 A New York appellate court on Nov. 30 reinstated a gag order that barred former U.S. President Donald Trump and his lawyers from making public statements about court staff in an ongoing civil fraud trial case, court records showed Dada gag order barring Trump from attacking court staff amid his civil fraud trial was reimposed pending appeal on Thursday by a New York state appeals court, leaving the former U.S. president exposed to steep penalties if he violates it a third time, Justice Arthur. Angaron imposed the gag order on Oct. 3 after Trump accused Angaron's top clerk of political bias in a post on his truth social platform. The post left the court inundated with hundreds of threats from Trump supporters, Angaron said in a court filing.An appeals court judge had temporarily paused the order on Nov. 16. Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, is accused in the case brought by New York's Attorney General of inflating his net worth by billions of dollars to dupe lenders and insurers.