Trump Appeals Gag Order Ruling in New York Civil Case

Published on December 16, 2023

President Donald Trump filed an appeal in the New York State’s highest court against a gag order ruling on Friday. “Petitioners President Donald J. Trump … hereby appeal to the Court of Appeals of the State of New York from the Decision and Order of the Appellate Division, First Department, dated December 14, 2023,” the former president’s attorney stated in a filing. 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 initially was imposed by Justice Arthur Engoron on Oct. 3. The newly reimposed gag order prohibits President Trump from making public statements about the judge’s staff after documents filed with the appeals court showed that he and his staff had purportedly received hundreds of threatening messages....