The problem(s) with Trump’s offensive against a judge’s wife

As the civil trial in New York against the Trump Organization continues, Donald Trump has spent recent months throwing assorted tantrums about the presiding jurist, Judge Arthur Engoron. For a while, I tried to keep up with every anti-Engoron harangue the former president published to his social media platform, but in time, the task simply proved too daunting.

For the Republican, it also proved inadequate. In October, Trump also went after the judge’s law clerk, which led to a “deluge” of threats. It also led to the imposition of a gag order, which was reimposed yesterday by a state appeals court panel.

The judge and his clerk were not, however, the former president’s only targets: Trump has also gone after Engoron’s wife.