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>>> BREAKING NEWS JUST IN IN THE

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>>> BREAKING NEWS JUST IN IN THE

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TRUMP HUSH-MONEY TRIAL.

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JUDGE MERCHAN RULED TRUMP

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VIOLATED THE GAG ORDER NINE

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TIMES.

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VAUGHN HILLYARD OUTSIDE THE

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COURTHOUSE.

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>> Reporter: WE’RE MAKING OUR

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WAY THROUGH THE ORDER JUST WHICH

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YOUED -- ISSUED BY JUDGE MERCHAN

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ALLEGING DONALD TRUMP SHOULD BE

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HELD IN CONTEMPT FOR VIOLATING

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TEN DIFFERENT TIMES THE GAG

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ORDER PLACED ON HIM PROHIBITING

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HIM FROM ATTACKING WITNESSES AND

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JURORS.

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WHAT THE JUDGE HAS DECIDED IS

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THAT NINE OF THE TEN INSTANCES

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FROM SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS OF

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DONALD TRUMP, HE DID, IN FACT,

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VIOLATE THE GAG ORDER AND IS

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HELD IN CONTEMPT, FINED $1,000

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FOR EACH OF THOSE POSTS.

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HE SAYS, IN PART, THAT THIS WAS

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WILLFUL VIOLATION BY DONALD

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TRUMP.

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HE NOTED THAT SEVERAL OF THESE

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INSTANCES WERE REPOSTS ON HIS

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TRUTH SOCIAL ACCOUNT.

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DONALD TRUMP’S ATTORNEY TODD

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BLANCH SUGGESTED THAT DID NOT

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MEAN DONALD TRUMP WAS MAKING THE

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STATEMENT.

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AS PART OF THIS ORDER, JUDGE

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MERCHAN SAID WHETHER HE ADDED

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EXTRA COMMENTARY OR NOT, A

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REPOST VIOLATES THE GAG ORDER

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BECAUSE IT IS A FORM OF SPEECH

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BY DONALD TRUMP HIMSELF.

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ALONG WITH THE FINE, DONALD

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TRUMP HAS BEEN ORDERED TO REMOVE

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EACH OF THOSE NINE POSTS ON HIS

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SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT BY THE END

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OF THE DAY.

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THERE IS ALSO AN AMENDED GAG

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ORDER ON DONALD TRUMP THAT NOW

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ALSO INCLUDES OTHER COUNSEL TO

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THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

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SO DONALD TRUMP COULD ATTACK

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ALVIN BRAGG IF HE SO DESIRED,

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BUT HE IS NOT ABLE TO PERSONALLY

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ATTACK OTHERS.

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WE HAVE SEEN HIM GO ON THE

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OFFENSE AGAINST ONE OF THE

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PROSECUTORS.

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DONALD TRUMP HAS ALLEGED THAT HE

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IS COLLUDING WITH THE BIDEN

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ADMINISTRATION BY COMING TO NEW

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YORK.

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OF COURSE, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE

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OF THAT.

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IT IS COMPLETELY REASONABLE THAT

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AN INDIVIDUAL LEAVES ONE POST

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WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND

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JOINS A STATE ENTITY HERE.

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SO FOR DONALD TRUMP NOW HAVING

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BEEN FOUND TO HAVE VIOLATED THE

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GAG ORDER NINE TIMES.

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THERE ARE OTHER ALLEGATIONS THE

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D.A.’S OFFICE HAS BROUGHT

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AGAINST TRUMP.

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THE JUDGE WILL HEAR THOSE AT

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9:30 A.M. ON THURSDAY MORNING.
>> SO THIS WAS SEEN AS MOST AS A

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>> SO THIS WAS SEEN AS MOST AS A

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WARNING SHOT BY JUDGE MERCHAN.

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THIS WAS $9,000, OBVIOUSLY
WALKING AROUND MONEY FOR DONALD

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WALKING AROUND MONEY FOR DONALD

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TRUMP, BUT IT SENDS A MESSAGE

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SAY

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>> THE PENALTIES COULD ESCALATE

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AND TRUMP COULD FACE POTENTIALLY
A NIGHT IN JAIL IF HELD

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A NIGHT IN JAIL IF HELDD FACE PO

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A NIGHT IN JAIL IF HELDD FACE PO
A NIGHT IN JAIL IF HEL

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MOMENTS AGO AND LOOKED VERY -- I

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MOMENTS AGO AND LOOKED VERY -- I

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DON’T WANT TOOK ASSIGN TOO MUCH

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PERSONALITY TO SIHIM, BUT DID NO

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LOOK LIKE HE WAS IN A PLEASANT

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MOOD HERE THIS MORNING.

