19 minutes ago
DA wants judge to fine Trump $10,000 but not jail him — though he's 'angling for that'
By Ben Kochman and Kyle Schnitzer
The Manhattan DA's Office is urging Justice Juan Merchan to fine Donald Trump $10,000 for the 10 alleged gag order breaches.
Prosecutor Chris Conroy argued that the court should also force Trump to remove eight posts from Truth Social and two from his campaign website that take aim at the jury and at expected trial witnesses Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels.
Courts can technically throw defendants in jail for up to 30 days for gag order breaches. Conroy is not asking to jail Trump, though "the defendant seems to be angling for that," he said.
That's a reference to a recent social media post in which Trump claims it would be his "honor" to go to Rikers Island for breaching the gag order.
Trump compared himself in the post to Nelson Mandela, the South African activist who was repeatedly jailed for protesting his government's apartheid regime.
31 minutes ago
Trump's 'very troubling' post about jurors caused woman to bail: prosecutors
By Kyle Schnitzer
Prosecutors blamed Donald Trump's alleged repeated gag order violations for a selected juror bailing on the trial after they said they had "concerns" about whether they could be impartial in the case.
Juror No. 2, a nurse, told the court Thursday that she "definitely has concerns now" just two days after being selected to the jury.
Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Chris Conroy cited Trump's "very troubling post" on Truth Social about jurors, in which he quoted Fox News anchor Jesse Waters, who called them "undercover Liberal Activists lying to the Judge."
"I think the link to the jurors in this case in this proceedings is very clearly a violation of the order," Conroy said.
The juror told the court that she had close friends, family and colleagues reaching out to her about the case based on media reports.
Conroy added, "What happened here is precisely what this order was designed to prevent, and this defendant doesn’t care."
25 minutes ago
Blanche: Trump didn't violate gag order
By Kyle Schnitzer
“Just to set the record very straight and clear, President Trump does know what the gag order allows him and doesn’t allow him to do," attorney Todd Blanche just said.
Blanche said there wasn't any violation of the court-imposed gag order in the 10 posts that prosecutors just presented.
Donald Trump was the victim of a “barrage of political attacks from all sides, including the two witnesses described in the two posts," Blanche said, referring to Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen.
DA wants judge to fine Trump $10,000 but not jail him — though he's 'angling for that'
By Ben Kochman and Kyle Schnitzer
The Manhattan DA's Office is urging Justice Juan Merchan to fine Donald Trump $10,000 for the 10 alleged gag order breaches.
Prosecutor Chris Conroy argued that the court should also force Trump to remove eight posts from Truth Social and two from his campaign website that take aim at the jury and at expected trial witnesses Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels.
Courts can technically throw defendants in jail for up to 30 days for gag order breaches. Conroy is not asking to jail Trump, though "the defendant seems to be angling for that," he said.
That's a reference to a recent social media post in which Trump claims it would be his "honor" to go to Rikers Island for breaching the gag order.
Trump compared himself in the post to Nelson Mandela, the South African activist who was repeatedly jailed for protesting his government's apartheid regime.
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