Donald Trump fined again and warned he’ll be jailed if breaches of gag order continue

Judge says former president’s actions are ‘direct attack on the rule of law’

Former US president Donald Trump sits down in the courtroom as he arrives for his criminal trial in New York City. Photo: Reuters

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The judge in Donald Trump’s criminal trial fined him $1,000 (€930) and held him in contempt of court for a 10th time yesterday for violating a gag order and warned that further violations could land the former US president in jail.

Justice Juan Merchan said the nine $1,000 fines he had imposed so far did not seem to be deterring the wealthy business mogul from violating the order, which bars him from speaking publicly about jurors and witnesses in the first criminal trial of a former US president.