Prosecutors in Donald Trump’s criminal trial on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star on Tuesday asked a judge to fine the former U.S. President $10,000 total for 10 online posts they said violated a gag order restricting his public speech on jurors, potential witnesses, and some others involved in the case.
Prosecutors said they were not seeking imprisonment for Trump because the defendant “seems to be angling for that.”
Trump “knows what he’s not allowed to do and he does it anyway,” says Chris Conroy, a member of the prosecuting team. “His disobedience of the order is willful, it’s intentional.”
Justice Juan Merchan said he would not immediately rule on whether Trump had violated the gag order before the court took a break for 10 minutes.
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