In the middle of the trial of the Stormy Daniels affair, the former President of the United States was reframed by Judge Merchan who also threatened him with incarceration in the event of repeat offenses.
As the trial of the Stormy Daniel affair, named after the former X-rated movie star, enters its third week, former President of the United States and current candidate for the White House, Donald Trump, has been sentenced to a $9,000 fine this Tuesday, April 30, relays Le Monde. That’s around 8,400 euros. Judge Juan Merchan, who issued the fine, justified his decision by pointing out the fact that the billionaire had not respected his obligation of silence since he attacked several trial witnesses online.
In detail, the prosecution pointed to 10 messages in which Donald Trump had violated this obligation of silence, recalls Le Point which specifies that only nine were ultimately retained. A post in which the former head of state insulted his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, and the former pornographic actress, Stormy Daniels, who are also his main targets, did not in fact not recognized as such by Justice Merchan. On the other hand, among the nine messages, many are “reposts” and therefore messages not directly written by Donald Trump, who simply republished it. New York law sets a maximum fine of $1,000 for each violation, so the White House candidate will have to pay $9,000 before May 3 and delete the messages in question published on his Truth network Social and on his campaign site.
Beyond the fine, Judge Merchan warned Donald Trump against any repeat offenses. Because if the billionaire’s wallet should quickly recover from this fine, the highest that the law allows the judge to set to his great regret, the magistrate threatened Donald Trump with incarceration “if it were necessary and appropriate” . To the wise…