Expanded gag in Stormy Daniels hush money case leaves former president two steps away from a prison cell, says Shira Scheindlin
Donald Trump could face jail if he doesn't obey an expanded gag order in the Stormy Daniels hush money case, a retired federal judge has said.Shira Scheindlin, who presided in the Southern District of New York, told CNN's Kaitlin Collins on Monday night that Trump has already been given a warning to stop commenting on the case.'The first thing you can do is to give a warning. I think that's been covered,' Scheindlin said.
'Now, is that what anybody wants to do? No, because that would only make him a martyr; so nobody really wants to put him in a cell.''He's again being treated differently than any other defendant because any other defendant would be incarcerated if they did not stop the behavior,' she said. 'But we've got a problem here... it's really hard to muzzle him with the threat of incarceration because, as I said, that would only make him a martyr.
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