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US judge threatens to hold Trump in contempt for violating gag order

Former President Donald Trump, centre, speaks to the media upon arriving at New York Supreme Court, Monday, October 2 [Seth Wenig/AP Photo]

A United States judge has threatened to hold former US President Donald Trump in contempt after he violated a previous gag order by failing to retract previous disparaging comments about court staff.

Justice Arthur Engoron said on Friday that Trump has refused to take down an “untrue and disparaging” social media post about a clerk for the judge, a requirement of an earlier gag order.

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