Donald Trump on Wednesday launched fresh vitriol against the judge and prosecuting attorney in his New York business fraud trial, carefully skirting a gag order imposed on him just a day prior.

Trump tried Tuesday to bully a court clerk, sharing false conspiracies about her as well as her personal information. Presiding Judge Arthur Engoron issued a gag order later that day prohibiting all parties involved in the case from publicly discussing court staff.

While Trump avoided mentioning court staff on Wednesday, he went all out with attacks against Engoron and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

“This is election interference. They made up a fake case, these fraudulent people,” Trump told reporters. “And the judge already knows what he’s gonna do. He’s a Democrat judge. In all fairness to him, he has no choice.… He’s run by the Democrats.”

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Dig that hole deeper and deeper.

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Dictators just love shooting themselves in the head, don’t they

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Unfortunately it happens long after their damage has already been done

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So is this when he gets locked up for contempt of court? What consequences does he face for violating the gag order? If nothing, it’s just business as usual…

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He didn’t violate it.

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I’m suspicious he didn’t violate something for once

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The cornered coward will lash out at everyone and no doubt would back and suggest/support an armed civilian conflict if it meant delaying his inevitable upcoming demise

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to paraphrase a Russian training manual: the end state of a useful idiot is to burn them down in a way to cause maximum damage or confusion

causing another US civil war has been a foreign intelligence goal for years, and trump is dumb and evil enough to do it for them

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As much as I hate to admit it, falling victim to the same tactics that we used in most of South America is probably just deserts.

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He did it once

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What about Hillary’s email server? 😂

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Buttery males!

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