President Donald Trump will once again be prohibited from speaking about court staff in the ongoing civil trial determining whether he and his company fraudulently misstated the value of their assets, as a New York appeals court upheld the gag order Thursday, reinstating it after it was temporarily paused.
Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media during a break in his civil fraud trial at New ... [+]
New York state Judge Arthur Engoron imposed a gag order in early October on Trump and other parties in the ongoing civil trial, which prohibited them from speaking publicly about court staff after Trump shared a disparaging post about one of the judge’s law clerks, which shared a photo of her with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and referred to her as his “girlfriend.”
Trump appealed the order and subsequent punishments he had faced under it, and the appeals court temporarily paused the order on November 16 until it could issue a more lasting ruling.
The appeals court ruled Thursday it had denied Trump’s motion to throw out the gag order after “due deliberation,” putting the gag order back into effect.
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