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.

  • Aniki 🌱🌿
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    I’m sure he’s shaking in his boots.

    Mostly because he’s a fat worthless fuckstain, not because he’s scared of a 9,000 dollar fine.

    • @dhork
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      I wonder if he’s gonna pull some sort of lame stunt, like pay it in pennies, or in 23 pairs of Trump Sneakers

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      • Bipta
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        It’s funny his supporters don’t realize they’re supporting their own demises as well. It’s perhaps the only silver lining to the nightmare.

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            Biden is not amazing, but he’s still at least doing his job. Trump wasn’t interested in actually doing the job, and wouldn’t have been capable of it if he was interested. Even putting aside Trumps corruption and collusion, he just wouldn’t be good at or capable of the job this time again. Even if he wasn’t specifically trying to end democracy and switch us to a dictatorship, he still just wouldn’t be a good president, as evidenced by the last time he was president. He isn’t capable of doing the job.

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              • Tarquinn2049
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                Ah, you didn’t even read the post. Maybe too many words. I’ll fix it. Biden not good, Trump still more bad. We no get choice.

              • @[email protected]
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                Oh look, the cattle cry of the dumbest shit stains on the planet. Fuck your makeup wearing fuhrer.