Glass, michael colangelo, becky mangold, christopher conroy, and catherine ellis. Good morning, emil bove, joined by President Trump to my loft, joined by todd blanche, susan necheles. The judge, good morning. Good morning, mr. Trump. So the matter called into the ng record is the peoples motion for contempt, meaning the prosecutions motion for e contempt. N the judge says, quote, Before Ia Hand down my decision, i wantedy to address the defense and mr. Trump. Mr. Trump, as you know, The S Prosecution has filed three separate motions asking this court to find you in contempt. In a moment, im going to hand down my decision on the third motion. Which i in which i find you in Criminal Contempt for the tenth time. Quote, it appears that the 1,000 fines are not serving as a deterrent. Therefore, going forward, this court will have to consider a Jail Sanction if recommended. H mr. Trump, it is important to understand that the last thing i want to do is put you in jail. You are the former pre
Today was day 12 of trumps criminal trial and it started with another hearing on his repeated and pretty flagrant at times violations of his gag order which is put in place because he cannot seem to help himself from attacking the judge, the jury, are potential witnesses. To date judge merchan city violated the order for the 10th time. For comments he made when he attacked the integrity of the jury that will determine his fate. The judge found trump in Contempt Of Court and fined the expresident another 1000 bringing the fines up to 10 grand. Judge merchan said he was prepared to go farther. He warmed of donald trump does not stop violating the order, he would be left with no choice but to consider jail time. He made it clear he does not take the threat lightly calling it a last resort. He also said, quote, mr. Trump, its important to understand that the last thing i want to do is put you in jail. You are the former president of the United States and possibly the next president as well
Congratulations. Thank you. And thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. Really happy to have you here. Ready . The clerk. This is the people of the state of new york against donald j. Trump, smz71911 24. Appearancing starting with people. Prosecutor joshua steinglass, for the people, assistant District Attorneys joshua stein glass, michael colangelo, becky mangold, christopher conroy, and catherine ellis. Good morning, emil bove, joined by donald trump and todd blanche, susan necheles. The judge, good morning. Good morning, mr. Trump. So the matter called into the record is the peoples motion for contempt, meaning the prosecutions motion for contempt. The judge says, quote, before i hand down my decision, i wanted to address the defense and mr. Trump. Mr. Trump, as you know, the prosecution has filed three separate motions asking this court to find you in contempt. In a moment, im going to hand down my decision on the third motion. Which i in which i find you in Criminal Contem