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Trump fined $1,000 for gag order violation in hush money case as judge warns of possible jail time 118 Comments Trump fined $1,000 for gag order violation in hush money case as judge warns of possible jail time
NY Post ^ | 05/06/2024 | AP

Posted on 05/06/2024 7:18:12 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

NEW YORK — The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money trial has fined him $1,000 for violating his gag order and sternly warned the former president that additional violation could result in jail time.

The fine marks the second sanction for Trump for inflammatory comments about witnesses since the start of the trial last month. He was fined $9,000 last week for nine violations.

Judge Juan M. Merchan warned Monday that additional gag order violations could potentially result in jail time, though he said that was “the last thing I want to do.”

Prosecutors in Trump’s hush money trial are moving deeper into his orbit following an inside-the-room account about the former president’s reaction to a politically damaging recording that surfaced in the final weeks of the 2016 campaign.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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KEYWORDS: fined; freespeech; gagorder; harassment; judge; persecution; trump
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What a joke.
1 posted on 05/06/2024 7:18:12 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Bwaaahhhaahhhaaa! Judge Clownerchan say jailing Trump is the, “last thing I want to do.”

This asshat cannot wait to put Trump in jail for any reason or no reason at all.


2 posted on 05/06/2024 7:21:27 AM PDT by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Why do these articles never cite the statement that is allegedly in violation of the bogus gag order?


3 posted on 05/06/2024 7:21:45 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This is all going to blow up in their faces. All these persecution trials against Trump are going to result in lawsuits against state and local governments when a. They are tossed out by appeal if convicted, or b. Are tossed due to prosecutorial misconduct.


4 posted on 05/06/2024 7:23:57 AM PDT by DownInFlames (p)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They can’t shut Trump up..
I want him in the seat to get the trash out. I am so fed up with the evil getting ahead because the other party won’t do a da## thing!!


5 posted on 05/06/2024 7:25:21 AM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Trump should pay in pennies, but that would just get him another fine.


6 posted on 05/06/2024 7:26:05 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Nothing says "Democracy" like throwing your opponents in jail.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

$1,000 every time he speaks, is very cheap for campaigns. Every nugget out of his mouth makes democrats very nervous. This court case is a good campaign strategy in favor of Trump, courtesy of the democrats.


7 posted on 05/06/2024 7:26:33 AM PDT by adorno (CCH)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Trumpster should just ignore anything this judge says. Play the DemocRATS game. Trumpster would become a martyr of gigantic proportion. This judge knows it and is doing what he can to avoid it while being pushed from the left. This could be the trap set of their own making. Trumpster ignores, judge does nothing, trump wins, Trump keeps it up, judge jails him, Trumpster wins because this exposes their contempt for the people.


8 posted on 05/06/2024 7:27:25 AM PDT by Slingwing
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The judge is doing Trump a favor, by helping Trump to reduce self-inflicted wounds.


9 posted on 05/06/2024 7:27:34 AM PDT by linMcHlp
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It is hard to speculate what will happen if Trump is put in jail.


10 posted on 05/06/2024 7:30:20 AM PDT by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Article source?

AP = Always Propaganda

11 posted on 05/06/2024 7:30:53 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: DownInFlames

.....you know the idea of a US President being put in jail for some fraudulent, silly assed infraction like this makes mine and millions of other patriots blood boil.

Now, if the man had shot somebody or ran over somebody while driving intoxicated that’s one thing, but for what amounts to a political sham made possible by a foreign Born judge is another matter. Where the hell is our so called “Supreme” court?

As for “result” (re your post), I don’t think America knows what the result of Trump being in jail will be????


12 posted on 05/06/2024 7:31:35 AM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Merchan just needs to resign and give up his law license, if he has one.


13 posted on 05/06/2024 7:44:10 AM PDT by silent majority rising (When it is dark enough, men see the stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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To: Fresh Wind

Ah, the old Kramer move. Money is money right?! After all, $1000 is pocket change to Trump.


14 posted on 05/06/2024 7:50:08 AM PDT by GMThrust
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To: ChicagoConservative27

And the Trump votes keep moving higher.


15 posted on 05/06/2024 7:52:16 AM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Judge Merchan will not be forgotten.

Neither will rest of these Obama klowns.


16 posted on 05/06/2024 7:55:15 AM PDT by ABStrauss (I miss Rush! )
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Judge Merchan will not be forgotten.

Judge "Ito" Merchan

17 posted on 05/06/2024 7:56:03 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: ABStrauss

When reporting, it isn’t Biden... I want them to say Obama.. That’s who is the snake.. Biden is.. Has been.. He’s been neutered.. But Barry is on the move.. Getting rid of Christianity, Jews, our constitution, our way of life, ur freedom. He warned us.. They voted for him anyway.
The anti christ is to appear before.as the church goes.


18 posted on 05/06/2024 8:03:24 AM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This slime Merchan knows that gags are available to protect DEFENDANTS. This quack judge is a Nazi-wannabe.


19 posted on 05/06/2024 8:15:43 AM PDT by alstewartfan (Child slavery, rape and drug OD's mean nothing to Roberts and Barrett. )
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To: DownInFlames

Which state and local governments (and judges) are lawsuits being planned to target? I had previously thought state and local governments and judges enjoyed robust protection against civil liability lawsuits? Was that a mistaken impression? Wouldn’t be my first one. Thanks.


20 posted on 05/06/2024 8:19:13 AM PDT by desertsolitaire (Doomed to be Cassandra-like?)
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