Trump fined for violating gag order

New York Judge Juan M. Merchan, the judge presiding over Former President Donald Trump's hush money trial, has fined Trump $9000 for repeatedly violating a gag order. Merchan writing Trump "is hereby warned that the Court will not tolerate continued willful violations of its lawful orders and that if necessary and appropriate under the circumstances, it will impose an incarceratory punishment." The gag order prohibits the former president from making public comments about witnesses, jurors, and others connected to this trial.