Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. We return to the courts in New York, where Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial heard from an attorney who represented adult film star Stormy Daniels. But, the day began with Judge Merchan’s decision on whether Trump violated the gag order. The short answer? Yes, he did. And now, he’s been held in contempt.
Almost immediately after the judge in his New York hush money criminal trial ruled that he was in contempt of court, Donald Trump's campaign sent out a fundraising email in an attempt to capitalize on the ruling. “A Democrat judge JUST HELD ME IN CONTEMPT OF COURT!” the email sent out on Tuesday read, according to Politico. “I was fined $9,000 for 9 gag order violations. THEY WANT TO SILENCE ME! They think they can BLEED ME DRY and SHUT ME UP, but I’ll NEVER stop fighting for YOU," read the...
by WorldTribune Staff, April 21, 2024 On Friday, five more alternate jurors were seated in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York, completing jury selection. As noted on social media, the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president is being conducted in a heavily Democrat city, by a Democrat judge, Democrat […]
“THEY WANT TO SILENCE ME!”
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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,…
Prosecutors cited 10 posts on Trump’s social media account and campaign website that they said breached the order, which bars him from making public statements about witnesses in the case.
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
In the wake of Judge Juan Merchan slapping him with a contempt of court ruling, Donald Trump took to Truth Social and slammed the ruling — and the ensuing $9,000 fine — as a ploy to take away his First Amendment right to free speech. Merchan ruled earlier Tuesday that Trump violated a gag order in his New York hush money criminal trial in at least nine separate instances. As a result, Trump will be fined $1,000 for each violation and was forced to remove the offending posts that violated the gag...
Justice Merchan excused a second seated juror for unknown reasons during the third day of the Trump criminal trial.
Judge Juan Merchan should get a move on and quickly rule on whether Trump was in contempt of court for violating a gag order in the Manhattan hush money trial, former federal prosecutor Elie Honig told CNN's Jake Tapper on Wednesday — because it's clear that Trump is in fact in violation.The former president is forbidden, under the gag order, from attacking expected witnesses in the case, which charges him with business fraud associated with buying the silence of adult film star Stormy Daniels —...
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