[Politics] N.Y. judge orders Trump to delete 'disparaging' post about his law clerk and threatens sanctions

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N.Y. judge orders Trump to delete 'disparaging' post about his law clerk and threatens sanctions
The judge said he was issuing a partial gag order after Trump posted the clerk's name and picture, suggesting she had a relationship with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

The judge presiding over Donald Trump's $250 million civil fraud trial in New York issued a partial gag order Tuesday after the former president trashed his law clerk on social media.

"Personal attacks on members of my court staff are unacceptable, inappropriate and I won’t tolerate it," an angry Judge Arthur Engoron said following Trump's post and comments about his law clerk.

"Consider this a gag order on all parties with respect to posting or publicly speaking about any member of my staff," Engoron said, warning that violations would be met with swift and meaningful sanctions.

Trump blasted Engoron’s law clerk on social media earlier Tuesday and then amplified the attack in brief remarks to reporters during the lunch break.

Trump had posted on Truth Social a different user’s Instagram post showing Engoron’s law clerk at an event where she posed with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. In his post, Trump insinuated that she had a personal relationship with Schumer.

He then referred to it to reporters during the lunch break, saying: “You saw what was just put out about Schumer and the principal clerk? That is disgraceful.”

The trial was supposed to resume at 2:15 p.m., but it was delayed for about 45 minutes. During that time period, Trump's lawyer Chris Kise and Eric Trump were seen approaching Engoron's chambers, and the Truth Social post was removed from Trump's feed.

Engoron, who has not reacted publicly to Trump's numerous attacks calling him biased and a "Trump-hating judge," made it clear his staff is out of bounds. He said that the comments on the post about his clerk were "disparaging" and "untrue" and that they included personally identifying information, and he said he had ordered the post to be deleted.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/judge-orders-trump-delete-disparaging-post-law-clerk-threatens-sanctio-rcna118667