Trump Gag Order Reimposed by New York Appeals Court
Published on November 30, 2023
An appeals court in New York has upheld the gag order imposed on former President Donald Trump by Judge Arthur Engoron, rejecting the former president’s bid to avoid restrictions on his freedom to speak about his trial that he has denounced as politically-motivated. In an order issued on Nov. 30, a four-judge panel of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, overturned a temporary suspension of the gag order, which was initially imposed by Judge Engeron on Oct. 3. The newly reimposed gag order prohibits President Trump from making public statements about Judge Engoron’s staff after documents filed with the appeals court showed that the judge and his staff had purportedly received hundreds of threatening messages....