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Prosecutors from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office accused Trump of violating the gag order numerous times since it went into effect.

The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money case on Tuesday held the former president in criminal contempt over a series of posts on Truth Social that he said violated a gag order barring any attacks on jurors and witnesses.

Judge Juan Merchan ruled Trump in contempt for nine violations of his gag order, with a fine of $1,000 for each instance. The order prohibits the former president from "making or directing others to make public statements about known or reasonably foreseeable witnesses concerning their potential participation in the investigation or in this criminal proceeding," and "public statements about any prospective juror or any juror."

Merchan had indicated on April 23 that he was not impressed by the arguments from the defense, telling one of Trump's attorneys that he was “losing all credibility” when he suggested that Trump was exercising caution to comply with the gag order.

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[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (6 children)

1K??? AHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHHHAAHAAAA

OMG this is hilarious. I officially now have more contempt for this judge than I do for Trump. And that's really saying something.

[–] Subverb@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

It's the maximum penalty, and the judge acknowledged that he had no control over it and that he wished it scaled with the contemnor's ability to pay.

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

One way to look at it. Another is that Trump is not being treated any different than someone else when it comes to the fine. If he keeps doing it and the judge locks him up, everyone knows the judge was fair.

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[–] Wooster@startrek.website 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

So $9K?

For the layman, that’s a lot, but for Trump?

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Let's be real, that's probably a lot for Trump right now, too. The man's broke.

[–] androogee@midwest.social 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Lol he's not paying. Republicans gave him unfettered access to their election campaign funds

Drain em Donny. Keep going.

[–] Cubes@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

His stake in his "media" company is (nonsensically) still worth billions of dollars right now. He probably won't be able to cash all of that out if he wanted to, but he is definitely not broke.

[–] Grobmobularb@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I’m sure Trump doesn’t pay anyways. He’ll use the money donated to him by Cleatus the slack jawed yokel.

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Bitty balls are better than no balls i guess

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