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Appeals court again upholds gag order barring Donald Trump from commenting about judge’s staff
The court ruled the former president’s lawyers used the wrong legal mechanism to fight the restriction.
NEW YORK — A New York appeals court has again upheld a gag order that bars
Donald Trump from commenting about court personnel in his
civil fraud trial, ruling Thursday that the former president’s lawyers used the wrong legal mechanism to fight the restriction.
A four-judge panel in the state’s mid-level appellate court ruled Thursday that Trump’s lawyers erred by suing trial Judge Arthur Engoron, who imposed the gag order in October after Trump disparaged his law clerk.
Instead, the appellate judges wrote, Trump’s lawyers should’ve followed the normal appeals process by asking Engoron to reverse the gag order and then, if denied, fighting that decision in a higher court.
The appeals court ruling came a day after testimony wrapped in the 2½-month trial in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit. Closing arguments are scheduled for Jan. 11 in the case, which threatens Trump’s real estate empire. Engoron said he hopes to have a verdict by the end of January.
The four-judge panel ruled that Trump’s gag order can’t be challenged that way, citing a prior ruling from the state’s highest court that characterized such lawsuits as an “extraordinary remedy.”
The court ruled the former president’s lawyers used the wrong legal mechanism to fight the restriction.
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