Donald Trump's estranged niece has warned that the former president 'could be in jail by this weekend,' after the judge overseeing his criminal trial held him in contempt for violating a gag order.On Tuesday, Judge Juan Merchan fined the presumptive Republican 2024 presidential nominee $9,000 for seven messages posted on his Truth Social media platform and two messages on his campaign website.
'Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in relation to so-called hush money he arranged for his lawyer, Michael Cohen, to pay adult film star Stormy Daniels to keep an alleged affair she had with the former president a secret ahead of the 2016 election.The money was listed in Donald Trump's company records as 'legal fees,' which prosecutors suggest was part of an unlawful attempt to influence the outcome of the 2016 race.
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