Donald Trump's lawyers barred from commenting on trial judge’s communications with staff

Donald Trump (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

The judge in Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial has barred lawyers in the case from commenting on “confidential communications” between him and his staff, after the former president’s attorneys renewed claims that a clerk was poisoning the proceedings.

Threatening “serious sanctions” for any violations, Judge Arthur Engoron expanded on a gagging order that prohibited parties in the trial from speaking publicly about court staff.