By Adam Reiss and Dareh Gregorian
An Appellate Division panel rejected the former president’s argument that an order barring him from bashing the judge’s law clerk was unconstitutional.
A state appeals court in New York reinstated a gag order against Donald Trump and his lawyers in the $250 million civil fraud caseagainst the former president and his company, rejecting his argument that the order was unconstitutional.
State court officials had argued the gag order was necessary because of the “deluge” of threats directed at the clerk after Trump had blasted her on social media. Trump renewed his attacks on the clerk after a judge from the state Appellate Division issued a temporary stay of the order earlier this month.
The ruling Thursday by a four-judge panel rejected Trump’s appeal and reinstated the orders against Trump and his lawyers, who’d repeatedly complained about the clerk in court. The decision does not explain the judges’ rationale but means the gag order will stay in place as the panel considers Trump’s full appeal of the orders.
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