Keeping up with Donald Trump’s court schedule is a dizzying task, since he faces two federal trials, a criminal trial in Georgia, and two separate civil and criminal trials in New York. (Oh, and he’s running for president.) To make it easier to follow along, each Monday we’ll be looking back at all the Trump trial–related developments you might have missed the previous week.
On Monday, a New York Supreme Court justice found that Trump has once again violated his gag order and warned he could be jailed if this keeps up. Last week, the hush money trial attracted some big names in Trump’s orbit who listened in on the historic proceedings. Meanwhile, the defense is pursuing a new delay tactic in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case.
Another Gag Order ViolationKicking the week off strong, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan ruled Monday morning that Trump had violated his gag order for the 10th time since the hush money trial began three weeks ago. He also threatened to hold Trump in jail if he keeps the violations going.
Merchan’s gag order prevents Trump from publicly speaking about jurors, witnesses, or family members of prosecutors and the judge himself in a way that could reasonably lead to threats. Yet, last week, as he walked out of a separate court hearing for another set of gag order violations, Trump gave a TV interview in which he insulted his former lawyer Michael Cohen, a critical witness in the ongoing hush money trial. “Michael Cohen is a convicted liar, and he’s got no credibility whatsoever,” he ranted.
AdvertisementThat interview, along with other comments Trump made about Cohen to reporters, led prosecutors to ask for further contempt charges against the former president. Merchan ultimately ruled that calling Cohen a........