Former President Donald Trump used his civil fraud trial in New York as a campaign opportunity, and a(nother) gag order hasn’t stopped him from railing against his political enemies.

On Tuesday, Judge Arthur Engoron, who is presiding over Trump’s business fraud trial, imposed a partial gag order on the former president after he posted and later deleted a baseless attack on Engoron’s principal law clerks, Allison R. Greenfield.

But even while calling the New York trial a “sham,” Trump’s latest campaign email cited the previous gag order requested last week by Special Prosecutor Jack Smith as evidence that he was being censored:

We’re barely into the new month — and the Deep State Democrats are already coming after me with everything they’ve got.

A sham trial in New York was not enough to satisfy these tyrants’ thirst for power. Now, the Biden Department of Justice is once again requesting a GAG ORDER against me.

A hearing has officially been scheduled for October 16 to decide whether or not the Department of Justice can get away with CENSORING me.

In other words, in just a few short weeks, Crooked Joe’s weaponized DOJ may very well get away with stripping Biden’s leading opponent (ME) of his First Amendment right to freedom of speech in the 2024 presidential election.

We are watching the ruling regime commit Election Interference in BROAD DAYLIGHT.

But no matter the outcome of the October 16th Gag Order Hearing, the Deep State can NEVER GAG the American people!

To clarify what is being stated in this email, Trump is referring to the New York “sham trial” but the “CENSORING” refers to the Smith-requested gag order, not the one issued by Engoron. Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is presiding over the federal election fraud trial, is holding a hearing on Smith’s gag order request on October 16.

Meanwhile on Truth Social, Trump danced around the Engoron gag order, which only applies to the staff of the court and the judge, and continued his attacks on New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is seeking $250 million in penalties from Trump and his oldest sons as well as a ban on the Trumps ever doing business in New York again:

Just arrived at the Witch Hunt Trial taking place in the very badly failing (so sadly!) State of New York, where people and companies are fleeing by the thousands. Corrupt Attorney General, Letitia James, is a big reason for this. Statute 63(12) is meant to be used for Consumer Fraud. It has never been used before on a “case” such as this, especially since I did absolutely nothing wrong. I borrowed money, paid it back, in full, and got sued, years later, with a trial RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF MY CAMPAIGN. I am not even entitled, under any circumstances, to a JURY. This Witch Hunt cannot be allowed to continue. It is Election Interference and the start of Communism right here in America!

Later on Wednesday, Trump added in another post:

The respected New York Law Journal writes that the “Dissolution Ordered in “‘People of the State of New York v. Trump'” Appears Unwarranted.” Wow, that’s BIG. The whole trial is a Democrat inspired HOAX, just like Russia, Russia, Russia, the SPYING on my campaign, the 51 Fake “Intelligence” Agents, the FISA forgeries, and everything else. THIS IS A TOTAL WITCH HUNT, WHERE I AM NOT EVEN ALLOWED TO HAVE A JURY. The corrupt A.G., Letitia James, convinced the Judge that Mar-a-Lago is only worth $18,000,000 when, in fact, it may be worth 50 to 100 times that amount. Based on their fake lowball number, the Judge ruled that I committed Fraud. NO, CORRUPT LETITIA COMMITTED FRAUD. Her papers are the Fraudulent ones, not mine, and she doesn’t have a DISCLAIMER CLAUSE. This case should never have been brought!!!

Trump’s attacks on James do not violate Engoron’s gag order.

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