No. of Recommendations: 1
I was just reading a bit about the trial of Trump's that judge Merchan is overseeing. I know it's a bad idea to defy a judge, but this guy seems really no-nonsense. He's issued a gag order against Trump, and has warned Trump's legal team not to cross the line between zealous advocacy and "willful disregard" of the court's orders. We'll see if he follows through on any penalties (assuming Trump and/or his team violate the rules set down by the judge). It seems like he doesn't want his courtroom turned into a circus like some of Trump's other trials (where Trump made multiple outbursts without any significant consequence).
In principle, Merchan could toss Trump in jail. But I'm wondering how that would work, given that Trump has a secret service detail (as all former POTUSes do, unless they relinquish that privilege). Just a thought experiment. It's more likely he would just get a fine.
No. of Recommendations: 5
onepoorguy: We'll see if he follows through on any penalties (assuming Trump and/or his team violate the rules set down by the judge).
Trump already violated the narrow gag order, attacking the judge's daughter: “The Judge’s daughter is allowed to post pictures of her ‘dream’ of putting me in jail...” based, apparently, on a fake X/Twitter account someone else created to impersonate her.
onepoorguy: It's more likely he would just get a fine.
Fines don't work on him (unless they approach $100 million) and he knows jail is unlikely without another warning or two first. Plus, his surrogates have taken up the cause and are attacking the judge's daughter, by name, for him, good Christian folks that they are this Holy Week.
