Results: Trump disputes need for gag order in NY civil fraud trial

Lawyers for former President Trump argued in a filing on Monday that the gag order on him in the New York civil fraud trial should remain on hold. Driving the news: Trump's team said that the orders "shield" the judge overseeing the case and his law clerk from "the precise scrutiny essential to maintaining public confidence in the judiciary and ensuring a fair trial." Trump's team argued that any threats against the judge overseeing the trial and the clerk do not warrant the gag order. State of play: Court officials last week wrote in a filing that "threats, harassment and disparaging comments increased exponentially" after Trump made a post on social media about Judge Arthur Engoron's principle law clerk, Allison Greenfield. The threats, which targeted both Engoron and Greenfield, "are considered to be serious and credible and not hypothetical or speculative," per the filing. What they're saying: Trump's attorneys wrote in the Monday filing that the "disturbing behavior engaged in by anonymous, third-party actors towards the judge and Principal Law Clerk ... merits appropriate security measures." https://www.axios.com/2023/11/27/trump-gag-order-new-york-fraud-trial