Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on Oct 20, 2023 15:26:02 GMT -5
Donald Trump
Trump fined $5,000 for social media post violating gag order in fraud trial
Judge Arthur Engoron avoided holding the ex-president in contempt for now, but reserved the right to do so
A New York judge fined former US president Donald Trump $5,000 on Friday after a disparaging social media post about a key court staffer in his New York civil fraud case was allowed to linger on his campaign website after the judge ordered it deleted.
Judge Arthur Engoron avoided holding Trump in contempt, for now, but reserved the right to do so – and possibly even put him in jail – if he continued to violate a gag order barring parties in the case from personal attacks on court staff.
Engoron said in a written ruling that Trump was “way beyond the ‘warning’ stage”, but decided on a nominal fine because Trump’s lawyers said the website’s retention of the post was inadvertent and was a “first time violation”.
“Make no mistake: future violations, whether intentional or unintentional,” will lead to “far more severe sanctions”, including “possibly imprisoning” Trump, wrote Engoron.
The judge’s ruling came in a week when he had already warned Trump and his lawyers to behave in court. Next week Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and now a key witness in the case against Trump, will testify in court. Trump and Cohen are now bitter – and vocal – foes.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/20/new-york-judge-threatens-jail-trump-gag-order
I hope he does it again and I think he will and then be placed in jail until this case is over and he goes to prison for life. And $5000 is not enough of a fine.
Trump fined $5,000 for social media post violating gag order in fraud trial
Judge Arthur Engoron avoided holding the ex-president in contempt for now, but reserved the right to do so
A New York judge fined former US president Donald Trump $5,000 on Friday after a disparaging social media post about a key court staffer in his New York civil fraud case was allowed to linger on his campaign website after the judge ordered it deleted.
Judge Arthur Engoron avoided holding Trump in contempt, for now, but reserved the right to do so – and possibly even put him in jail – if he continued to violate a gag order barring parties in the case from personal attacks on court staff.
Engoron said in a written ruling that Trump was “way beyond the ‘warning’ stage”, but decided on a nominal fine because Trump’s lawyers said the website’s retention of the post was inadvertent and was a “first time violation”.
“Make no mistake: future violations, whether intentional or unintentional,” will lead to “far more severe sanctions”, including “possibly imprisoning” Trump, wrote Engoron.
The judge’s ruling came in a week when he had already warned Trump and his lawyers to behave in court. Next week Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and now a key witness in the case against Trump, will testify in court. Trump and Cohen are now bitter – and vocal – foes.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/20/new-york-judge-threatens-jail-trump-gag-order
I hope he does it again and I think he will and then be placed in jail until this case is over and he goes to prison for life. And $5000 is not enough of a fine.
