Targets Judge Engoron's wife on Truth Social

[struggle4progress]

By TATYANA TANDANPOLIE
PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 29, 2023 10:19AM (EST)

Donald Trump is ... taking aim at the wife of the New York judge overseeing his ... civil fraud trial ... On his Truth Social platform Tuesday, the former president shared at least four posts from conservative activist Laura Loomer that accuse ... Justice ... Engoron's wife, Dawn Marie Engoron, of attacking Trump via images shared to X/Twitter. One post Loomer screenshotted showed the account, screen-named Dawn Marie with the handle @dm_sminxs, post an image of a person spray-painting "F—k Trump" on a brick wall, while others showed him in prison wear ...

In a statement ... earlier this month, Dawn Engoron ... denied making the posts and told the outlet that the account does not belong to her. "I do not have a Twitter account. This is not me. I have not posted any anti Trump messages," she said. While conservatives argued the posts should result in a mistrial or dismissal of the civil case, former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told Newsweek that the social media of a judge's spouse is "not by itself grounds to disqualify a judge," pointing to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' wife, Ginni Thomas', pro-Trump posts.

"Judges themselves have to post something that raises concerns about their impartiality for recusal or disqualification to be appropriate. Family member social media activity, even one's spouse, isn't enough," Rahmani added. Trump's sharing of these attacks comes as he awaits a ruling from an appeals court on a gag order Engoron imposed on him early in the trial that prohibited him from talking about court staff. The gag order, which has been temporarily suspended does not bar discussing the family members of court personnel ...

https://www.salon.com/2023/11/29/targets-arthur-engorons-wife-on-truth-social/

[CurtEastPoint]

1. that smarmy little fuckface 30 year old twit Laura Loomer.... GD nutjob

[Thunderbeast]

2. Wait...What??? Judges spouses are supposed to be politically silent?

Would somebody call Ginny Thomas and ask her?

[DET]

3. In Other Words...

Loomer created an account pretending to be Engoron’s wife and posted those images in an attempt to get the case dismissed. Transparently desperate and pathetic.

[Stinky The Clown]

5. Could it be illegal to have done so?

[malaise]

7. Criminal

Sure looks so

[flying_wahini]

4. Is this not illegal to impersonate somebody? Then make inflammatory statements?

So I can do one on her too?

What shall I say on it?

[Irish_Dem]

6. Putin has been recently going after the wives of his enemies.

Killing them. Serves as a big warning to his enemies.

I see Trump is getting the talking points and following suit.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

8. It's the Russian way

They've gone after the family members to control someone for most of their history. And the Russian people just accept it.

I'm at the point of thinking the country just doesn't have what it takes to kick autocracy. The entire culture seems fundamentally broken.

[Irish_Dem]

11. Exactly. Trump and the GOP are breaking the US for the same purpose.

You have to cause a break down and collapse of a country to install and keep a fascist in power.

You have to make the people accept and even admire a leader who is a crook, liar and cheat.
Just like so many Americans are fine with Trump being POTUS.

[gab13by13]

10. Maybe Putin did this?

Just wait until the election gets closer.

[Irish_Dem]

12. Yes. I am beginning to think the death threats here in the US are organized and planned.

It is being use as a tool to threaten and manipulate politicians, leaders,
government employees to do what the GOP wants them to do.

Yes it does have Putin's fingerprints on it.

You are a sharp cookie gab to spot this.

[Initech]

9. It's absolutely fucking infuriating that Trump keeps doing this and he hasn't done time yet.

Someone will get killed over his bullshit. And I'm not talking people who have already died. I'm talking someone of major importance, and Trump will get out of it because Fox News enables his abuse every day.

[ck4829]

13. Laura "Iranian Passports" Loomer is mentioned here

This is Laura Loomer

[LetMyPeopleVote]

14. The Gag order in this case has been reinstated

This makes me smile. The judge has announced that the order was reinstated during a break in the NY fraud trial. It will be fun to see how TFG reacts

Link to tweet

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/30/politics/new-york-appeals-court-reinstates-gag-order-against-donald-trump-in-civil-fraud-trial/index.html

A New York appellate court has reinstated a gag order prohibiting former President Donald Trump and attorneys from making public statements about the court staff in the ongoing civil fraud trial.

Judge Arthur Engoron originally issued the order barring Trump from making public statements about court staff after Trump made numerous comments about a clerk, who Trump says is biased against him.

Hundreds of threats against Engoron and a law clerk were made public last week. Engoron’s clerk has received 20-30 calls per day to her personal cell phone and 30-50 messages daily on social media platforms and two personal email addresses, according to court papers.

The appeals court paused the gag order earlier this month, but on Thursday said it should be restored.

“Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, and due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is denied; the interim relief granted by order of a Justice of this Court, dated November 16, 2023, is hereby vacated,” the latest appellate ruling says.