Donald Trump has been fined 9,000 dollars – over 100,000 kroner – for statements that broke the gag order he has been placed on.
Tuesday 30 April at 15:59
Judge Juan Merchan fined the former president for violating an order not to attack witnesses, jurors and others connected to the criminal case against him.
The judge believes that Trump’s statements on social media violated this order. Trump has posted ten posts on social media that the prosecutor believes are in violation of the muzzle.
Prosecutor Chris Conroy expressed that the penalty should be a fine of 1,000 dollars for each violation – almost 11,000 Norwegian kroner.
Donald Trump is on trial in the so-called “hush money case”, for having tried to hide a money transfer to his lawyer at the time, Michael Cohen.
The money went to porn actress Stormy Daniels, allegedly so that she would keep quiet about having sex with Trump in a hotel in 2006.
The ex-president denies criminal guilt. He also denies having had a relationship with Daniels.
This is the case
- Former President Donald Trump has been indicted for violating the Accounting Act after paying $130,000 to porn actress Stormy Daniels.
- She is said to have received the money to keep quiet about the fact that she and Trump had sex.
- Trump is indicted on 34 counts of falsifying business documents, but denies guilt.
- In the first week of the trial, the 12 jurors were selected.
- The case is one of four criminal cases against Trump.
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