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Update – 10:30 am Eastern:
After a lively back and forth between the prosecution, defense, and the court regarding Trump’s purported (further) violations of the gag order, in which the prosecution again sought imposition of $1,000-per-violation fines, rather than incarceration, and the defense pointed out the instances in which Trump was responding to attacks by others — particularly Michael Cohen — the court took a short break.
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During the gag order hearing, Judge Merchan observed that Trump is not prohibited from responding to President Biden. He also asserted Trump doesn’t have to speak to the media before court each day, to which Trump’s attorney, Todd Blanche, noted that he basically does, given that he’s running for president.
Following the break, the prosecution called attorney Keith Davidson back to the stand for further direct examination.
And…we’re back in court Thursday morning in Manhattan for the criminal trial against former President Donald Trump for allegedly falsifying business records. The morning’s proceedings will begin with a hearing over four additional purported violations of the gag order issued by Judge Merchan, who, on Tuesday, found Trump in violation of the order for nine out of the 10 initial posts/comments raised by the prosecution and fined him $9,000.
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Trump kicked off Thursday morning with a Truth Social post regarding his thoughts on the judge’s ruling:
We will, of course, continue to bring you live updates of the day’s developments in the case.
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