Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the Trump trial in Manhattan, fined former President Trump $9,000 for violating a gag order in the case.
Former President Trump was found guilty of violating a gag order at least nine times in the NY v. Trump case in Manhattan, the presiding judge ruled Tuesday. Judge Juan Merchan fined Trump $9,000 for violating a gag order that bans him from speaking publicly about witnesses and family members of court officials. The judge found he violated the order on nine separate occasions, with each violation resulting in a $1,000 fine.
During a hearing on the gag order last week, Merchan argued the Trump team was 'losing all credibility' while defending the 45th president's comments on social media that violated the order. 'I’ve asked you eight or nine times, ‘Show me the exact post that he was responding to,’ and you haven’t been able to do that once,' Merchan told the Trump team last week.
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