Former President Donald Trump took aim at a law clerk working for the judge in his Manhattan Supreme Court trial, referring to her as Senator Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) “girlfriend” and demanding that the case be thrown out.
Trump was responding to a photo that @judicialprotest shared via X, which showed Schumer and Judge Arthur Engoron’s law clerk Allison R. Greenfield together, smiling.
“Why is Judge Engoron’s Principal Law Clerk, Allison R. Greenfield, palling around with Chuck Schumer?” the account asked in the caption.
Why is Judge Engoron's Principal Law Clerk, Allison R. Greenfield, palling around with Chuck Schumer? 👇 https://t.co/HZvyB8kR28#Trump #Trump2024 #MarALago #MAGA #MakeAmericaGreatAgain @EricTrump @DonaldJTrumpJr @KTDonLeavme @DC_Draino @JackPosobiec pic.twitter.com/o0snIqfxmd
— Judicial Protest (@JudicialProtest) September 27, 2023
Trump shared the X post along with his own comment in a since-deleted post on Truth Social, saying, “Schumer’s girlfriend, Alison R. Greenfield, is running this case against me. How disgraceful! This case should be dismissed immediately!!”
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Trump has been very vocal in his complaints about the trial — which he has referred to as a continuation of previous politically motivated “witch hunts” — prompting Whoopi Goldberg to complain on “The View” that no one was limiting his speech.
Goldberg made the comments during Tuesday’s broadcast, suggesting that Trump’s complaints amounted to the kind of threats that should result in his speech being restricted — and suggesting that if she were to make similar statements, the First Amendment would not protect her.
“Why can he continue to threaten judges, threaten AGs, and threaten just people?” she asked. “Now, I understand that some folks say it’s freedom of speech, but if I did that, they would not consider it freedom of speech.”
“So why does he get to continue to threaten — and it’s threats like he did with January 6th,” she added. “He basically said, ‘Come after her.’ He didn’t say exactly those words, but I don’t know how else you take those words — but why is he continuously allowed to do that when none of us would be able to?”
Co-host Sunny Hostin pointed out that the former president was bound by some “gag orders” — which prevent him from threatening potential witnesses — but that they were not terribly “expansive.”