The former US president was sanctioned for his public comments on his secret trial.
Former US President Donald Trump has paid a $9,000 fine for violating a silence order imposed during his ongoing trial in New York, multiple media outlets reported Thursday, citing a court official.
Judge Juan Merchant fined Trump on Tuesday for violating the silence order nine times and asked him to withdraw seven of them. “offensive messages” from Truth Social and two other articles from his campaign website.
Trump is accused of falsifying business records in an attempt to conceal his sexual relationship with former adult film star Stormy Daniels. Trump has denied any wrongdoing and denied having an affair with Daniels. He further criticized the gag order “unconstitutional,” and argued that the lawsuit was a plot to derail his re-election campaign.
On Friday, during the 11th day of the hearing, jurors heard testimony from Hope Hicks, a former Trump campaign press secretary and White House communications director.
Describing her former boss’s reaction to a Wall Street Journal article about Trump’s alleged affairs with Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal, she told the court that Trump was “He was concerned about how this would be perceived by his wife and he wanted me to ensure that the newspapers would not be delivered to their residence that morning. »
Trump and President Joe Biden are neck and neck in most polls, with just six months until Election Day. Trump continued to insist his innocence during a rally Wednesday in Waukesha, Wisconsin. “There is no crime. I have a crooked judge. » the former president told his supporters.
According to an NPR/PBS NewHours/Marist poll released Wednesday, 55 percent of Americans say they are not watching the hush money trial closely or not watching it at all. At the same time, 54% of Americans believe the investigations into Trump are fair, while 45% believe the prosecutions against him are unfair.
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