Donald Trump has launched a fresh tirade on both the judge and his chief court clerk in his New York civil fraud trial just hours after a gag order banning him from criticising court personnel was paused.
Judge Arthur Engoron had issued the gag order in the case after the former president made a series of false and disparaging remarks about his chief clerk of court Allison Greenfield both to reporters outside the courtroom and on his Truth Social account.
Mr Trump had already violated the gag order twice and incurred $15,000 in fines as a result.
But you defend yourself in the court room, not outside of it
That’s how it’s done for most people. This man has clearly lived in the court of public opinion his entire life.
And like it or not that’s the only place where he’s very good at it. So of course anything else is unfair.