Trump assaults New York judge's wife after court reinstates gag order

Photograph: Gina Moon/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTrump assaults New York judge's wife after court reinstates gag order

Former President lashes out against judge's wife in civil fraud trial before and after appeals court reissues gag order

Donald Trump renewed his attacks on the wife of a New York judge in a civil fraud case involving his Empire business, before and almost immediately after an appeals court on Thursday reinstated a gag order against him in the case.

A New York appeals court has decided to re-enforce a gag order barring Court records show the former US president and his lawyers made no public statements about court officials in the civil fraud case.

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Trump on Wednesday attacked Dawn Engoron, Judge Arthur Engoron's wife and the judge's secretary on his social network Truth Social.

He called Dawn Engoron a «Trump-hating wife» and said that she and Arthur's clerk Engoron «took control of the New York State witch hunt trial targeting me, my family and the Republican Party.»

On Thursday, a gag order against him that was suspended two weeks ago was reinstated, but that hasn't stopped Trump from making further attacks. The order specifies comments only about members of Judge Engoron's staff, not his family.

Trump allegedly posted screenshots of vulgar and obscene anti-Trump messages on X, formerly known as Twitter, it is alleged. was made by Dawn Engoron, prompting her to quickly state that she did not have an account.

“I don't have a Twitter account. It's not me. I did not post anything against Trump,” Dawn Engoron told Newsweek.

One ​​meme shows Trump digitally transformed into an orange prison jumpsuit and mopping floors. The caption read: “He will never be in the WHITE HOUSE again. He's heading to the BIG HOUSE.»

Trump then added captions to his posts, such as: “This is the judge's wife and family putting these things out there. In accordance with these Charter, I do not have the right to participate in the jury. Could this happen in America?

Last month, the court tried to block him from commenting on the actions of court officials at his trial in New York, and then suspended the gag order .< /p>

Less than an hour later, Trump, who is running again for the presidency, launched a barrage of outrage on social media at the clerk who has become a lightning rod for his anger over the case . .

Engoron banned Trump and his lawyers in October after they repeatedly harassed his court staff, including his chief secretary Allison Greenfield, on social media, although Engoron said they were free to criticize him.

The $250 million case against Trump and his two adult sons for illegally inflating the value of assets of the family's Trump Organization business empire, brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, is still ongoing and is expected to be concluded. next month. The court found them responsible, but the trial, held without a jury, is intended to establish more details about the offenses committed and their consequences.

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Trump is accused of inflating his net worth by billions of dollars to defraud lenders and insurers . He denies any wrongdoing and says James has a political bias against him.

Trump in October accused Chief Clerk Engoron of political bias in a post on his Truth Social platform. Engoron said in a court document that the message resulted in the court being «inundated with hundreds of abusive and threatening phone calls, voicemails, emails, letters and packages» from Trump supporters, resulting in a limited gag order.

The order was suspended while Trump's lawyers filed an appeal, arguing that it violates his right to free speech under the US Constitution.

A spokesman for the attorney general's office declined to comment on reinstating the order, and Trump's lawyers did not immediately respond to requests.

Engoron has already fined Trump $15,000 for violating the order twice and warned that violations will be subject to more severe penalties, including imprisonment, in the future.

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