Trump Trial takeaways: Gag, or no gag? Here’s when the judge found Trump in contempt
Justice Juan Merchan started the 12th day of Donald Trump’s criminal trial by threatening to send the former president to jail — even as he emphasized that he really doesn’t want to. If Trump keeps violating the court-imposed gag order, Merchan said, he would have no other choice.
Merchan ruled Monday morning that Trump violated the gag order for a 10th time — but said three other violations alleged by prosecutors didn’t quite cross the line. The gag bars Trump from commenting on witnesses, jurors and prosecutors in the hush money-records falsification trial, as well as family members of the judge or Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.