The ongoing civil fraud trial of former President Donald Trump has witnessed a new directive from Judge Arthur Engoron, who has ordered Trump’s legal representatives to cease mentioning his law clerk and other staff colleagues. The reasons given for the command are a recent influx of intimidating and abusive emails and voice mails delivered to his office.
The directive was cited as an expansion of an earlier gag order imposed on Trump by Judge Engoron on October 3. On top of directing Trump, this restriction has been extended to attorneys representing his sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump. The decision follows the lawyers’ “repeated inappropriate remarks” about the clerk in the open court.
This issue contributes to the ongoing legal efforts facing the Trump family, with an earlier violation of the gag order already resulting in a $15,000 fine for the former president.
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