Trump held in contempt for violating judge's gag order in New York trial

The judge overseeing erstwhile President Donald Trump's criminal trial successful New York held him successful contempt of tribunal connected Tuesday for violating a gag bid that limits what he tin opportunity astir those progressive successful nan case.

Judge Juan Merchan said Trump violated nan bid 9 times successful caller weeks. He fined Trump $9,000, aliases $1,000 for each violation.

Merchan issued nan original gag order successful March, earlier nan proceedings sewage underway. It barred Trump from commenting connected apt witnesses, imaginable jurors, tribunal staff, lawyers for nan prosecution and others connected to nan case. The judge later expanded that bid to screen his ain family members aft Trump attacked his girl complete her consulting activity pinch Democratic candidates and progressive causes.

The gag bid does not forestall Trump from criticizing Merchan aliases Alvin Bragg, nan Manhattan territory attorney.

Prosecutors from Bragg's agency revenge a mobility urging nan judge to find Trump successful contempt complete 10 posts targeting Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels and others. They laid retired 4 different instances successful which they said Trump violated nan bid erstwhile tribunal convened past Thursday. Those 4 alleged violations are nan taxable of a proceeding group to beryllium held this week.

At a proceeding complete nan posts earlier past week, Chris Conroy, an lawyer connected Bragg's team, said they "willfully and flagrantly" violated nan order.

"No 1 is disconnected limits to nan defendant. He tin onslaught and activity to intimidate anyone he wants to successful work to himself," charismatic Chris Conroy said. He asked that nan judge enforce a $1,000 good for each station and bid Trump to return them down.

Todd Blanche, an lawyer for Trump, based on that his customer was responding to governmental attacks successful his posts, and did not judge he was violating nan bid erstwhile reposting aliases quoting others. Merchan many times asked him to sanction nan precise attacks Trump was responding to, which Blanche could not do.

"Mr. Blanche, you're losing each credibility. I person to show you that correct now. You're losing each credibility pinch nan court," Merchan said astatine 1 point.

Trump is charged pinch 34 counts of falsifying business records related to reimbursements for a $130,000 "hush money" costs to Stormy Daniels, an big movie prima who said she had a intersexual brushwood pinch Trump, which Trump denies. He has pleaded not blameworthy to each charges successful nan case, and many times protested nan gag bid arsenic "unconstitutional."