Judge threatens Donald Trump with jail time for repeatedly violating gag order

Former US President Donald Trump in court today. Photo: Peter Foley/Pool via REUTERS

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The judge in Donald Trump's criminal trial fined him $1,000 and held him in contempt of court for a 10th time on Monday for violating a gag order and warned that further violations could land the former 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.