Thursday, May 2, 2024 10:08AM
Judge Merchan scheduled a hearing Thursday to consider whether to hold Donald Trump in criminal contempt for violating his case’s limited gag order.
NEW YORK — Judge Juan Merchan scheduled a hearing Thursday morning to consider whether to hold Donald Trump in criminal contempt for violating his case’s limited gag order on four additional occasions.
The hearing comes two days after Judge Juan Merchan held Trump in criminal contempt for violating the gag order nine times, fined the former president $9,000 – the maximum allowable fine under state law – and threatened that future violations could result in jail time.
Former President Donald Trump speaks with the media at the end of the day’s proceedings in his trial at Manhattan criminal court , Friday, April 26, 2024, in New York.
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Prosecutors have asked Merchan to fine Trump $4,000 for the four newly alleged violations, including remarks Trump said in a wide-ranging interview with 6abc Action News in Philadelphia.
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The gag order prohibits Trump from making public statements about:
- Known or likely witnesses
- Lawyers in the case other than District Attorney Alvin Bragg
- Family members of lawyers, staff, Merchan or Bragg
- Jurors in the proceedings
The contempt hearing is set for 9:30 a.m. ET. Testimony in the trial is scheduled to resume at 10 a.m.
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