Judge Juan Merchan is weighing whether to hold Trump in contempt and fine him for what prosecutors say were 10 violations of a gag order that barred him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors and others connected to the hush money case.
By Jennifer Peltz, Michael R. Sisak, Colleen Long and Jake Offenhartz, Associated PressFormer President Donald Trump returns from a break at Manhattan criminal court in New York, Thursday, April 25, 2024.
Meanwhile, with the Supreme Court arguments happening in Washington, and Trump’s former lawyers and associates freshly indicted in a 2020 election-related scheme in Arizona, the former president was again in a seemingly tight legal spot. But Trump has a long history of emerging unscathed from sticky situations — if not becoming even more popular — particularly to his loyal supporters.
The high court’s decision may not affect the New York City case, which hinges mostly on Trump’s conduct as a presidential candidate in 2016 — not as a president. He faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection with hush money payments meant to stifle embarrassing stories from surfacing. It is the first of four criminal cases against Trump to go before a jury.
The trial resumed with fresh talk over possible gag order violations. Conroy argued that in the comments about Cohen, Trump described his now-disbarred former personal attorney as a liar and a lawyer who “wasn’t very good, in a lot of ways, in his representation.” Cohen pleaded guilty in 2018 to federal charges that included lying to Congress and a bank.
Trump was dismissive about the looming decision. When asked by reporters if he would pay the $1,000 fine for each of 10 posts if he so ordered, he replied, “Oh, I have no idea.” He then said, “They’ve taken my constitutional right away with a gag order.”
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