Stefanik Declares ‘Victory’ After Appeals Court Lifts Trump Gag Order

Published on November 17, 2023

House GOP Chairwoman Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) declared “victory” on Thursday after an appeals court lifted a gag order imposed on former President Donald Trump in the Trump Organization civil fraud trial in New York. “VICTORY,” declared Ms. Stefanik, who wrote to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct on Nov. 10 expressing “serious concerns” about New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron, the judge overseeing the trial. “I am pleased to see that after my ethics complaint … an appellate court has lifted the unconstitutional gag order against President Trump,” Ms. Stefanik said in a statement. Ms. Stefanik’s ethics complaint accused the judge of displaying “judicial bias” against President Trump, who is the leading candidate for the GOP presidential nomination in 2024....