A judge again foundDonald Trumpin contempt of court for violations of a partialgag order.
Trump was fined $1,000 over a statement he made attacking the jury in the case.
Read the latest Trump contempt order.
Donald Trump and his attorney Todd Blanche in the courtroom on Monday.Photo by Brendan McDermid-Pool/Getty Images
The last thing I want to do is put you in jail, Merchan said.
You are the former president of the United States and possibly the next president as well.
But at the end of the day, I have a job to do.
I cannot allow that to continue.
Nobodys ever seen a thing go like this.
That jury was picked so fast 95% Democrats.
The areas mostly all democrat.
You think of it as a just a purely democrat area.
Its a very unfair situation that I can tell you.
Merchan wrote that Trump violated the Order by making public statements about the jury and how it was selected.
He said that the New York district attorney has no case.
They absolutely have no case.
Its a political hoax.
Its election interference, everthing they can do.
Even the witnesses they want to bring up, they have nothing to do with the case.
