New York County Judge Juan Merchan has ruled that former President Donald Trump violated a gag order during his trial, holding him in criminal contempt and threatening him with jail time for any further infractions.
A New York judge clamped down on former President Donald Trump Tuesday, fining him $9,000 and threatening him with jail time for violations of the gag order he imposed in the presumptive Republican nominee’s hush-money trial.
As Trump looked on prosecutor Christopher Conroy handed the court copies of 10 statements on Trump's Truth Social platform or campaign website that he said violated the gag order.
Donald Trump went after Judge Merchan on social media moments after the gag order hearing during his hush money election interference trial. Yet, Trump looked “small, tired and alone” in the courtroom experts in attendance observed.
A lawyer’s credibility is all they have with a judge. Donald Trump’s criminal defense lawyer in Manhattan may be losing that valuable currency in the early days of the hush money trial. The judge himself said so. At a hearing over whether Trump violated a gag order in his first criminal trial, Judge Juan Merchan voiced disbelief when attorney Todd Blanche said that Trump was attempting to comply with the judge's order. “Mr. Blanche, you’re losing all credibility” with the court, NBC News...
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Justice Juan Merchan has scheduled a Tuesday hearing on prosecutors' request to hold Trump in contempt.
Justice Juan Merchan appeared to show his dark side during a Tuesday gag order hearing concerning former President Donald Trump.
On Thursday, the prosecution's third witness, finance executive Gary Farro, returned to provide his testimony in the New York criminal case brought against Donald Trump.Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) charged Trump with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in an alleged attempt to cover up so-called "hush money" payments made to Stormy Daniels, a porn actress, to keep quiet about an alleged extramarital affair. Michael Cohen, Trump's former attorney, claimed that he made a...
Manhattan prosecutors have accused former President Donald Trump of violating a gag order multiple times. The judge is set to review the case. read more
On the first day of testimony in his New York 'hush money' trial. Judge Juan Merchan had prohibited Trump from attacking jurors or making public statements about them. Trump commented about the jury being predominantly Democrats - a hearing will be held on Tuesday to determine if Trump should face contempt charges
Judge Juan Merchan told President Donald Trump’s defense team they were "losing all credibility" during a Tuesday hearing on whether the 45th president violated a gag order in the Manhattan criminal trial. "I have to tell you right now, you’re losing all credibility in the court," Merchan told Trump attorney Todd Blanche on Tuesday. Tuesday’s court proceedings began with Merchan hearing the prosecution's request that Trump be held in contempt for violating a gag order that bans him from...