
A New York appeals panel restored the gag order Thursday in Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial despite his argument that the restrictions violated his right to free speech.
The trial judge, Arthur Engoron, imposed the gag order Oct. 3 to prevent the former president from commenting on his staff. Engoron has fined Trump a combined $15,000 for commenting on the judge’s clerk, Allison Greenfield, as a partisan with undue influence in the case.
Trump appealed and an appellate judge temporarily lifted the gag order while the case was argued.