Trump claims he wasn’t referring to clerk when he violated fraud trial gag order
Donald Trump has attacked the judge in his New York civil fraud trial after he was hit with a $10,000 fine for violating the gag order in the case.
In a dramatic day in court in lower Manhattan on Wednesday, Donald Trump appeared on the witness stand for the first time in his multitude of civil and criminal trials.
The former president was called to testify about remarks he made outside the courtroom in a break from the trial. New York Judge Arthur Engoron determined that Mr Trump had indeed broken the gag order, branded his testimony “not credible” and fined him $10,000.
Later, when a move for a directed verdict by his legal team was denied by the judge, a clearly frustrated Mr Trump stood and left the courtroom mumbling: “Unbelievable. Unbelievable.”
On Thursday, the former president railed against Judge Engoron in a series of four Truth Social posts where he branded him a “fully biased Trump Hater” who “should be ashamed of himself”.
“HE HAS GONE CRAZY IN HIS HATRED OF ‘TRUMP,’” Mr Trump wrote.
