Trump Gag Order in NY Fraud Case Reinstated by Appeals Court (2)

A New York appeals court reinstated a series of gag orders barring Donald Trump and his lawyers from publicly commenting about the law clerk for the judge overseeing the state’s civil fraud trial against the former president.

Trump’s motion to temporarily block the gag orders while he challenges them was denied Thursday by the appeals court, after a judge had granted a temporary stay Nov. 16.

New York State Judge Arthur Engoron imposed his first gag order at the start of the trial in early October, ruling the former president made “repeated inappropriate remarks” about the clerk that resulted in ...