The former president has been threatened with jail for gag order violations.
Donald Trump returns to his hush money trial facing a threat of jail time for additional gag order violations as prosecutors gear up to summon big-name witnesses in the final weeks of the case.
The evidence from Jeffrey McConney yielded an important building block for prosecutors trying to pull back the curtain on what they say was a corporate records cover-up of transactions designed to protect Trump’s Republican presidential bid during a pivotal stretch of the race.It focused on a 130,000 US dollar payment from Cohen to Daniels and the subsequent reimbursement Mr Cohen received.
Mr McConney acknowledged during cross-examination that Mr Trump never asked him to log the reimbursements as legal expenses or discussed the matter with him at all. The 1,000 US dollar fine imposed Monday marks the second time since the trial began last month that Trump has been sanctioned for violating the gag order.“It appears that the $1,000 fines are not serving as a deterrent. Therefore going forward, this court will have to consider a jail sanction,” Mr Merchan said before jurors were brought into the courtroom.
Prosecutors are continuing to build toward their star witness, Mr Cohen, who pleaded guilty to federal charges related to the hush money payments.
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