Judge in Trump civil fraud trial received hundreds of threats, court filing says
The judge in former President Trump’s civil fraud trial has received hundreds of threats, a Wednesday court filing said.
“On a daily basis, the judge and his staff are being inundated with hundreds of harassing and threatening phone calls, voicemail messages, and emails,” Charles Hollon, a New York court officer-captain assigned to the Judicial Threats Assessment Unit, said in the filing. Hollon said the threats have required the unit to “constantly reassess and evaluate” the security protections to put in place “to ensure the safety of the judge and those around him.”
In the filing, an attorney in the Office of Court Administration argued that Trump’s request to stay the gag orders imposed on him during the civil fraud trial should be denied. The attorney pointed to large amounts of “threatening, harassing, disparaging and antisemitic messages” received by the court’s chamber phone and the personal cell phone of a law clerk for Engoron warranting “the imposition of the limited gag orders imposed by the Court.”
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The judge in former President Trump’s civil fraud trial has received hundreds of threats, according to a court filing.
In the wake of a gag order being temporarily lifted, Trump resumed his Truth Social attacks on the judge and his clerk.https://t.co/V5ObfpfXLc pic.twitter.com/A5QHmiDcLm
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Once again @judgeluttig makes powerful comments that Americans need to hear and heed. While so many other conservatives have stayed silent, he has spoken out when it matters. https://t.co/cWBpcvgDWo
— Peter Wehner (@Peter_Wehner) November 25, 2023
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