In typical Donald Trump fashion, he did not hide his displeasure for the judge presiding over the case, Judge Arthur Engoron. There was a gag order placed on Trump, as he trashed the judge and his clerk, but that gag order was lifted temporarily. Almost immediately, Trump took to social media to air grieveances. “His ridiculous and Unconstitutional Gag Order, not allowing me to defend myself,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on November 16.
Later, Trump took shots at the judge’s wife, Dawn Engoron. “Judge Engoron’s Trump Hating wife, together with his very disturbed and angry law clerk, have taken over control of the New York State Witch Hunt Trial aimed at me,” Donald wrote on Truth Social (via The Hill). He claimed Dawn was using a burner account on X, formerly Twitter, to disparage him. She denied those claims. In late November, the gag order was reinstated. According to a Nicki Swift expert, that could be good for Trump in the long run.
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Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani, President of West Coast Trial Lawyers, spoke to Nicki Swift about how Trump’s attacks against the judge and his wife could cost him. “[I]n a jury trial, be polite to jurors, because they are deciding your fate. That applies here as well,” Rahmani said about the trial which has no jury. “Consistently insulting the family, wife, and longtime clerk of the judge who is deciding your fate is not the way to do things,” Rahmani added. That was not the only way Trump hindered his chances.
