Judge fines Donald Trump $9,000 for contempt
Donald Trump has been held in contempt of court and fined $9,000 by the judge overseeing his criminal trial over social media posts he made containing attacks on expected witnesses in the case. The former president was accused by prosecutors of breaching so-called gag orders from Judge Juan Merchan in ten statements made on his social media platform and on his website, assailing the porn star Stormy Daniels and Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/ #trump #newyork #usa #maga
