Former President Donald Trump has taken to Truth Social to criticize the judge and law clerk in his New York civil fraud trial, which he has repeatedly slammed as a political witch hunt.
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Former President Donald Trump has amplified his attacks on the court clerk in his New York civil fraud trial, posting about her five times in the four days since an appeals court judge lifted a gag order banning him from talking about court staff—after Trump was fined $15,000 for making disparaging public comments and spreading rumors about the clerk.Key Facts
Engoron imposed a gag order against Trump on October 3—the second day of the civil trial accusing him of fraudulently overstating the value of his assets—prohibiting the former president from “posting, emailing or speaking publicly” about members of the court’s staff, an order that was expanded earlier this month to cover Trump’s attorneys.
After more than a month, New York appeals court Judge David Friedman temporarily lifted the order on Thursday as Trump’s appeal works its way through the court system, allowing Trump to once again comment on members of Engoron’s staff publicly, after Friedman called the gag order inappropriate for a civil case without a jury.
Later that day, Trump blasted Engoron’s “politically biased and out of control, Trump Hating Clerk” on Truth Social, calling the gag order “Ridiculous and Unconstitutional” and reiterating his claim the trial amounts to a witch hunt—Trump has denied any wrongdoing in the case.
Trump slammed the clerk in another post on Saturday, calling her a “crooked and highly partisan Law Clerk,” while blasting New York Attorney General Letitia James—who is suing Trump for fraud—as “racist” and arguing the clerk and James “should be sanctioned and prosecuted over this complete and very obvious MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE!!!”
Later on Saturday, Trump shared a link to a story on conservative website The National Pulse that included a photo of the clerk and called her Engoron’s “Co-Judge,” and re-shared the story hours later in a post that called the case a “POLITICAL WITCH HUNT” and a “Hoax.
