Officials revealed in a court filing that Judge Arthur Engoron, who is overseeing the $250 million fraud case in New York against former President Donald Trump, has received “hundreds” of threats.
Charles Hollon, court officer-captain in the Department of Public Safety for the Judicial Threats Assessment Unit, detailed the threats the judge and other court officials have received in a filing arguing against the gag order imposed against Trump being removed.
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“On a daily basis, the judge and his staff are being inundated with hundreds of harassing and threatening phone calls, voicemail messages, and emails, that has resulted in the Judicial Threats Assessment Unit having to constantly reassess and evaluate what security protections to put in place to ensure the safety of the judge and those around him,” the filing said.
The filing also said that the threats against the judge and his staff are “considered to be serious and credible and not hypothetical or speculative” while also providing several examples from Engoron’s chamber voicemail.
The gag order imposed on Trump in the fraud case was temporarily frozen earlier this month after Trump’s lawyers had filed an emergency lawsuit against it.
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Since the gag order was stayed, Trump has gone after Engoron and principal clerk Allison Greenfield various times. On Thursday, Trump called Engoron a “psycho” and Greenfield “politically biased and corrupt.”
Engoron has already found Trump liable for the fraud claims, but now the nonjury trial will proceed to examine six claims brought by James. Trump is seeking a mistrial in the case over allegations that his trial has not been conducted with impartiality.
