Donald Trump will not be free from a judge's gag order when he returns to New York City to testify in his $250 million civil fraud trial next Monday.
In a filing on Monday, attorneys for Trump asked the court for permission to appeal a gag order that had been appealed unsuccessfully once before. Trump was hit with a gag order after he attacked Justice Arthur Engoron's clerk on social media.
"Without expedited review, Petitioners will continue to suffer irreparable injury daily, as they are silenced on matters implicating the appearance of bias and impropriety on the bench during a trial of immense stakes," Trump's attorneys said in the filing.
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However, the attorneys were rejected by a court clerk at the New York Supreme Court's Appellate Division on Monday afternoon.
"Team Trump did not get the relief they were seeking from a New York appeals court today, and therefore, although briefing will continue, the real news is that Trump will not be free from the gag order any sooner than late 12/11, the same day he is scheduled to testify," MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin revealed from the courthouse.
