Donald Trumpā€™s supporters unleashed a wave of death threats and antisemitic and homophobic messages to the judge overseeing his fraud trial, as well as his chief clerk, according to a state court filing this week.

A filing to support New York Justice Arthur Engoronā€™s opposition to a freeze on a gag order in the case includes a statement from the courtā€™s top security official, who has collected ā€œhundreds of threats, disparaging and harassing comments and antisemitic messagesā€ that followed the former presidentā€™s harassment.

Federal prosecutors ā€“ who are seeking a separate gag order ā€“ shared those threats with the federal appeals court judges who will decide whether Mr Trump should be gagged in his election interference case.

But on Friday, the former presidentā€™s attorneys dismissed those threats as ā€œirrelevantā€.

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      Maybe I watch too many interviews of Trump supporters talking, or listen to them at work. They say crazy things and Trump is able to connectā€“or more accurately, use them. But you are right, there are many who are not crazy and support Trump. They just give a small knowing smile when they hear their fellow supporters doing the crazy talk.