NEW YORK (AP) — A New York appeals court Thursday reinstated a gag order that barred former President Donald Trump from commenting about court personnel after he disparaged a law clerk in his New York civil fraud trial.
The decision from a four-judge panel came two weeks after an individual appellate judge had put the order on hold while the appeals process played out.
The trial judge, Arthur Engoron, imposed the gag order Oct. 3 after Trump posted a derogatory comment about the judge’s law clerk to social media.
Political Cartoons View All 1273 ImagesTrump’s lawyers filed a lawsuit against Engoron that challenged his gag order as an abuse of power.
They sued the judge under a state law known as Article 78, which allows lawsuits over some judicial decisions.
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Donald Trump, Arthur Engoron, Trump, Letitia James ’, James, Engoron, Allison Greenfield’s
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Trump, Republican
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