BREAKING: Trump fined $9,000 for violating gag order

BREAKING: Former President Donald Trump is fined a total of $9,000 for gag order violations in his criminal hush money trial in New York. Judge Juan Merchan has found the prosecution has met its burden on nine of the ten potential gag order violations committed by Donald Trump. He will be fined $1,000 per violation. Trump was also threatened with the potential of jail time if he continues "willful violations of its lawful orders." Vaughn Hillyard has the details.



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[shadowsapphire]

That's not a fine. That's a permission fee.

[susansantapola]

Anyone else would be jailed for one breach let alone 9. It's a joke.

[jeff]

Proof that the law only punishes the poor.

[KappaMan]

That's a BIG joke = no equal justice in this country

[Dewdrops]

Really, that's all? Anyone else would've been tossed into jail.. kmft

[wideawake]

Middle finger to law abiding Americans.

[DanaAgenbroad-pwzw]

Nine days in jail, along with the fines. His followers would scream about it, but, oh well.

[AM-eliv]

His cult will pay it for him. Throw him in jail.

[MrInvisible]

Rule of law? $1, 000, 000.00 per offense would be a good deterrent.

[tonykerswell]

1, 000 per offence. Pointless. Utterly pointless.

[carlosmriverajr]

Can they place this man in jail, $1, 000.00 is pennies for him. Somebody else, yeah jail time.

[ronaldcole]

In Europe, there are graduated fines. Meaning, depending on your wealth or income, determines the fine. So a person worth a half million or so would get a $1, 000 fine. A person worth a billion dollars would get a $100, 000 fine. We need that here.

[twistofcain_]

Fines are only punishments for those without much money.

[valeriedwilliams]

He can't keep his mouth shut ever!

[jaimemarkin]

Why such a pitty amount of this serious order given by the judge????😢😢😢😢😢

[nuaru]

This is ridiculous. $9000 is nothing to this madman. What does he have on the judge?

[austinwiewel]

To everyone saying the amount is too low, that is because $1k is what is allowed by NY law

[orrin]

That’s like fining the common man 10 cents.

[JamesBond-vxst]

$9000 fine is a joke for a billionaire

[tq]

Sadly 1k is the maximum fine. He could get jail time but we know he won't