[T]he manner in which the president has used his position and platform to affect the course of pending court cases, as Ms. [Roberta] Kaplan said, is really without precedent. Whether instigated by him or by his supporters, the harms at issue here are not hypothetical. They are real, significant, and present an unwarranted obstacle to those who would seek to vindicate their rights in federal court.

— Judge Lorna G. Schofield of the Southern District of New York, orally granting a motion for plaintiffs to proceed pseudonymously in the civil RICO case filed against the Trump Corporation, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and Ivanka Trump due to the President’s inappropriate behavior. Roberta Kaplan of Kaplan Hecker & Fink represents the plaintiffs in this case.

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