Former President Donald Trump is seemingly once again that subject to a gag order, as an appellate court has reinstated Judge Arthur Engoron’s narrowly-tailored order via Mediaite.
It has been noted that the Judge Engoron’s gag order prohibiting Trump from attacking the court’s staff — which was prompted by a Trump Truth Social post in which he attacked the judge’s principal law clerk — has already cost Trump $15,000.00 in fines and a threat of imprisonment from the judge.
But that order was stayed pending an appeal — one which was resolved Thursday in Engoron’s favor. The order reads:
“A petition having been filed with this Court on November 15, 2023, seeking to annul and vacate pursuant to CPLR 7803(2) and (3): (1) orders of the Supreme Court, New York County, entered on or about October 20, 2023 and on or about October 26, 2023 constituting summary findings of contempt against petitioner Donald J. Trump; (2) a “gag order” of the same court and justice entered on the record on or about October 03, 2023, and so-ordered on or about October 26, 2023, and a “supplemental limited gag order” of the same court and justice entered on or about November 03, 2023
And petitioners having moved to stay enforcement of the aforesaid gag order and supplemental limited gag order pending hearing and determination of the instant petition, Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, and due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is denied; the interim relief granted by order of a Justice of this Court, dated November 16, 2023, is hereby vacated.
ENTERED: November 30, 2023″
The presiding judge was Hon. Sallie Manzanet-Danielsz, who decided the matter along with Justices Ellen Gesmer, Saliann Scarpulla, and Llinét M. Rosado according to the filing.
Trump has continued to attack the judge and his clerk. He attacked the clerk on Thanksgiving, and just yesterday went after Judge Engoron’s “Trump-hating” wife and the law clerk simultaneously in a Truth Social post.
