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Ordering a gag order. >> hasnt he been found of contempt before? >> this is part of donald trumps playbook. stonewalling prosecutors efforts. he was found in contempt of james investigation into his family and the trump family business. when he, the judge ruled was not turning over all the relevant documents. the trump organization was found to be in criminal contempt in 2021 for failing to comply with multiple grand jury subpoenas as part of the manhattan d.a.s investigation but also you saw th...

Contempt proceedings. thats a matter of new york law, that the defendant, potential defendant needs to know that he was under a court order. thats what this video conference is about today. so donald trump, if he does break the rules, cant say, oh, i didnt know that i wasnt supposed to do that. then if he does break them, the prosecution can proceed contempt, that can be fines or even imprisonment under new york law. >> and on the point of trump perhaps not being as careful with his words as pos...

His responsibility. so, for example, it may be that part of the discovery material includes reports by investigators. and it includes their names. i think what this judge doesnt want to see is donald trump on truth social mocking some investigator who investigated and concluded there were fraudulent transactions. and put that person out there and put them at risk. the penalty is usually escalating progressive punishment, if you will, so a warning, and then a show cause hearing and then ultimatel...

Past is contempt. >> so, charles, what im reading is that theres been back and forth about whether or not theres been discovery. obviously, donald trumps defense team wants more information from the prosecutors. the prosecutors say its coming, that theyre going to get it to them on schedule. the next hearing according to the judge is going to be december 4th. a lot of people would sit back and say whats taking so long with this. what happens between now and then? >> well, between now and then, c...

Leniency and flexibility for the judge here to control his courtroom and to punish people for violating his orders but he could hold the former president in contempt, which is what he warned the former president about today. he could fine him. he could potentially exclude evidence or make other evidentiary rulings based on this contempt order and in theory, if it were bad enough, and i wouldnt think he would do this on the first violation, but even send him to jail. >> its interesting, david, th...

This information which may concern witnesses and the identity of witnesses and the identity of witnesses and the identity of witnesses and records on their cell phones and other materials to take this material and posted on social media where witnesses can be harassed and threatened. by various extremist elements. you know all about those extremist elements out there on social media and how they help precipitate a crisis of january the 6th, 2021. so it is common in these cases. for the course to...

The threats that donald trump unleashes via social media. >> mary, what if he doesnt go along? what if he still goes out and blasts out, you know, evidence in this case on truth social? >> i think if he violates the protective order, i think you will see the prosecution bridging that to the attention of the judge. i think you will see a hearing and the judge calling him back to court whether in person or remote and telling him to show cause and why he shouldnt be held in contempt. >> what does t...

>> and were seeing donald trumps lack of impulse control and there are real consequences here. that was my reaction as i was watching this, that were cruising toward charges of contempt and then the question is what happens then. and in fact donald trump might actually relish escalating his tactics against the court. but again, rules are very, very different in a court of law when you are facing felony charges. but i think that michael cohen is correct there that the odds of donald trump actuall...

Went back out and repeated many of the same allegations, attacking the accuser: many of the same names he had just been fined for to the point where she has just filed a second suit against him. we where she hasjust filed a second suit against him.— where she hasjust filed a second suit against him. we ust spoke to a leual suit against him. we ust spoke to a legal expert _ suit against him. we ust spoke to a legal expert same _ suit against him. we just spoke to a legal expert same contempt - ...

To do it here. instead what he did was ask a series of questions designed to put on the record that trump did so understand and he asked trump if he had a copy of the protective order and those were the only three words trump spoke the entire time, yes, do i and he asked todd blanche, his lawyer, have you reviewed this with your client? does he understand that this is a mandate of the court and that violations can lead to sanctions including criminal contempt? you need to advise your client of t...