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The judge overseeing Donald\u00a0Trump\u2018s criminal hush money trial fined the former U.S. president $9,000 for contempt of court on Tuesday and said he would consider jailing him if he continued to violate a gag order.<\/p>\n

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In a written order, Justice Juan Merchan said the fine may not be enough to serve as a deterrent for the wealthy businessman-turned-politician and lamented he did not have the authority to impose a higher penalty.
\n\u201cDefendant is hereby warned that the Court will not tolerate willful violations of its lawful orders and that if necessary and appropriate under the circumstances, it will impose an incarceratory punishment,\u201d Merchan wrote.
\nMerchan had imposed the gag order to prevent\u00a0Trump\u00a0from criticizing witnesses and others involved in the case.
\nThe fine \u2014 $1,000 for each of nine online statements that Merchan said violated the order \u2014 was just short of the $10,000 penalty that prosecutors had requested for posts that insulted likely witnesses and questioned the impartiality of the jury.
\nMerchan will consider whether to impose further fines for other statements at a hearing on Thursday.
\nThe judge also ordered\u00a0Trump\u00a0to remove the statements from his Truth Social account and his campaign website by 2:15 p.m. EDT (1815 GMT).
\nMerchan\u2019s order came as the trial in New York resumed with testimony from a banker familiar with accounts involved in\u00a0Trump\u2018s\u00a0alleged scheme to influence the 2016 election by covering up a sex scandal.
\nThe Republican candidate in\u00a0the 2024 presidential election\u00a0is charged with falsifying business records to conceal a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels in exchange for her silence about a sexual encounter she said she had with\u00a0Trump\u00a0in 2006.
\nTrump\u00a0has pleaded not guilty and denied having sex with Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford.
\nThe historic criminal trial is the first of a former U.S. president and began on April 22.
\nRoughly two dozen\u00a0Trump\u00a0supporters rallied outside the courthouse on Tuesday morning, chanting his name and waving banners that read \u201cTRUMP\u00a024.\u201d A local Republican organization had called for supporters to turn out after\u00a0Trump\u00a0complained that few people were protesting the trial.
\nBanker Garry Farro, who is not accused of wrongdoing, testified on Friday about financial records filed by\u00a0Trump\u2018s onetime lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, who prosecutors say helped carry out the scheme.
\nTrump\u00a0is required to attend the trial and has said he could instead be campaigning ahead of his rematch with\u00a0Democratic President Joe Biden\u00a0in the Nov. 5 election.
\nThe criminal case is one of four pending against\u00a0Trump, but could be the only one to go to trial and result in a verdict before the election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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