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.
Put. Him. In. A. Holding. Cell.
Fill. The. Holding. Cell. With. Wasps.
50,000 to 60,000.
What about just one really big wasp?
50,000 wasp sized Trumps or 1 Trump sized wasp?
Wasps
make it “TVs tuned to MSNBC”
In a hole preferably
Make him pick up litter along the highway.
So he’s going to jail right? Held in jail until his next trial date, like what normally happens to people held in contempt?
Next time, we totally mean it this time!
Stop, or I’ll say stop again!
FOR REALS this time, if you do it AGAIN,
there will be consequenceswe’ll tell you to stop again!$1000 fine per incident? Can Trump wipe his diapers with a thousand dollar bill before giving it to the court? When will this asshat have real accountability?
…for small change. This is not going to stop anything. It just gave his methods a (cheap) price tag.
It has to be reasonable and in line with practice. Trump is both like and unlike everyone else that’s gone through that courtroom. You have to treat him with kid gloves, let him keep pulling on the rope, then hang him with FAFO consequences fully justified and above reproach.
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Stop projecting
$9,000? Fucking seriously?
Unfortunately, that is probably the statute. It sucks that we don’t scale up fines based on wealth.
In Sweden (I think), speeding tickets are based on how much money you have. A person making $50k a year will pay a lower speeding ticket compared to a billionaire going the same speed.
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.
From what I have read, conditions of his release from the other trials include not committing ANY crime. Criminal contempt triggers this and Judge Chutkin is the most likely to jail him. Now…odds on that ACTUALLY happening…
That’s an interesting thought. It will never happen, of course, but if she decides he violated the terms of his release she could remand him to jail until trial. If that happens, then all of the work Trump has done to delay his other trials until after the election would end up costing him big time.
0.000000000% unfortunately
I think you dropped a 0.
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.
I wonder if he’s gonna pull some sort of lame stunt, like pay it in pennies, or in 23 pairs of Trump Sneakers
You’re gonna be major salty later this year when he inevitably wins the election.
Not hush money. Election interference.
What a coincidence! I find him contemptible, too
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.
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.
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.
Go do the same shit and see what happens to you.
Bitty balls are better than no balls i guess
