{"id":6668,"date":"2024-04-30T09:58:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T13:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=6668"},"modified":"2024-04-30T10:42:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T14:42:56","slug":"report-judge-rules-over-trump-gag-order-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/report-judge-rules-over-trump-gag-order-violations\/njackson\/2024\/04\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Judge Rules Over Trump Gag Order Violations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Tuesday, Judge Juan Merchan fined former President Donald Trump nearly $10,000 for violating his gag order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prosecutors with the Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s Office claim Trump has so far violated the order barring him from attacking witnesses, prosecutors, court staff, and the judge\u2019s family 10 times. They asked the judge to fine Trump $1,000 for each violation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill <\/a>reports:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWhat happened here is precisely what this order was designed to prevent and this defendant doesn\u2019t care,\u201d Assistant District Attorney Chris Conroy said at last week\u2019s hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At one point, a hearing on the matter grew heated between the judge and Trump\u2019s attorney, where at one point Merchan told Todd Blanche that he was \u201closing all credibility\u201d with the court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump regularly rails against his perceived foes in his legal entanglements, leading his hush money judge, at prosecutors\u2019 request, to place restrictions on Trump\u2019s speech as the case headed to trial.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n