Former President Donald Trump appealed a gag order on Monday that bars him from speaking about a judge's law clerk to the New York Court of Appeals, less than a week after a lower court reinstated the order.

The state of New York's highest court on Monday denied a bid by former President Donald Trump to fast-track his appeal of a gag order as defense testimony resumed in his $250 million civil fraud trial.

A New York appeals court Thursday reinstated a gag order that barred Donald Trump from commenting about court personnel in his civil fraud trial.

Donald Trump and his son Eric Trump will return to the witness stand to testify in their own defence at the Trump Organization ’s civil fraud trial in New York in early December.

ET By Lauren del Valle, CNN New York (CNN) — A New York appellate court has reinstated a gag order prohibiting former President Donald Trump and attorneys from making public statements about the court staff in the ongoing $250 million civil fraud trial.

A New York appeals court has reinstated a gag order that barred Donald Trump from commenting about court personnel after he disparaged a law clerk in his New York civil fraud trial

Trump's lawyers want to file a second appeal, this time with the state's highest court, in hopes of removing the "unconstitutional" gag.

A judge has denied Donald Trump’s attempt for a fast-tracked appeal of his gag order in his New York fraud trial, days after a ruling allowed the order to stay in place after court filings revealed the scope of abuse and harassment Judge Arthur Engoron’s staff has received.