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HE RAILED AGAINST THE FACT HE’S

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GOT TO BENS HERE AGAIN, SUGGESTI

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THAT HE IS BEING REMOVED FROM

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THEEI CAMPAIGN TRAIL, OF COURSE.

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OVER THE COURSE OF THOSE LAST

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FOUR DAYS.

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SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

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HE HAD NO CAMPAIGN, NO COURTROOM

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OBLIGATIONS BUT CHOSE NOT TO

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CAMPAIGN.

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IT WASBUCH MELANIA’S BIRTHDAY, H

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FLEW TO FLORIDA FOR THE WEEKEND.

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THIS FORTH DONALD TRUMP IS NOW T

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THIRD WEEK OFAL THIS TRIAL, THE

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SECOND WEEK OF TESTIMONY.

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IT IS NOT CLEAR WHO THE NEXT

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WITNESSES ARETH GOING TO BE.

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IT COULD VERY WELL BE THE LIKES

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OF KAREN McDOUGAL OR HOPE HICKS,

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GARY FARRO, THE FIRST REPUBLIC

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BANKER WHO WORKED WITH MICHAEL

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COHEN TO SET UP THE BANK

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ACCOUNTS THERE.

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HE’S ON THE STAND BEGINNING THIS

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MORNING.

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BUT FOR DONALD TRUMP,ST OF COURS

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THIS IS ONLY WEARING ON, AND WE

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ARE LOOKING WELL INTO JUNE IN

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WHICH THIS TRIALLL IS LIKELY TO

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CONTINUE.

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>> WE’RE ALSO SEEING THAT THE

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JUDGE HASRE RULED THAT DONALD

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TRUMP CAN GO TO HIS SON BARRON’S

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GRADUATION ON MAY 17th.

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VAUGHN, I’M CURIOUS, YOU MIGHT

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HAVE SAID IT AND I MISSED IT,

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BUT WHAT ELSE DID THE JUDGE SAY

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ABOUT THE GAG ORDER.

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I KNOWAB THERE IS ANOTHER HEARIN

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BUT WHAT IF HE DOES IT AGAIN?

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WERE THERE ANY WARNINGS MOVING

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FORWARD THAT THE CONSEQUENCES

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COULD BE WORSE?

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>> Reporter: YEAH, ACTUALLY, I

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WAS JUST GOT TO THAT PART OF THE

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ORDER HERE AT THE VERY END, AND

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I’LL JUST READ IT HERE FOR

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EVERYBODY IFT  I MAY.

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QUOTE, WHAT $1,000 MAY SUFFICE

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IN MOST INSTANCES TO PROTECT THE

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DIGNITY OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM

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TO COMPEL RESPECT FOR ITS

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MANDATES AND TO PUNISH THE

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OFFENDER FOR DISOBEYING A COURT

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ORDER, IT UNFORTUNATELY WILL NOT

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ACHIEVE THE DESIRED RESULT IN

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THOSE SIINSTANCES WHERE THE

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CONTENDER CANER EASILY AFFORD SU

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A FINE.

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IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, IT WOULD

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BE PREFERABLE IF THE COURT COULD

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IMPOSE A FINE MORE COMMENSURATE

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WITH THE WEALTH OF THE

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CONTEMPTER.

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THAT MIGHT BE A $2500 FINE, IN

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OTHER CASES IT MIGHT BE $150,000

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FINE.

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AND HERE’S THE FINAL LINE,

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BECAUSE THIS COURT IS NOT

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CLOAKED WITH SUCH DISCRETION, IT

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MUST THEREFORE CONSIDER WHETHER

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IN SOME INSTANCES JAIL MAY BE A

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NECESSARY PUNISHMENT.

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THOSE ARE THECE WORDS OF JUDGE

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MERCHAN ON THIS TUESDAYOF MORNIN

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MIKA.

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>> OKAY.

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WELL, THAT’S ABSOLUTELY CLEAR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VAUGHN