Judge threatens to send Donald Trump to jail if he disobeys his orders

Judge gives threat in Donald Trump’s historic case The former president will be sent to jail this Monday if he continues to violate his order that prohibits him from speaking ill of witnesses, juries and court staff.

“Although I do not want to impose a prison sentence on you… I want you to understand that I will do so,” Judge Juan Merchan warned at the start of the third week of the former president’s trial. To sit on the bench, History of the United States.

The judge imposed a new fine of $1,000, which is added to another fine of $9,000 for nine previous violations of the court order. Which prevents him from mentioning anything related to the lawsuit on his social networks.

In his ruling, the judge warned him that because this is the tenth time the court has found him guilty of disobeying its orders, “it seems clear that the fine will not be sufficient to deter the defendant from violating legal orders.” will be.”

The 77-year-old tycoon, who is now the Republican candidate for November’s presidential election, is in the dock on charges of falsifying business documents.

This was done to conceal a $130,000 payment made to porn film actress Stormy Daniels in order to keep her silent about an alleged affair between them, which Republicans have always denied, so that she could interfere in the 2016 elections. Do not, in which he had won. Against Democrat Hillary Clinton.

With information received from agencies