Ex Prez Trump warned of Jail Time if he violates GAG orders of Court - Judge Juan Merchan holds him in contempt of court and fines him $9,000 on 9 counts of violations of GAGs.

Former Prez Donald Trump held in contempt by Judge Juan Merchan and warned of being "Putting in Jail"  if he violated GAG Orders persistently

By Ashe N Ayer

Former President Donald Trump has a mercurial temperament and nothing can control him. He likes to flaunt Presidential authority even when he is not president and even in the court room he is unmindful of a judge present, worse of all at home, he hammers away his angst on his social platform handle Truth Social calling court officials and opponent names.

Often he walks into a firestorm with his vitriolic remarks against government, officials and court personnel when stung like a bee, experts say.

Countless times, he has been pulled up by judges with GAG orders and he continues to violate them and persists to post remarks against opponents in his social media platform. 

But the judge's patience has to give in at some point of time.

And this time, Judge Merchan, presiding over this hush money case Tuesday found his patience being extended to the limit in the hush money case. A seemingly frustrated judge Merchan warned Trump that if he continued to violate his GAG orders he would find himself in jail next time. He held the former president in contempt for violating a gag order and warned him that he could face jail time for future violations.

Judge Juan Merchan fined Trump $9,000 for seven messages posted on his Truth Social media platform and two messages on his campaign website. According to Merchan, the posts violated a gag order barring any attacks on jurors and witnesses.

In his written order, Merchan said he would not tolerate further violations from the former president, adding that "if necessary and appropriate," he would impose "an incarceratory punishment. Newsweek reached out to a representative for Trump via email on Tuesday for comment. No show, No go. c No  I want

to receive specia offersd promotions In 34 felony counts, Trump is accused of falsifying business records in connection with a $130,000 payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels shortly before the 2016 election, allegedly made to keep her from talking about an affair she says they had.

Trump has pleaded not guilty and has denied all charges as well. Merchan had placed a gag order on Trump that prohibits him from making public statements about "known or reasonably foreseeable witnesses concerning their potential participation" or "public statements about any prospective juror or any juror."

On Tuesday, Merchan ruled Trump in contempt for nine violations of the gag order related to the Truth Social and campaign website posts and imposed a fine of $1,000 for each violation. The judge also said that in the future he would consider "whether in some instances, jail may be a necessary punishment."

Writing on X, formerly Twitter, attorney Bradley P. Moss called the decision a "smart move by Merchan."

"This is the first criminal contempt finding. It's a warning to Trump that the games won't be tolerated," said Moss, an ardent critic of Trump. "If he does it again, and Merchan does have to cross the rubicon and jail him, it strengthens Merchan's argument on appeal."

Meanwhile, conservative media personality Clay Travis said on X that he thinks "the best thing that could happen to Donald Trump is being put in jail for contempt of court in this absurd New York City show trial," adding that it "would send his poll numbers soaring.

"Democrats have way overreached and their lawfare is blowing up in their faces."

What'sUP Nxt? 

Merchan said Trump must take down the offending posts from Truth Social and his campaign website by 2:15 p.m. ET Tuesday. Last week, prosecutors presented four additional potential violations. Merchan has scheduled a hearing to discuss those on Thursday. 

Inputs : Newsweek .