As his Manhattan test drew to a close on Tuesday, Donald Trump was held in legal contempt for violating a gag order that forbade him from speaking to anyone in his hush-money situation. He also received a$ 9, 000 fine.
Justice Juan Merchan, a justice for the state’s Supreme Court, made the decision shortly after the couch and after promising to allow Trump attend Barron’s high school graduation.
The judge ordered the nine insulting Truth Social articles to be removed by 2:15 p.m. in an accompanying written order, which stated that the judge and feared testimony Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels, and that further offenses was put Trump in jail.
The judge did n’t buy Trump’s argument that sharing things others had said did n’t violate the gag order.
There is no denying that the defendant’s intention and goal is to let his visitors know that he supports and accepts the posted speech as his own, according to Merchan.
The court has warned the defendant that it will not tolerate continued deliberate contraventions of its constitutional orders and that it will impose an incarceration if necessary and appropriate in the circumstances.
The prosecution requested punishment for Trump for what they claimed included more than a dozen violations of his constitutional rights, a joke order for him to not comment on trial participants, and more economic sanctions. Since that demand, they said he’s violated it another four days, which Merchan did consider at a reading on Thursday.
Trump donned his trademark red tie and military fit just before 9 a.m. for the court appearance. Eric Trump, who appeared to be the first member of his family to attend the trial, and his legal crew and brother, who gave the impression that he was the first to go to court.
Around two hundred pro-Trump demonstrators gathered in Collect Pond Park across the street from the court at 8 a.m., carrying” Make America Great Repeatedly” colors emblazoned with the former mayor’s face and one with the phrase” Complete the wall” in Collect Pond Park.
” Our younger Republican statistical support is surging, in elections, CNN and Siena, and the Republicans across the state as well. So I believe it’s important for individuals to organize, support Trump, and help all of the Republicans so that we can do well in November, according to Bobby Walker, vice chairman of the New York State Young Republicans.
Former Michael Cohen lender Gary Farro is expected to examine the former Trump fixer’s work to cover up Stormy Daniels ‘ alleged collusion with Trump ahead of the 2016 election.
Cohen pleaded innocent in 2018 to , violating campaign finance laws in relation to the Daniels return, tax avoidance, and lying to Congress about Trump’s company dealing with Russia. He received a three- time name, quarter of which he served at his Trump Park Ave. room.
Trump, 77, has pleaded not guilty to , 34 counts of misrepresentation of business information, alleging he concealed insurance to Cohen for paying off Daniels by recording it as pay for legal service.
Prosecutors say Trump’s payments to his former prosecutor, issued in a series of checks throughout his first year in business,  , capped a yearslong program devised at an August 2015 meeting , at Trump Tower between next- candidate Trump, Cohen, and former publisher of the National Enquirer David Pecker.
Jurors last week heard , extensive testimony from Pecker , over four days. The prosecution’s first witness, who was given immunity to testify in Cohen’s federal case, claimed he agreed to be the “eyes and ears” of the Trump campaign by identifying false news stories that might emerge so that they could be bought and buried, commissioning flattering ones, and elevating hit stories about his opponents.
During around 30 minutes of testimony, Trump’s longtime executive assistant Rhona Graff said contact details for Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal were , stored in the Trump Organization’s servers , and said she once saw Daniels at Trump Tower.
The former president and presumed Republican frontrunner in this year’s election denies any of these claims and claims to be the victim of a “witch hunt” led by Democrats. Trump has regularly sent email blasts claiming that he will be imprisoned for allegedly violating gag orders and using the court case to raise money for his current White House bid.
Trump faces four criminal charges as he tries to win the presidency once more. He has entered a not-guilty plea on numerous charges, alleging that he planned to rig the results of the most recent presidential election and mishandled national defense secrets.
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