NY appeals court judge pauses gag order in Trump civil fraud case -court document
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A New York appeals court judge on Thursday paused a gag order that had barred Donald Trump from speaking publicly about court staff amid the former U.S. president's civil fraud trial. Appeals court Justice David Friedman said the gag order would be temporarily lifted. Trump’s lawyers, who are also subject to the gag order, argued that the former U.S. president is entitled to speak publicly about the “perceived partisanship and bias” of the trial, where he faces hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties and a partial breakup of his real estate ...