The former president would likely be isolated from the general prison population if sent to jail for further gag order violations.
On Monday, Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over Donald Trump's hush money trial, fined the former president an additional $1,000 after concluding he had violated a gag order for the tenth time.Merchan warned that if the violations continue 'this court will have to consider a jail sentence,' though he also said incarceration 'would be disruptive to the proceedings.' The gag order prohibits Trump from attacking any of the witnesses or jurors involved in the case.
It's far more likely Judge Merchan orders home confinement in Trump Tower or elsewhere for continued violations of the gag order.'Newsweek reached out to Donald Trump's attorney and representatives of his 2024 presidential election campaign for comment by email.In an article for The New York Times, author Jonathan Alter said Merchan could instead instruct Trump to undertake community service if he keeps breaking the gag order, which he said had happened to defendants in other cases.
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