Trump fined $1,000 for gag order violation in hush money case as judge warns of possible jail time

[cigaretteman]

— The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money trial has fined him $1,000 for violating his gag order and sternly warned the former president that additional violation could result in jail time.

The fine marks the second sanction for Trump for inflammatory comments about witnesses since the start of the trial last month. He was fined $9,000 last week for nine violations.

Judge Juan M. Merchan warned Monday that additional gag order violations could potentially result in jail time, though he said that was “the last thing I want to do.”

Prosecutors in Trump’s hush money trial are moving deeper into his orbit following an inside-the-room account about the former president’s reaction to a politically damaging recording that surfaced in the final weeks of the 2016 campaign.

Hope Hicks, a former White House official and for years a top aide, is by far the closest Trump associate to have taken the witness stand in the Manhattan trial.

Trump fined $1,000 for gag order violation in hush money case as judge warns of possible jail time

Prosecutors in Donald Trump’s hush money trial are moving deeper into his orbit following an inside-the-room account about the former president’s reaction to a politically damaging recording that s…

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[TC Nole OX]

Put his fat azz in jail

 

[SSG T]

Put his fat azz in jail

 

[hawkeyetraveler]

He clearly want the symbolism of being locked up. Give it to him, no one is above the law. The judge should have said this is your last warning. Next time you get locked up.

 

[nu2u]

It’s time. Time to bring in the defendant’s courtroom cage that Italy used for mafiosi defendants. Make him stand inside there in between court sessions.

 

[NDallasRuss]

The judge is turning in the parents who always threaten their kids with punishment, but never follow through with it. Eventually the kids catch on that nothing's actually going to happen to them.

 

[Joes Place]

— The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money trial has fined him $1,000 for violating his gag order and sternly warned the former president that additional violation could result in jail time.

The fine marks the second sanction for Trump for inflammatory comments about witnesses since the start of the trial last month. He was fined $9,000 last week for nine violations.

Judge Juan M. Merchan warned Monday that additional gag order violations could potentially result in jail time, though he said that was “the last thing I want to do.”

Prosecutors in Trump’s hush money trial are moving deeper into his orbit following an inside-the-room account about the former president’s reaction to a politically damaging recording that surfaced in the final weeks of the 2016 campaign.

Hope Hicks, a former White House official and for years a top aide, is by far the closest Trump associate to have taken the witness stand in the Manhattan trial.

Trump fined $1,000 for gag order violation in hush money case as judge warns of possible jail time

Prosecutors in Donald Trump’s hush money trial are moving deeper into his orbit following an inside-the-room account about the former president’s reaction to a politically damaging recording that s…

www.chicagotribune.com

Those new violations occurred before the April 30 order.
Judge is drawing the line in the sand now.

 

[Hoosierhawkeye]

Those new violations occurred before the April 30 order.
Judge is drawing the line in the sand now.

Are they all caught up on the violations or do they have 2 dozen more violations to catch up on??

 

[Joes Place]

Are they all caught up on the violations or do they have 2 dozen more violations to catch up on??

I believe this is everything up to the Apr 30th order/original fines.

These last 4 or 5 occurred during/while those were being adjudicated