Will Donald Trump finally be incarcerated? As the trial of the former President of the United States begins its third week, the judge presiding over the proceedings castigated this Tuesday, April 30, the “deliberate violations” of the Court’s orders by the billionaire. “If necessary and appropriate, [la Cour] will impose a prison sentence,” the judge threatened.
The latter also sentenced Donald Trump to a fine of 9,000 dollars (around 8,400 euros) for contempt of court – the maximum allowed by law.
Before the opening of the debates, the judge had prohibited the Republican from publicly attacking witnesses and jurors, which he regularly does on his social network Truth Social, to avoid the risk of intimidation.
From the first day of the trial, April 15, the prosecution had asked the judge to sanction Donald Trump, in particular for virulent invectives against the former porn star, Stormy Daniels, and his former lawyer Michael Cohen , who became his sworn enemy and a key witness for the prosecution.
Serial invectives
But the Republican candidate ignored these threats and once again attacked the lawyer, whom he described as a “serial liar”. He also echoed the comments of Jesse Watters, a prominent Fox News host, assuring without evidence that “they are choosing undercover progressive activists who lie to the judge to be part of the jury.” The day after this publication, a juror threw in the towel, saying she feared being recognized.
As a reminder, the billionaire is being prosecuted for 34 falsifications of accounting documents which allegedly served to conceal a payment to cover up a potential sex scandal in the home stretch of the 2016 presidential campaign. $130,000 was thus paid to Stormy Daniels, for buy her silence about a sexual relationship she claimed to have had with him in 2006, when he was already married to his wife Melania. Donald Trump continues to completely deny this relationship.