Former President Donald Trump recently took to his Truth Social account and made a post with caption:
“BREAKING: Unhinged Judge Engoron Under Scrutiny for Allegedly Posting Half-Naked Photos of Himself to High School Alumni Newsletter He Controls (VIDEO)”
“BREAKING: Unhinged Judge Engoron Under Scrutiny for Allegedly Posting Half-Naked Photos of Himself to High School Alumni Newsletter He Controls (VIDEO)”
Donald Trump Truth Social Post 05:52 PM EST 11/08/23https://t.co/7gkQ09B37t pic.twitter.com/TMSRPGLciE
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) November 9, 2023
Trump amplified a story that accuses the judge presiding over his $250 million civil fraud trial of posting off-color photos in his Long Island high school alumni newsletter. It has been noted that hours after his daughter Ivanka testified in Judge Arthur Engoron’s courtroom, Trump reposted a story from the right-wing Gateway Pundit site claiming that the judge published bare-chested photos of himself in the online newsletter.
Engoron, a 1967 graduate of the Wheatley School, a public school in Williston, New York, curated the newsletter, which serves fellow alumni. Engoron declined to comment to the Daily News, referring questions to a spokesman for the New York court system.
Engoron apparently posted before-and-after workout photos in 2020 and 2021 issues of the newsletter. The story claims with no evidence that the pictures are of Engoron, although that’s not clear from the newsletters that they depict him. Indeed it’s not clear what the photos really suggest.
Engoron, who has showed a healthy sense of humor from the bench, has said Trump is free to criticize him. The former president regularly derides Engoron as “unhinged” or worse, even though the judge is empowered to deliver verdict in the case.
The judge did issue a gag order barring the former president from posting commentary about his court clerk and other staff, after he accused the clerk of being biased against him because she was photographed with Sen. Chuck Schumer. He later extended the order to his defense lawyers after they attacked the clerk in open court.
