Yonhap News The former President of the United States, Donald Trump, who is currently on criminal trial on suspicion of ‘silencing a sexual scandal’, was fined $1,000 for breaking the ‘order of silence’ again.
Previously, Judge Juan Mercan of the Manhattan District Court in New York, where the case is proceeding, warned former President Trump, “Do not slander witnesses or jurors.”
The fine on this day became problematic because on the 22nd of last month, in an interview with the media, former President Trump told the jury in this trial, “Most of them are Democrats and it’s a very unfair situation.”
This is not the first time Trump has been fined for breaking the silence order.
On the 30th of last month, the court fined ex-President Trump $1,000 per incident for a total of $9,000 (about 12 million won) and ordered him to delete the post.
At the time, Judge Merchan said, “I am well aware of the First Amendment right to freedom of expression, and I actively seek to protect this right,” but added, “Former President Trump violated the court order deliberately, and if it is repeated. , he will be imprisoned.” “It can happen,” he warned.
Meanwhile, former President Trump spoke about ‘freedom of expression’ and posted defamatory comments about witnesses and jurors on his social media and presidential campaign website.
On this day, when deciding to impose a fine, Judge Merchan once again warned former President Trump, who was sitting in the defendant’s seat, “if there are additional offenses to the silence order, it may be prison rather than a fine the next sanction. “
Former President Trump was previously indicted on charges of giving Stormy Daniels, a former adult film actress, ‘hush money’ in company funds just before the 2016 presidential election on the condition that she would not disclose her past relationship with him , and treats related things. company records.
This trial began full-scale deliberation procedures on the 22nd of last month after the selection of jurors and prospective jurors was completed.
Judge Merchan predicted that the trial, which is currently in its third week of jury deliberations, will take a total of around six weeks.
This is the first time that a former or current president of the United States has been tried in court as a criminal defendant, and former President Trump must attend the trial four days a week, except Wednesday, during the cause.
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