Trump held in contempt of court in New York trial for gag order violations

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : The prosecution proceeded to play CSPAN footage of Trump denying allegations of sexual misconduct and calling Cohen a good friend.
55% : He let me know it at every opportunity he could that he was working for Donald Trump.”
47% : “Every single time I talked to Michael Cohen, he leaned on his close affiliation with Donald Trump,” Davidson said.
46% : One, Robert Browning, is the archives director at CSPAN, a nonprofit television network providing uncut footage of government proceedings and other public events.
43% : The judge also ordered Trump to remove seven “offending posts” from his Truth Social account and two from a campaign website by Tuesday afternoon.
43% : Trump is not only barred from attacking witnesses but also jurors, court staff and their relatives.
40% : Pecker, formerly of the National Enquirer publication, said he entered into an agreement with Trump to be the “eyes and ears” of his 2016 presidential campaign.
38% : However, to make felony charges stand, prosecutors must convince the jury that Trump falsified records in service of another crime.
35% : Trump, however, posted to Truth Social during the day’s proceedings to complain about the trial — and denounce some of its key players.
32% : Trump is currently the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party in the 2024 presidential election.
31% : No matter the outcome, the proceedings are historic: Trump is the first current or former US president to face criminal prosecution.
30% : He fined Trump $1,000 per violation: With nine of statements identified as breaching the order, the fine came to a total of $9,000.
28% : Like Daniels, McDougal claimed she and Trump had an affair — something which the former president also denies.
27% : A historic trial The decision to fine Trump came as his criminal trial entered its third week.
27% : The charges against Trump relate to $130,000 he allegedly reimbursed to Cohen, after the lawyer paid Daniels for her silence.
26% : He added that Trump was “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”.
26% : The former president faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to alleged hush money paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels, who claims she and Trump had a sexual encounter.
25% : Trump has denied any sexual liaison with Daniels.
21% : He also testified that he coordinated with Cohen to stifle negative stories about Trump ahead of the election.
19% : The New York trial is the result of one of four criminal indictments Trump currently faces.
18% : She had accused Trump of attacking her reputation after she came forward to describe an alleged sexual assault he committed.
16% : The order prohibited Trump from speaking publicly and posting on social media about individuals involved in the trial.list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3list 2 of 3list 3 of 3end of list Judge Juan Merchan on Tuesday said Trump had violated the order nine times.
5% : He acknowledged that one possible explanation for the dealings was that there “there was an affiliation between David Pecker and Donald Trump and that AMI wouldn’t run this story, any story related to Karen, because it would hurt Donald Trump”.

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