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Donald Trump Fined $5,000 by New York Judge Over Gag Order
- NY Judge could have jailed or found Trump in contempt of court
- Trump is on trial over civil claims of inflating assets
Donald Trump speaks during his civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court on Oct. 18.
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Donald Trump was fined $5,000 for failing to fully remove a social media post that criticized a law clerk in the trial of a civil fraud lawsuit brought by the New York attorney general.
Judge Arthur Engoron on Friday said the former president could have been held in contempt of court or even imprisoned for violating a partial gag order put in place Oct. 3, when Trump was forced to delete the post from his Truth Social platform. The front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination failed to delete a copy of the post from his website in “blatant violation” of the order, Engoron said.