Donald Trump was fined $10,000 on Wednesday after the New York judge overseeing his civil fraud trial said the former U.S. president violated a gag order for a second time.

Justice Arthur Engoron on Oct. 3 barred Trump from disparaging court staff after Trump shared on social media a photo of the judge’s top clerk posing with U.S. Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, and falsely called her Schumer’s “girlfriend.”

During a trial break on Wednesday in the civil lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James concerning Trump’s business practices, Trump told reporters, “This judge is a very partisan judge, with a person who’s very partisan sitting alongside of him, perhaps even much more partisan than he is.”

Engoron, surmising that Trump was referring to his clerk, called the comments a “blatant” violation of the gag order. The judge imposed the fine after Trump briefly took the witness stand to take questions.

  • @Eheran
    12•1 year ago

    10’000 is to a billionaire what 10 is to a millionaire. Or cents to some random person.I hope that gets the point across just how irrelevant that number is.

    • @[email protected]
      8•1 year ago

      Maybe this is like write-ups at work. Verbal warning, written warning, final warning, 3 day suspension, 7 day suspension, termination.

      So 5k, 10k, 100k, month in jail, 3 months in jail, in custody until trial is over.

      • @atx_aquarian
        9•1 year ago

        “Don’t make me get HR to count to ten again!”

        • TechyDad
          3•1 year ago

          “7… 8… 9… 9 and a half… 9 and three quarters… 9 and four fifths…”

    • Dyskolos
      1•1 year ago

      I’m bad at math, so you’re probably right. Sadly so. Makes it even worse.