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Justice Juan Merchan found Donald Trump in contempt again in the hush-money case, bringing the total to 10 contempt findings, fined him $1,000, ordered the offending post removed, and warned future violations could lead to incarceration if appropriate and warranted.
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Justice Juan Merchan found Donald Trump in contempt again in the hush-money case, bringing the total to 10 contempt findings, fined him $1,000, ordered the offending post removed, and warned future violations could lead to incarceration if appropriate and warranted.
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Justice Juan Merchan found Donald Trump in contempt again in the hush-money case, bringing the total to 10 contempt findings, fined him $1,000, ordered the offending post removed, and warned future violations could lead to incarceration if appropriate and warranted.
A New York judge found Donald Trump in criminal contempt on April 30, 2024, for nine violations of the gag order in his Manhattan criminal case and imposed $9,000 in fines.
Justice Juan Merchan held Donald Trump in contempt on April 30, 2024, for nine violations of the hush-money trial gag order and fined him $9,000. The judge also ordered the offending posts removed and warned that further violations could bring jail time.
Prosecutors on April 25 asked Judge Juan Merchan to hold Donald Trump in contempt again over alleged violations of the expanded gag order in the Manhattan hush-money case. The motion, filed after earlier contempt fights in the same trial, targeted statements prosecutors said Trump made on April 22, April 23 and April 25. Merchan ruled later, on May 6, and found only one of the alleged statements contemptuous.
A Manhattan judge spent April 23 hearing arguments over whether Trump had violated the hush-money trial gag order with social posts attacking witnesses and jurors. The immediate problem for Trump was not just the possibility of contempt, but the fact that his lawyers looked increasingly unable to explain why his online pile-ons should be treated as anything other than a deliberate test of the court’s patience.
An April 22, 2024 interview on Just the News, No Noise was later cited in Judge Juan M. Merchan’s May 6 contempt order as one gag-order violation in Donald Trump’s Manhattan hush-money case.
Prosecutors asked the Manhattan judge to hold Donald Trump in contempt on April 15, 2024, saying three social media posts violated the hush-money trial gag order. The court had already issued the order on March 26 and expanded it on April 1; the first contempt finding and fine came later, on April 30.
A New York judge amended Donald Trump’s hush-money trial gag order on April 1, 2024, after prosecutors said his social media posts about the judge’s daughter crossed the line. The revised order added protections for the families of the judge and the Manhattan district attorney while still allowing Trump to speak broadly about the case.
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