The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial fined the former U.S. president $9,000 for contempt of court Tuesday and said he would consider jailing him if he continued to violate a gag order that bars him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors, and some others connected to the case.
In a written order, Justice Juan Merchan said the fine may not be enough to serve as a deterrent for the wealthy businessman-turned-politician and lamented he did not have the authority to impose a higher penalty.
“Defendant is hereby warned that the Court will not tolerate willful violations of its lawful orders and that if necessary and appropriate under the circumstances, it will impose an incarceratory punishment,” Merchan wrote.
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