Web Desk: Former US President Donald Trump was found guilty of contempt of court and fined $9,000 for violating the order not to press charges against witnesses and other persons in the case of concealing bribe money.
According to the report of the news agency Reuters, the judge who is hearing the ongoing case against Donald Trump, Justice Jovan Mirkan, while imposing the fine, warned that if the violation continues, he will be considered for sending to prison.
The judge said in a written decision that the fine imposed on Donald Trump is not sufficient but that this court does not have the authority to impose a higher fine.
The judgment said that the accused is being warned that the court will not tolerate willful violation of its legal orders and will also sentence him to jail if deemed necessary according to the circumstances.
It should be noted that the court had banned Donald Trump from indicting witnesses and other people connected to the case, but the former president continued to accuse others.
The court fined Donald Trump $1,000 per statement for nine different statements he made online and said he was barred from indicting witnesses and others in the case but did not stop. .
The ruling said the prosecutor had put before the court 10 posts of possible infringement, said posts were made between April 10 and April 17 and included an article in which his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, was addicted. was declared false.
The court also ordered Trump to remove the allegations from his website Truth Social account and campaign website.
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– 2024-04-30 22:17:36
