A New York appellate court has reinstated a limited gag order barring former President Donald Trump from making public comments about court staff in his ongoing civil fraud trial.

Despite already suffering a major legal blow in his ongoing New York civil fraud trial, Donald Trump still has a lot more he could lose.

A US judge has reinstated a gag order that bans Donald Trump and his team from criticising court personnel in his ongoing civil fraud trial in New York. Trial judge Arthur Engoron claims his chambers have been "inundated" with threats and issued the order in October.