Donald Trump fined $9,000 for contempt of court, warned to go to jail
Trump will be sent to prison if he continues to defy the order, the judge said — Photo: Reuters
New York: Former US President Donald Trump was found guilty of contempt of court and fined $9,000 for violating an order not to press charges against witnesses and others in the case of concealing bribe money and warned that more Disobedience will be sent to jail.
According to the report of the news agency Reuters, the judge who heard the ongoing case against Donald Trump, Justice Jovan Mirkan, imposed a fine of 9 thousand dollars for violating the court order and said that if the violation continues, he should be considered for sending to prison. will
The judge said in a written decision that the fine imposed on Donald Trump is not sufficient but that this court does not have the authority to impose a higher fine.
The judgment said that the accused is being warned that the court will not tolerate willful violation of its legal orders and will also sentence him to jail if deemed necessary according to the circumstances.
It should be noted that the court had banned Donald Trump from indicting witnesses and other people connected to the case, but the former president continued to accuse others.
The court fined Donald Trump $1,000 per statement for nine different statements he made online and said he was barred from indicting witnesses and others in the case. .
The ruling said the prosecutor had put before the court 10 posts of possible infringement, said posts were made between April 10 and April 17 and included an article in which his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, ‘ He was called a ‘habitual liar’.
The court also ordered Trump to remove the allegations from his website Truth Social account and campaign website.
Donald Trump has not responded to the fine imposed by the court despite being contacted by the news agency, but he has been saying that this order is a violation of his right to freedom of expression.
It should be noted that Donald Trump is a candidate for the 2024 US presidential election and he is accused of not disclosing 130,000 dollars paid to porn star Stormy Daniels to remain silent on the incident that happened in 2006 and in court. Hearing is going on.
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