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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Nina Lakhani

Judge in Trump civil fraud trial was sent envelope with white powder

Judge Arthur Engoron in New York City on 11 January.
Judge Arthur Engoron in New York City on 11 January. Photograph: Getty Images

The New York judge who oversaw Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial was sent an envelope containing a white powder on Wednesday, triggering a police investigation.

The envelope addressed to Judge Arthur Engoron, who clashed repeatedly with the former president and his legal team throughout the Manhattan fraud trial, was intercepted by two court officers just before 9.30am. Court staff check the mail as a security measure after the judge was inundated with threats before, during and after Trump’s civil fraud trial, including a bomb threat at his home on the day of closing arguments.

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