A new court filing has revealed ā€œhundreds of threatening, harassing, disparaging and antisemiticā€ threats made to Judge Arthur Engoron, who is currently presiding over the civil fraud trial of former President Donald Trump in New York and trying to get the gag order he imposed against Trump reinstated.

Trump already violated Engoronā€™s gag order twice, costing him $15,000. An appeals court paused the order last week, citing Trumpā€™s ā€œconstitutional and statutory rights.ā€ But the threats have caused serious security concerns for Engoron and his staff, especially his principal law clerk Allison Greenfield.

One voicemail, according to an affidavit filed by court officer Captain Charles Hollon, stated: ā€œTrust me. Trust me when I say this. I will come for you. I donā€™t care. Ainā€™t nobody gonna stop me either.ā€ Another said: ā€œResign now, you dirty, treasonous piece of trash snake. We are going to get you and anyone of you dirty, backstabbing, lying, cheating American. You are nothing but a bunch of communists. We are coming to remove you permanently.ā€

  • books@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Remember when hrc was lambasted for calling these folks deplorable?

    I always thought she was right and she should doubled down.

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          1 year ago

          Well, anyone holding deplorable positions was not going to vote for her, no matter what. All the pearl-clutching tone police seem to overlook that when they lecture herā€¦

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            1 year ago

            Perhaps, but I guarantee you some of them probably werenā€™t going to vote at all until she said it. Spite inspires a lot of weirdos. I think weā€™ve all learned that by now.

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      Unfortunately, being right doesnā€™t matter in a popularity contest.

      I do wonder how things would have panned out if sheā€™d won - I canā€™t help but think Trump would have been replaced by someone better able to overthrow democracyā€¦