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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of May 6

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    updawg
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    https://apnews.com/article/trump-trial-hush-money-c41df6a82434247352fe7a110daae981 Trump fined $1,000 for gag order violation in hush money case as judge warns of possible jail time

    https://apnews.com/article/trump-trial-hush-money-c41df6a82434247352fe7a110daae981

    Trump fined $1,000 for gag order violation in hush money case as judge warns of possible jail time

    “It appears that the $1,000 fines are not serving as a deterrent. Therefore going forward, this court will have to consider a jail sanction,” Merchan said before jurors were brought into the courtroom. Trump’s statements, the judge added, “threaten to interfere with the fair administration of justice and constitute a direct attack on the rule of law. I cannot allow that to continue.”

    Trump sat forward in his seat, glowering at the judge as he handed down the ruling. When the judge finished speaking, Trump shook his head twice and crossed his arms.

    Yet even as Merchan warned of jail time in his most pointed and direct admonition, he also made clear his reservations about a step that he described as a “last resort.”

    “The last thing I want to do is put you in jail,” Merchan said. “You are the former president of the United States and possibly the next president as well. There are many reasons why incarceration is truly a last resort for me. To take that step would be disruptive to these proceedings.”

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    1. LukeZaz
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      Yet more situations in which Trump is getting to be above the law. What a mess.

      “You are the former president of the United States and possibly the next president as well. There are many reasons why incarceration is truly a last resort for me.”

      Yet more situations in which Trump is getting to be above the law. What a mess.

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