Justice Merchan has discovered that Trump willfully violated the court docket’s gag order in 9 of the ten contempt prices leveled towards him by prosecutors.
He imposed a monetary penalty of $1,000 (£799) per violation, for a complete of $9,000.
On the bench, Justice Merchan stored his resolution curt and transient. However his precise order, handed down simply now, incorporates a severe warning.
“Defendant is hereby warned that the Courtroom is not going to tolerate continued willful violations of its lawful orders, and that if obligatory and acceptable below the circumstances, it should impose an incarceratory punishment.”
In different phrases, of Trump continues to flout the court docket’s prohibitions on attacking witnesses, potential witnesses, jurors, and court docket workers, he may face time in jail.
Justice Merchan has basically given prosecutors all the things they’ve requested for: Trump is even ordered to take away 7 of the offending posts from Reality Social, and a couple of from his marketing campaign web site.
