{"id":5730,"date":"2023-12-14T12:27:59","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T17:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=5730"},"modified":"2023-12-14T12:27:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T17:27:59","slug":"court-upholds-trump-gag-order-in-new-york-fraud-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/featured\/court-upholds-trump-gag-order-in-new-york-fraud-case\/njackson\/2023\/12\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Upholds Trump Gag Order In New York Fraud Case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Thursday, a New York appeals court rejected Donald Trump&#8217;s attempt to have a gag order in his New York business fraud trial thrown out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In October, Judge Arthur Engoron put in place the gag order barring Trump and his attorneys from making remarks about the judge&#8217;s staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The New York Supreme Court, a trial court that is not the state\u2019s highest court, <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/court-battles\/4360305-court-upholds-trump-gag-order-new-york-fraud-case\/\">upheld<\/a> Engoron\u2019s gag order, finding it did not unlawfully restrict Trump\u2019s speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cHere, the gravity of potential harm is small, given that the Gag Order is narrow, limited to prohibiting solely statements regarding the court\u2019s staff,\u201d the court wrote in its opinion.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Engoron said his staff has been \u201cinundated\u201d with threats following Trump\u2019s comments. He later&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/court-battles\/4292760-new-york-judge-expands-gag-order-to-trumps-attorneys-in-fraud-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expanded the order<\/a>&nbsp;to include Trump\u2019s attorneys, after they questioned his passing of notes to communicate with his staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cMy law clerks are public servants who are performing their job in the manner in which I request,\u201d he wrote in the order. \u201cThis includes providing legal authority and opinions, as well as responding to questions I pose to them. Plainly, defenders are not entitled to the confidential communications among me and my court staff.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, a New York appeals court rejected Donald Trump&#8217;s attempt to have a gag order in his New York business fraud trial thrown out. In October, Judge Arthur Engoron put in place the gag order barring Trump and his attorneys from making remarks about the judge&#8217;s staff. 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