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Oct. 25th-Judge in Trump case will weigh possible gag order violation
Trump fined $10,000 for disparaging comment about judge’s law clerk
Judge Arthur Engoron has fined Trump $10,000 after holding a brief hearing in which he called the ex-president to testify about his possible violation of a gag order this morning. Engoron previously ordered Trump not to make disparaging comments about his staff; in commentary this morning, Trump appeared to make one such statement about Engoron’s law clerk.
Trump denied that he was speaking about Engoron’s clerk, and insisted he was speaking about Michael Cohen. Engoron disagreed.
“As the trier of fact I find that the witness is not credible,” Engoron said in imposing the fine.
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