Judge muzzles Trump after social media post about court clerk

A Manhattan judge reprimanded Donald Trump Tuesday afternoon, issuing a gag order and threatening sanctions over a social media post in which the former president took aim at the jurist’s law clerk and called her “Schumer’s girlfriend.”

Trump — on the second day of his $250 million civil fraud trial — posted a picture of Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron’s clerk standing with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

“Schumer’s girlfriend … is running this case against me,” Trump wrote without evidence in a caption — which included the clerk’s name and linked to her Instagram account.

The post on X, formerly known as Twitter, was removed later in the day.

“This morning, one of the defendants posted to a social media account a disparaging, untrue post about a member of my staff,” Engoron said in court after an extended lunch break.

“Although I have since ordered the post to be deleted, it has been mailed out to millions of others,” the judge continued sternly.

“Personal attacks of my staff are inappropriate and I won’t tolerate them,” he said.

“Consider this a gag order.”

Engoron made the statements after a roughly 45-minute long closed door meeting in the court, where media was not allowed inside.

Trump’s post was taken down after Engoron ordered it’s removal, the judge said.

“Yesterday, I warned counsel of this and it was disregarded,” he said. “Failure to abide by this directive will result in serious sanctions – I will be very clear.”

He didn’t elaborate further on what the sanctions would be.

Trump attended the first and second day of trial in the New York Attorney General Letitia James’ $250 million fraud case in which she claims Trump exaggerated his wealth on Trump Organization financial documents from 2011 through 2021.

The former president has taken every opportunity in the presence of the press and on social media to blast the black AG as a “racist,” calling her case a sham and saying the judge is on a witch hunt against him.

Trump’s team didn’t immediately return a request for comment Tuesday.