The discovery was made just five months after he was released from prison for near identical offences which saw him target a 15-year-old girl, something for which he was jailed for three years in 2020.
Judge Juan Merchan, the Biden-donor judge presiding over Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York City,
Judge Juan Merchan, presiding over the first criminal trial involving a sitting or former president in U.S. history, ordered Donald Trump in contempt of court Monday for a 10th time over gag order violations at his hush money trial. Merchan, who already fined Trump $9,000 for nine violations, said it appears fines aren’t a sufficient deterrent, and that should there
The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial fined the former president $9,000 on Tuesday for violating a gag order—and he warned Trump that any further violations might result in jail time. Trump is facing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records for his role in a 2016 scheme to cover up an alleged […]
Former President Trump has now been charged with contempt of court 10 times amid his hush money trial.
The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial fined the former U.S. president $9,000 for contempt of court today and said he would consider jailing him if he continued to violate a gag order.
Donald Trump just got held in contempt of court for violating a gag order in his criminal hush money case -- and while he only has to pay fines for now the judge is threatening jail. The ex-Prez got slapped with some sanctions Tuesday in NYC,…
Judge holds Trump in criminal contempt for the 10th time in response to former president’s comments on the juryThe judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial on Monday held him in criminal contempt for the 10th time and warned he could face jail for continued violations of a gag order.Juan Merchan’s admonition to Trump came in response to the Republican presidential frontrunner’s repeated commentary on trial witnesses and jurors, which flouts the judge’s order barring him from...
Judge Juan Merchan has had it with Donald Trump, warning the criminally charged defendant that jail time for defying his gag order could be right around the corner. "Going forward, this court will have to consider a jail sanction if it is recommended," Merchan said this morning to Trump, now in his fourth week of his stormy hush money trial. — Read the rest
The judge issues his most serious warning yet, calling the violations "a direct attack on the rule of law".
The judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial fined the former U.S. president $9,000 for contempt of court on Tuesday and said he would consider jailing him if he continued to violate a gag order. In a written order, Justice Juan Merchan said the fine may not be enough to
CNN By Jeremy Herb, Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle, Eric Levenson and Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — Judge Juan Merchan has found former President Donald Trump in contempt for violating the gag order in his hush money trial for the 10th time and said he’ll consider jail time going forward. “Going forward, this court will