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Judge Issues Gag Order after Trump’s Comments on Court Clerk in Civil Trial

The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial issued a gag order on Tuesday after the former president made comments about the judge’s clerk.

“Consider this statement a gag order forbidding all parties from posting, emailing or speaking publicly about any of my staff,” judge, Arthur Engoron, said on Tuesday.

“Personal attacks on members of my court staff are unacceptable, inappropriate and I will not tolerate them in any circumstances.

“Failure to abide by this order will result in serious sanctions,” he said.

The second day of Trump’s trial got off to another combative start after Trump branded the case a “fraud” and a “scam” and pledged to take the stand in his own defence.

Asked if he would testify in the case, Trump said: “Yes, I will. At the appropriate time I will be.”

But Trump’s comments about Engoron’s law clerk, the attorney Allison Greenfield, proved a step too far. Over lunch Trump attacked Engoron’s clerk in a social media post, linking to a picture of her with the Democratic Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer. He called her “Schumer’s girlfriend” and said she “is running this case against me. How disgraceful! This case should be dismissed immediately.”

The post on Trump’s Truth Social platform was deleted on Engoron’s orders, according to The Guardian.

The case threatens to dismantle parts of the former US president’s business empire and sharply curtail his ability to do business in New York.

Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, is accused along with his two sons and nearly a dozen business associates of inflating the value of his assets by billions of dollars to secure more favourable loan and insurance terms.

Trump has denied wrongdoing and his lawyers have said they would appeal.

The Democratic state attorney general, Letitia James, is seeking at least $250 million in fines, a permanent ban against Trump and his sons Donald Jr and Eric from running businesses in New York and a five-year commercial real estate ban against Trump and the Trump Organisation.

On Tuesday the court heard from Donald Bender, Trump’s longtime accountant and formerly at Mazars USA. Prosecutors made their case that the Trumps had withheld information from their accountants as they inflated the worth of their assets. Bender said he became aware that “there were certain appraisals we hadn’t seen for certain years”.

The trial comes a week after Engoron ruled that Trump committed fraud and cancelled business certificates for companies that control the crown jewels of his portfolio, including Trump Tower and 40 Wall Street in Manhattan. Engoron said he would appoint receivers to oversee their dissolution.

Trump attended the trial on Monday, entering the courtroom with his trademark glower and a retinue of Secret Service agents after being waved past police who hand-searched the bags of reporters and members of the public in attendance.

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