On Thursday afternoon, Judge Juan Merchan said that he will consider four additional Trump gag order violations as he decides whether to hold the 45th president in contempt.
Last Thursday, prosecutors for DA Alvin Bragg claimed Trump violated the gag order seven more times since Monday when he quoted Fox News host Jesse Watters.
On Wednesday, Trump posted on Truth Social: “They are catching undercover Liberal Activists lying to the Judge in order to get on the Trump Jury,” Jesse Watters
Bragg’s office filed a motion on Monday requesting that the court impose a $1,000 sanction for each of the three previous Truth Social posts, instruct Trump to remove them, and caution him that further violations could lead to imprisonment.
The DA’s office cited Trump’s involvement in a New York Post article criticizing Michael Cohen as a “serial perjurer” as part of their complaint.
A new hearing was scheduled for May 1.
Merchan signed an Order to Show Cause compelling Trump to attend a hearing on three new alleged gag order violations. (Below 1 & 2) Merchan has yet to rule on the prosecution's earlier motion alleging ten violations and now there are new ones. (3 & 4) https://t.co/wTLtzBsVO4 pic.twitter.com/ez1U5J2WoJ
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From CNN:
Judge Juan Merchan said he signed the order to show cause regarding four new violations of a gag order for former President Donald Trump.
He signed the order to show cause from the district attorney for the first 10 violations, too.
This means he will hear the additional four violations they have now added. He hasn’t made a decision yet or held Trump in contempt.
This week, Trump ripped the judge and the political witch hunt against him, accurately describing it as “ELECTION INTERFERENCE!”
The Gag Order imposed on me, a political candidate running for the highest office in the land, is totally UNCONSTITUTIONAL! Nothing like this has ever happened before. The Conflicted Judge’s friends and party members can say whatever they want about me, but I am not allowed to respond. The Trial is Rigged and should never have been allowed to take place on a charge that virtually every legal scholar and expert say is bogus, THERE IS NO CRIME. This is a Political Witch Hunt – ELECTION INTERFERENCE!
