Donald Trump was hit with a $5,000 fine by a New York judge for violating a gag order barring the former U.S. president from disparaging court staff amid a civil fraud trial in which he is accusing him of unlawfully inflating his net worth to dupe lenders.
Justice Arthur Engoron earlier said during a hearing in Manhattan on Friday that a social media post by Trump attacking the judge's clerk - which was deleted from the former president's Truth Social platform - had remained visible on his campaign website two weeks after Engoron had ordered it taken down, according to media outlets.
Engoron, presiding over the trial on charges brought by New York state Attorney General Letitia James, imposed a limited gag order on Oct. 3 after Trump in a social media post shared a photo of the judge's top clerk posing with U.S. Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer, a critic of the former president, and falsely called her the senator's "girlfriend."
Trump at times has appeared in person at the ongoing trial, attacking James and Engoron in inflammatory remarks to reporters outside of the courtroom. The lawsuit by James accused Trump of inflating the values of his properties by billions of dollars in statements to banks, reaping hundreds of millions of dollars in ill-gotten savings on loan interest. Trump is also accused of manipulating asset values to dupe insurers.
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