Trump tempts the court to find him in contempt

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Intentional or not, the former president might wind up in serious trouble.

On his first day in Justice Juan Merchan’s courtroom in New York, four-times-indicted former president Donald Trump got a rude awakening: If heor failed to show up every day, he could lose the right to be in the courtroom, or even wind up behind bars. Moreover, he might actually be held accountable for his repeated Truth Social screeds, following

The penalty sought is mild considering Trump’s wealth: $1,000 for each of three violations of the court’s order, an order “to remove the social media posts attacking Cohen and Daniels” and a warning that “future violations of the Court’s restrictions on his extrajudicial statements can be punished not only with additional fines, but also with a term of incarceration of up to thirty days.

 

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