Donald Trump has been fined $10,000 for violating his gag order a second time.
New York State Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron had Trump answer for a statement he made to the media.
“If we had a jury it would have been fair, at least — even if it was a somewhat negative jury — because no negative jury would vote against me,” Trump stated. “But this judge will. Because this judge is a very partisan judge, with a person who’s very partisan sitting alongside of him, perhaps even much more partisan than he is.”
The judge asked Trump to explain the statement, to which Trump said he was referring to Michael Cohen, his former lawyer.
Engoron declared he did not believe Trump and instead accused him of criticizing the judge’s court clerk, which he previously said was “not appropriate.”
Reporting from The Blaze:
Engoron had previously fined Trump $5,000 after he warned the former president against criticizing his head court clerk. Trump posted a photograph of the woman standing next to Democrat Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York. Trump referred to the clerk as "Schumer's girlfriend" and implied that the court was biased against him. Engoron warned Trump that he would face more dire consequences for further violations of the gag rule and said that imprisonment was on the table.
