Judge Juan Merchan is expected to bring jurors back into court Tuesday morning to hear closing arguments in New York v. Trump from Manhattan prosecutors and defense attorneys for former President Trump in his unprecedented criminal trial. The jury has been away from the courtroom for a week, after the evidentiary portion of the trial […]
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Trump trial judge to consider Jail over gag order
Judge Juan Merchan has found Donald Trump in contempt, again, for violating a gag order, and warned the former president that he will consider jail time for any subsequent infraction. Trump was fined $9,000 last week, $1,000 for each of nine previous violations. Merchan said: “Mr Trump, as you know, the prosecution has filed three […]