Donald Trump has been ordered to pay a $9,000 fine for repeated breaches of a gag order at the New York hush money trial — and a Manhattan judge threatened to throw the former president behind bars for further infractions. NY Post Senior Courts Reporter Ben Kochman shares this story.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan at the start of trial Tuesday morning issued the fine to Trump, citing nine violations of his order issued before trial, barring the ex-commander-in-chief from disparaging witnesses and jurors.
Merchan agreed with prosecutors that Trump had infringed on the gag in seven posts on Truth Social and in two statements on his campaign site beginning just days before trial kicked off with jury selection on April 15.
Read more at https://nypost.com/2024/04/30/us-news/trump-ordered-to-pay-for-repeated-breaches-of-gag-order/
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