Trump indictments

Trump has argued the order violates his First Amendment rights, while special counsel Jack Smith's office says the former president is trying to influence and intimidate witnesses.

The New York Republican's original complaint accused Judge Arthur Engoron of exhibiting “clear judicial bias” against Trump and called on him to recuse himself.

New York Judge Arthur Engoron ruled that the Trump team's arguments that he and his law clerk are biased against the former president were "utterly without merit."

Trump’s lawyers are opposing the proposed Aug. 5 start date, which would come just three months before the 2024 presidential election.

The ruling came after the former president's lawyers argued that he'd been improperly barred from complaining about Judge Arthur Engoron's law clerk.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' office argued the judge needed to take the step “to protect witnesses and to safeguard sensitive and confidential information.”

Jonathan Miller, an attorney for Misty Hampton, said he shared the witness proffer videos with one of the two media outlets that reported on them.

Judge Arthur Engoron has already issued a partial gag order prohibiting Trump from making disparaging remarks about his law clerk.

Cohen has appeared as a key witness in a New York case that could jeopardize control of the former president's real estate business.

Parts of videotaped testimony from Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, Kenneth Chesebro and Scott Hall were leaked to two outlets.

The former president's eldest son returned to the stand as the Trumps' lawyers begin calling witnesses of their own in the civil fraud trial.