On Tuesday, a judge issued a restraining order following Donald Trump’s social media and public attacks on a law clerk working for the judge, amidst the former president’s trial for alleged business fraud in New York.

Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron imposed a gag order, declaring, “I am issuing a restriction on all parties from making public statements or comments regarding any member of my staff.”

He emphasized that personal attacks against his staff were neither acceptable nor tolerable.

The judge’s ire was provoked by Trump’s social media post earlier that day on his Truth Social platform, in which he made disparaging remarks about the clerk, CNBC reported.

The post featured a photo of her alongside Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. Trump referred to the clerk as “Schumer’s girlfriend” and accused her of orchestrating the case against him, labeling it as “disgraceful.”

He even included the clerk’s full name in the post and called for the immediate dismissal of the case.

During a break in the trial proceedings later that day, Trump mentioned Schumer and the clerk again, asserting that the trial was “rigged” and “fraudulent.”

Notably, the clerk is seated in close proximity to Trump within the courtroom. Trump eventually deleted the contentious post.

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