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NY Judge Argues Against Trump Suit, Says Relationships Between Judge and Staff ‘Sacrosanct’

Defense claims Justice Engoron overstepped his bounds in trying to limit former president’s First Amendment rights.
NY Judge Argues Against Trump Suit, Says Relationships Between Judge and Staff ‘Sacrosanct’
(Left) New York State Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron. (Dave Sanders/Pool Photo via AP). (Right) Former President Donald Trump in the courtroom on Oct. 17, 2023. Seth Wenig/Pool/Getty Images
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New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron, presiding over the civil fraud trial against President Donald Trump, responded in court filings on Dec. 6 to the former president’s accusation that he acted unlawfully.

President Trump and his attorneys made no protest when Justice Engoron first issued his gag order, he wrote, and besides that communications between a judge and his clerks are “sacrosanct.”