Former U.S. President Donald Trump has been fined $10,000 for violating a gag order for a second time, during the Trump Organization civil fraud trial in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City.
A New York judge has temporarily suspended the gag order barring former President Donald Trump from commenting on court staff in his $250 million civil business fraud trial. The request for an interim stay of the gag orders was granted by Associate Justice David Friedman of the New York Appellate Division’s First Department, citing the “constitutional and statutory rights at issue.”
The appeals court’s ruling lifts the gag orders that had been imposed on both Trump and the attorneys defending him in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ high-stakes fraud case in Manhattan Supreme Court. The ruling ordered James and Judge Arthur Engoron, who imposed the gag orders, to submit opposing briefs.
The case involves accusations by James against Trump, his two adult sons, the Trump Organization and top executives of falsely inflating the values of Trump’s assets to boost his net worth and reap financial benefits. She seeks $250 million in damages and wants to permanently bar Trump Sr., Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump from running a New York business.
The gag order was initially imposed on the second day of the trial after Trump repeatedly targeted the judge’s principal law clerk. Trump has already violated the narrow gag order twice, catching a total of $15,000 in fines.
The latest developments come after Trump and his co-defendants asked for a mistrial in the case, arguing that Engoron and his clerk are biased and that their conduct has “tainted these proceedings.” This is a developing story, please check back for updates.
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