Former President Donald Trump was fined $5,000 by a New York judge on Friday for violating a gag order not to speak about any members of the court staff – and was warned twice about possible imprisonment.
“Donald Trump has received ample warning from this Court as to the possible repercussions of violating the gag order. He specifically acknowledged that he understood and would abide by it,” Judge Arthur Engoron said in his order Friday.
“Accordingly, issuing yet another warning is not longer appropriate; this Court is way behind the ‘warning’ stage.”
If they’re avoiding this hard to put him in jail what makes you think he’ll ever get a guilty verdict. All this dancing around makes me believe he’ll never be convicted, or at most it will be a slap on the wrist.
How are they “avoiding hard,” in this instance?
$5000 is a typical fine for first-time violation of a gag order. They are neither avoiding putting him in jail nor eager to put him in jail.
How is standard procedure “avoiding hard”?
They have to play it perfect so trump cannot appeal based on bias or mistreatment