Former President Donald Trump received a $5,000 fine on Friday for violating the gag order put in place by Judge Arthur Engoron to protect his staff and his courtroom’s proceedings.

$5000. What bullshit.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    If this is the sort of fine he’s going to get, he’ll violate it as often as he can. So this is either bait, or this judge is a fucking idiot.

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      Crimes punished by fines only apply to poor people.

      But if the judge imposes a fine that would be meaningful to a “billionaire,” then he feeds the right-wing narrative of being on a vendetta against Trump. That’s an issue with all the prosecutions, and doubtless part of the reason he seems to get such kid-glove treatment.

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      It’s not the sort of fine he will get. It’s the fine he’s getting for a first offense for a minor violation (this was something existing since before the gag that was left up).

      It’s a shot across the bow to show that the weapon is loaded and the judge will use it.