During the second day of trial this week, Donald Trump’s attorney and the judge had a somewhat heated exchange over the gag order placed against the former president, according to reports.Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s prosecutors have accused Trump of violating acting Justice Juan Merchan’s gag order, which prohibits him from making public statements about anyone involved in the trial and their family members.On Tuesday, the trial began with a hearing on the alleged violations....
Donald Trump returned briefly to the campaign trail on Wednesday and called the judge presiding over his hush money trial “crooked”
To know Donald Trump is to understand how tightly he controls his image and narrative in public. He means to show us: Strength. Control. Power. On Wednesday in Trump’s New York trial, Judge Juan Merchan made it clear who’s really in charge. He held Trump in criminal contempt for nine violations of a narrowly tailored gag order designed to ensure the integrity of this, the former president’s first criminal trial. That gag order prohibits Trump from “making or directing others to make public...
Judge Juan Merchan fined former President Donald Trump $9,000 on Tuesday and held him in contempt for violating his gag order, warning he may impose Read More
Judge Merchan ruled that Donald Trump violated a gag order nine times and ordered him to pay $9,000. Merchan also threatened to jail Trump if he didn’t comply with the gag order in the future. Criminal defense attorney Bill Brennan breaks down the decision.
NEW YORK — The judge overseeing former President Trump’s hush money case held him in contempt Tuesday for violating a gag order nine times. Judge Juan Merchan fined Trump $9,000 over his recent posts on Truth Social and campaign website attacking prospective jurors and prosecutors’ expected star witnesses, warning the former president that additional violations []
Donald Trump could be held in contempt of court and fined if the judge rules he violated a gag order. Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker is then expected to continue his testimony.
Judge Juan Merchan found Donald Trump in contempt on Tuesday for nine gag order violations in his New York criminal case. The state judge imposed the maximum fine of $1,000 per violation and warned Trump of possible incarceration for further defiance. While imposing the punishment, such as it was, even Merchan acknowledged its relative weakness against this wealthy defendant. But it was nonetheless a historic ruling against the former president and presumptive GOP presidential nominee. Yet, that...
FREELAND, Mich. (AP) — Donald Trump returned briefly to the campaign trail Wednesday and called the judge presiding over his hush money trial “crooked” a day after he was held in contempt of court and threatened with jail time for violating a gag order. Trump's remarks at events in the battleground states of Wisconsin and []
A New York judge on Tuesday fined former President Donald Trump for nine violations of a gag order against commenting about potential witnesses, jurors or certain court staff during the hush money trial.
Donald Trump returned briefly to the campaign trail Wednesday and called the judge presiding over his hush money trial “crooked” a day after he was held in contempt of court and threatened with jail time for violating a gag order.
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.