He former president Donald Trumpthat faces a criminal trial in New York, was fined this Tuesday with 9 thousand dollars for contempt of the ‘gag order’ that prohibits him from publicly charging against witnesses, prosecutors and members of the jury.
Judge Juan M. Merchán, in charge of the criminal process that the Republican is facing in New York, determined that Trump had violated the ‘gag order’ by making several public statements on his social network, Truth Social, and on the website of his campaign in which he attacked witnesses participating in the trial.
The judge presiding over the trial had postponed the possible punishment for the former president of the United States for violating the ‘Gag Law’.
“The defendant has repeatedly violated this order and has not stopped doing so,” said prosecutor Chris Conroy, who also asked that the posts be removed and that the judge remind Trump that if he continues to violate the order, he faces punishment. up to 30 days in prison.
Now, Trump must remove the 7 “offensive posts”” from Truth Social and the 2 “offensive publications” from his campaign website before 2:15 p.m. local time today.
The third week of the trial against Donald Trump begins
This Tuesday began the third week of the trial against the former president and candidate for this year’s Republican presidential elections, which continues with the statements of Gary Farro, the banker who began testifying on Friday.
Farro recounted the efforts of Michael Cohen – Trump’s former lawyer and right-hand man, who is expected to be one of the prosecution’s star witnesses this week – to open a financial account that was used to pay porn actress Stormy Daniels.
Trump, who is required to attend the entire trial, appeared in court on Tuesday accompanied by his son Eric Trump.
The tycoon faces 34 Felony Counts of Falsifying Business Records in first grade for cover up a sex scandal.
