<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - AP Explains: Trump fined $10,000 for violating gag order"/><ul class="gnt_ar_sh"><li class="gnt_ar_sh_li">New York Appeals Judge David Friedman suspends Trump's gag order in his civil fraud trial while the case is argued.</li><li class="gnt_ar_sh_li">The trial judge, Arthur Engoron, has fined Trump $15,000 for commenting on his clerk.</li></ul><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">A New York appeals judge suspended restrictions Thursday on w<a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/11/06/donald-trump-testimony-fraud-trial-takeaways/71479603007/" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">hat Donald Trump could say about</a> court staffers in <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/10/02/donald-trump-trial-begins-in-new-york-over-potential-real-estate-fraud/71030426007/" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">his civil fraud trial.</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The trial judge, Arthur <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/10/25/donald-trump-sanctions-gag-order-judge/71316628007/" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">Engoron, has fined Trump a combined $15,000</a> for violating the gag order against commenting on <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/10/20/donald-trump-fined-gag-order/71258154007/" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">his clerk, Allison Greenfield</a>.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">But Trump appealed, calling the order unconstitutional and arguing the sanctions violate the court’s rules.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Judge David Friedman, who sits on the appellate division above Engoron’s court, <a target="_blank" href="https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=vMWLuYUU9zYh6SHwphu57w==" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">suspended the gag order while the appeal is debated</a>. Friedman asked for Attorney General Letitia James to file written arguments by Nov. 22 and for Trump to reply by Nov. 27.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"Considering the constitutional and statutory rights at issue, an interim stay is granted," Friedman wrote.</p><figure class="gnt_em gnt_em_img"><img class="gnt_em_img_i" style="height:440px" fetchpriority="high" data-g-r="lazy" src="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2023/11/15/USAT/71586718007-ap-election-2024-republicans-florida-trump.jpg?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" srcset="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2023/11/15/USAT/71586718007-ap-election-2024-republicans-florida-trump.jpg?width=1320&height=880&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp 2x" decoding="async" alt="Former President Donald Trump campaigns on Nov. 4, 2023, in Kissimmee, Fla."/></figure><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><a target="_blank" href="https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=q0KunqL6AzoiHioXkB85aw==" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">The trial resulted from James suing Trump</a>, his sons Eric and Donald Trump Jr., and their namesake corporation for $250 million. Engoron has already ruled they committed fraud for years in overvaluing real-estate properties for more favorable loans, and he is now <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/11/09/trump-toast-watergate-ny-fraud-trial/71517767007/" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">considering what damages to impose</a>.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Engoron ordered the cancellation of Trump's business certificates, which could end his business in New York state. But that part of the decision is on hold while Trump appeals.</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Trump has repeatedly criticized Engoron and Greenfield as partisans...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/11/16/donald-trump-gag-order-suspended-new-york/71610202007/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
