
NY Judge Argues Against Trump Suit, Says Relationships Between Judge and Staff ‘Sacrosanct’
Published on December 7, 2023
New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron, presiding over the civil fraud trial against President Donald Trump, responded in court filings on Dec. 6 to the former president’s accusation that he acted unlawfully. President Trump and his attorneys made no protest when Justice Engoron first issued his gag order, he wrote, and besides that communications between a judge and his clerks are “sacrosanct.” President Trump’s legal team has begun an Article 78 proceeding against the justice, akin to a lawsuit against his actions. In this case, Justice Engoron issued a gag order that the former president and his legal counsel are prohibited from making statements about, or communications with, his principal law clerk....
