Trump fined $9,000 for violating gag order

NEW YORK, New York.- This Tuesday, the former president of the United States, Donald Trumpwho faces a criminal trial in New York, was fined $9,000 for contempt of the “gag order” which prohibits him from publicly attacking witnesses, prosecutors and jurors.

He Judge Juan M. Merchánin charge of the criminal process that the Republican faces in New York, determined that Trump had violated the “gag order” by making several public statements on his social network, Truth Social, and on his campaign website in which he attacked to witnesses participating in the trial.

Trump must remove the seven “offensive posts” from Truth Social and the two “offensive posts” from his campaign website by 2:15 p.m. local time (18:15 GMT) today.

This Tuesday began the third week of the trial against the former president and candidate for this year’s Republican presidential elections, which continues with the statements by Gary Farrothe banker who began testifying on Friday.

Farro recounted the efforts of Michael Cohen – Trump’s former lawyer and right-hand man, who is expected to be one of the prosecution’s star witnesses this week – to open a financial account that was used to pay the actriz Stormy Daniels.

Trump, who is required to attend the entire trial, appeared in court today accompanied by his son Eric Trump.

The mogul faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree to cover up a sex scandal.

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