2023-11-16 22:43:07
(New York) A New York state appeals court on Thursday suspended restrictions on any public comments by parties to Donald Trump’s civil lawsuit that threatens his real estate empire, while it rules on the court’s appeal. former American president.
Posted at 5:43 p.m.
From October 3, the second day of this trial on Donald Trump’s overvaluation of his real estate assets to obtain better conditions from the banks, judge Arthur Engoron had prohibited all parties from attacking his team, after a publication deemed “degrading” for his clerk by the Republican billionaire.
He has since imposed two fines totaling $15,000 for contravening this ban.
Seized of an appeal by Mr. Trump’s lawyers against this decision, a judge of the New York Court of Appeal suspended it Thursday before a hearing on the merits, giving the parties until November 27 to present their arguments .
In the ex-president’s federal trial in Washington over his allegedly unlawful attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, an appeals court also suspended the judge’s restrictions on public comment by the parties, before a hearing on the merits on November 20.
The judge in this federal trial scheduled to begin March 4 in Washington, Tanya Chutkan, issued in October a series of restrictions on public comments targeting prosecutors, court staff and witnesses on the case, which concern both the prosecution and defense.
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