Former President Donald Trump has been fined $10,000 for violating a gag order in his New York civil fraud case by making a comment about court personnel outside the courtroom. Trump denied referring to a senior law clerk when he said that someone “sitting alongside” Judge Arthur Engoron was “perhaps even much more partisan than he is.” However, Engoron found Trump not credible and issued the fine.
This episode underscores the tensions between Trump’s legal and political interests as he vies for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination while facing multiple criminal and civil cases, testing the legal system and how to manage Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric and free speech rights as a political candidate.
