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Judge Scolds Trump Lawyers Over Truth Social Defense in Gag Order Hearing

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The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial in New York appeared unconvinced by his lawyer’s defense against allegations that the former president repeatedly and deliberately violated a silence order that prevented him from attacking witnesses in the landmark case . Prosecutors in Manhattan have accused Mr. Trump of violating the silence order through at … Read more

Trump’s fraud court was flooded with credible death threats and anti-Semitic abuse

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A flood of credible death threats and anti-Semitic messages has overwhelmed the judge and court staff overseeing Donald Trump’s fraud trial in New York, the court’s top public safety official said. Judge Arthur Engoron and his law clerk received “hundreds of threats, disparaging and intimidating comments, and anti-Semitic messages” that followed the former president’s harassment, … Read more