Trump Fined $5,000 for Violating Gag Order, Judge Warns of ‘Imprisonment’

President Trump had deleted a Truth Social post about the judge’s clerk, but it was still up on a campaign website

Justice Arthur Engoron in the courtroom before the start of the third day of the civil fraud trial of former President Donald Trump, in New York on Oct. 4, 2023. Mary Altaffer/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron had issued a gag order on both parties in a case New York Attorney General Letitia James brought against former President Donald Trump, prohibiting any statements that attack his court staff. On Oct. 20, he admonished the Trump legal team for what he called a “blatant violation” of the gag order.

The same day, the judge issued an order fining President Trump $5,000.