Man whose social media post got Trump gagged 'has prolific history of criminal litigation'

Earlier this year, former President Donald Trump falsely claimed on his Truth Social platform that Allison Greenfield, a law clerk for Judge Arthur Engoron, as Sen. Chuck Schumer's (D-NY) "girlfriend."

This led to Trump being hit with a gag order that barred him from lobbing attacks on Engoron's staff members.

But how did Trump get the false notion that Greenfield was Schumer's "girlfriend" in the first place?

It turns out, reports The Messenger, that it was inspired by a social media post written by a 40-year-old Wisconsin man named Brock Fredin whom the publication has also found "has a prolific history of civil and criminal litigation over his harassment of women that echoes his attacks on Greenfield."

Specifically, writes The Messenger, Fredin "has been hit with 50-year restraining orders barring him from contacting three women, and he has been criminally convicted multiple times for violating two of those orders."

As if that weren't enough, Fredin is currently under investigation for "possible stalking" as well as additional potential violations of his restraining orders.

Trump's promotion of Fredin's post and his violations of the subsequent gag order have cost him $15,000 in fines so far, with the threat of far higher fines should he continue to defy the court.