It never should have been removed.

Violation with zero consequences in 3...2...1...

appeals court lifts gag order

Facepalm

appeals court reinstates gag order

Slow clap

Womp womp. Choke on your own words, you stale Cheeto.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The one-sentence decision from a four-judge panel came two weeks after an individual appellate judge had put the order on hold while the appeals process played out.

Engoron imposed the initial gag order Oct. 3 after Trump posted a derogatory comment about the judge’s law clerk to social media.

The post, which included a baseless allegation about the clerk’s personal life, came the second day of the trial in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit.

The former president, now the front-runner for the Republican 2024 presidential nomination, contends the lawsuit is a political attack by James, a Democrat.

Engoron later fined Trump $15,000 for violating the gag order and expanded it to include his lawyers after they questioned clerk Allison Greenfield’s prominent role on the bench, where she sits alongside the judge, exchanging notes and advising him during testimony.

State lawyers had sought to tie Trump’s comments to an uptick in nasty calls and messages directed at the judge and law clerk.

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I'm staying pessimistic about all of the legal cases surrounding Trump because I don't want to get my hopes up, but this is a very good sign. I'm sure they'll continue to let him violate it with a light slap on the wrist at most, but it's a bold move.

The AP reports that the court made a one-line ruling, but didn't quote it for some strange reason.

Woop the news I'd been hoping for!

I wonder how much ketchup is on the wall at the John Barron residence. For even the most minor of wrist slaps.