Judge Juan M. Merchan has again found Trump in contempt of court and penalized him $1,000 for violating the gag order, warning the former president that he could face jail time for future infractions.
According to the AP, Trump’s statement “threatens to interfere with the fair administration of justice and constitutes a direct attack on the rule of law. I cannot allow that to continue.”
“As much as I don’t want to impose a jail sanction,” the judge added, “I want you to understand that I will have to if necessary and appropriate.”
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Prosecutors accused the former president of four violations, but the judge only concurred with one.
The judge previously fined Trump $9,000 for nine earlier violations in posts on Truth Social and his website.
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