Trump Goes After Wife Of Judge In N.Y. Fraud Case

Forbes Business Breaking Trump Goes After Wife Of Judge In N. Y. Fraud Case Brian Bushard Forbes Staff I cover breaking news for Forbes Following Click to save this article.

You’ll be asked to sign into your Forbes account. Nov 29, 2023, 06:41pm EST Press play to listen to this article! Got it! Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline Former President Donald Trump went after the wife of the New York judge presiding over his civil fraud trial in a social media rant Wednesday, accusing her of political bias as he ramps up his attacks on members of the court following the lifting of his gag order in the high-profile case. Former President Donald Trump accused the New York judge, law clerk and the judge’s wife of .

. . [+] political bias in his civil fraud trial.

Getty Images Key Facts In a post on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump for the first time targeted New York Judge Arthur Engoron’s “Trump Hating wife,” following weeks of attacks against Engoron, as well as New York’s Democratic Attorney General Letitia James, who brought the case. Trump argued Engoron’s wife and his law clerk—who Trump has repeatedly made digs against—have “taken over control of the New York State Witch Hunt Trial aimed at me, my family, and the Republican Party,” adding: “This is such an embarrassment to all within the New York State Judicial System, as murder and violent crime rage like never before! ”Trump has escalated his attacks on members of the court since his gag order was lifted earlier this month, resulting in “hundreds” of harassing and threatening messages to members of the court’s staff, according to an affidavit written last week by an officer in the court. Several of those attacks targeted Engoron’s law clerk Allison Greenfield, who Trump called “politically biased and out of control” and “crooked and highly partisan,” posting a link to a National Pulse article that showed Greenfield attended an event where attendees supported James and posting a photo of Greenfield with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.

Y. )—Engoron has argued Trump’s claims that he and his staff are biased have “no basis. ” Tangent Trump’s comments on Engoron’s wife follow similar accusations from far-right political activist and Trump ally Laura Loomer, who accusedEngoron’s wife earlier this month of frequently posting anti-Trump rhetoric on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

On Wednesday, Loomer called out Engoron’s wife again in a post on X for allegedly locking her X account and for being “in touch with one of the most anti-Trump ‘journalists’ at Newsweek,” referencing reporter Andrew Stanton, who wrote a story in Newsweek earlier this month on Engoron’s wife’s denial of posting messages critical of Trump. Key Background James brought the $250 million suit against Trump, the Trump Organization and Trump’s business associates, including his adult children, last September, accusing them of fraudulently inflating the value of their assets. Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.

After repeated attacks on the court, Engoron issued the gag order against Trump, prohibiting him from making public comments against members of Engoron’s staff, after Trump posted the picture of Greenfield with Schumer on Truth Social. The gag order was then expanded to cover Trump’s legal team, with Engoron claiming three Trump attorneys—Christopher Kise, Clifford Robert and Alina Habba—made “repeated inappropriate remarks” about Greenfield. On Nov.

16, New York appeals court judge David Friedman ordered the gag order be temporarily lifted as Trump’s appeal of the order is processed through the court system. Big Number $15,000. That’s how much Trump had been fined for two separate violations of the gag order.

The first came on Oct. 20, over the picture Trump posted of Greenfield with Schumer, which remained on Trump’s campaign site after the gag order was issued. The former president was fined again one week later for speaking out about the law clerk in comments to reporters.

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