Judge in Trump's civil fraud trial faces bomb threat ahead of closing arguments

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : "I've been sitting in a courthouse all day long instead of being in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina or a lot of other places I could be at," Trump said after the first day of the civil fraud trial in October.
42% : Trump has denied any wrongdoing and maintained that his properties were actually worth more than the financial statements showed.
34% : Trump, however, is still expected to attend closing arguments in Engoron's courtroom Thursday.
29% : But a state appeals court reinstated it, arguing that it was necessary due to the "deluge" of threats directed at the clerk after Trump had taken aim at her on social media.
27% : Engoron is presiding over a bench trial in the $370 million lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James against Trump, the Trump Organization and top executives, including Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., in 2022 after a yearslong investigation into their business practices.
27% : Trump appealed the gag order, arguing that was unconstitutional.
24% : Kise did not respond, prompting Engoron to say Trump won't testify.
23% : On Wednesday, there was a tense email exchange between Engoron and Trump attorney Chris Kise over whether Trump could speak at closing arguments.
23% : A state appeals court again upheld the gag order against Trump a day after testimony wrapped in the trial last month, ruling that Trump's lawyers had erroneously sued Engoron instead of following the usual appeals process by first asking the judge to reverse the gag order.
23% : In her lawsuit, James accuses Trump of engaging in fraud by falsely overvaluing his assets and properties in financial documents for more than a decade.
22% : The judge in October issued a partial gag order on Trump after he made disparaging remarks about Engoron's law clerk on social media and to the news media.
20% : "You are not allowing President Trump, who has been wrongfully demeaned and belittled by an out of control, politically motivated Attorney General, to speak about things that must be spoken about," Trump attorney Kise wrote in an email to Engoron.
19% : Engoron and James have become the target of attacks by Trump and his allies.
17% : Before he participated in a town hall in Iowa on Wednesday night, Trump said he was being "forced" to return to New York for the closing arguments, despite having no obligation to attend.
11% : Trump had asked to deliver part of the closing arguments himself, but Engoron rejected the request Wednesday in a contentious email exchange with Trump's lawyers after the former president refused to commit to only speaking about the facts of the case and not engage in any attacks.

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