Former President Donald Trump appeared in courtroom in a civil fraud case in a Manhattan courtroom in New York on Tuesday.

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Former President Donald Trump appeared in courtroom in a civil fraud case in a Manhattan courtroom in New York on Tuesday.

Dave Sanders/AP

Choose Arthur Engoron issued a gag order on former President Donald Trump and his authorized crew on Tuesday on account of a case A social media post featuring one of the judge’s staff.

Throughout his statements on the second day of the trial that may decide whether or not Trump is accountable for the fraud dedicated by the Trump Group, he mentioned that the gag order restricts publishing or talking publicly about any member of the choose’s employees. Engoron added that there shall be penalties for non-compliance.

All through the primary two days of this trial, Trump hurled insults on social media and in entrance of cameras on the choose and Lawyer Normal Letitia James, who’s suing Trump for allegedly inflating the worth of his property with a view to make land offers.

Chatting with reporters exterior the courtroom on Monday and Tuesday, Trump accused the 2 of corruption and political motives. He additionally referred to as James a “racist.”

Trump additionally informed reporters on Tuesday that he would testify in that lawsuit — one in every of 4 he faces in New York — “on the acceptable time.” Trump is on each the prosecutor’s listing and the protection’s witnesses, though it may very well be a number of weeks earlier than he’s referred to as to look in courtroom.