“I distinctly recall seeing that the Trump gag order included surrogates saying the kinds of things Trump would like to say if it weren’t for the gag order. Aren’t they violating the gag order?” — Lora Premo, Colorado Springs, Colorado Hi Lora, The gag order does apply to more than just things Trump says. Specifically, […]
Motorcyclists here for the 2024 Myrtle Beach Spring Bike Rally appear to be getting a hard lesson on traffic laws in the Myrtle Beach area. Bikers have posted on the Myrtle Beach Bike Rally 2024 Facebook page that they have received tickets for revving their engines while driving along Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach. They […]
Judge Juan Merchan found Donald Trump in contempt of court on Tuesday for repeatedly violating the gag order in the former president’s New York hush money case. Merchan fined Trump a total of $9,000 for bucking the order against publicly commenting on court staff, prosecutors, prospective jurors, or the judge’s family — and lamented that […]
Judge Juan Merchan delivered a stiff rebuke to Donald Trump at the opening of court Tuesday morning by holding the former president in contempt for nine violations of the gag order in his criminal hush money trial. Merchan fined Trump $9,000 for violating a rule against making public statements about jurors, witnesses, prosecutors, court staff […]
Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears ahead of the start of jury selection at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 15, 2024, in New York City. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial. (Photo by Jabin Botsford-Pool/Getty Images) Former President Donald Trump defied […]
Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears ahead of the start of jury selection at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 15, 2024, in New York City. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial. (Photo by Jabin Botsford-Pool/Getty Images) Former President Donald Trump defied […]
The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money case on Tuesday held the former president in criminal contempt over a series of posts on Truth Social that he said violated a gag order barring any attacks on jurors and witnesses and warned Trump he could be jailed for further violations. Judge Juan Merchan ruled Trump […]
Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears ahead of the start of jury selection at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 15, 2024, in New York City. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial. (Photo by Jabin Botsford-Pool/Getty Images) Former President Donald Trump defied […]
Judge Juan Merchan on Tuesday morning announced that he has found former President Donald Trump in contempt on nine of 10 alleged violations of the gag order preventing him from making public statements about jurors, witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and members of their families. Each violation carries a $1,000 fine, which means he must pay […]
Judge Juan Merchan found Donald Trump in contempt on Tuesday for violating a gag order nine times, imposing $1,000 fines for each violation and warning the defendant about the possibility of jailtime for further violations. Manhattan prosecutors had asked the judge to hold Trump in contempt for alleged violations of the order barring him from […]
Judge Juan Merchan on Tuesday morning announced that he has found former President Donald Trump in contempt on nine of 10 alleged violations of the gag order preventing him from making public statements about jurors, witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and members of their family. Each violation carries a $1,000 fine, which means he must pay […]
Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden has agreed to pay a $5,000 civil penalty for violating conflict of interest law by allowing his office to issue an official press statement aimed at discrediting his primary opponent days before the 2022 Democratic primary election. The State Ethics Commission said Thursday that Hayden was aware of, and took […]