BREAKING : Manhattan DA claims Trump has violated Court's gag order.

[brooklynite]

Link to tweet

[mucifer]

1. Lock him up!! A girl can dream

[struggle4progress]

4. Fine. Bigger fine. Still bigger fine. Side bar with lawyers. Nothing dramatic too fast.

[mucifer]

5. he always gets others to pay his fines.

[struggle4progress]

6. We may get to him in jail, but no judge will rush to it

[calimary]

11. His chump voters will be picking up the tab for all this.

He’ll use their donations to pay his bills. I don’t know how much they’ll keep coughing up to keep his bills paid - assuming they even realize that’s where their campaign donations are going.

[SergeStorms]

25. Whatever he spends of their money....

on his legal and personal expenses, that's money he won't be spending on his presidential campaign.

It's a win-win in my opinion.

[calimary]

27. There certainly is that.

[padah513]

30. I pray that is the case. More money going to his bills is less money spent down ballot.

[Mr.Bill]

14. It's been proven it takes $100,000,000 to get his attention.

[Blue Idaho]

15. The good news is

The others paying his fines include the Republican Party which he is rapidly bankrupting. He will destroy the party that was stupid enough to back his play.

[SergeStorms]

28. I wonder how much....

of the TNC's bankroll is being skimmed off by Lara Trump into the Trump personal bank accounts?

There wasn't much oversight on donations before she took over, and I'd hazard a guess there is none now.

[Blue Idaho]

36. They can gut the place

For all I care. The GOP did this to itself and I say serves them right. Evil bunch of hate mongers.

[ShazzieB]

46. And that will be the most poetic justice I can imagine! 😁 ⚖

[essaynnc]

12. Let the bidding begin....

Let's start at a cool $1,000,000 per post. And double it for each subsequent post. After only a couple of posts, this starts to get pretty pricey !!!! $32M after 6, $64, $128, etc.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

34. Teach Donnie about exponential growth! n/t

[H2O Man]

20. Yep.

Zero chance of incarceration the first two times.

[H2O Man]

2. Recommended.

Thank you for ths. Lisa Rubin is outstanding.

[DET]

13. Rubin Is Great

She’s become the Ali Velshi of lawyers.

[H2O Man]

18. Right!

When she speaks, I listen. Closely.

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. I'd be OK with house arrest, wearing an ankle bracelet, and deleting his sign-in app on TS and X.

And tell him, next violation, and he'll be going directly to jail.

[FakeNoose]

50. Also wipe his phone of all aliases and passwords

... then I'm down with your plan.

If Chump doesn't go to prison it won't bother me too much. Just convict him of his most serious crimes, and fine him into poverty. If Chump gets house arrest, no TV or internet, no news, no social media, and he stays the fuck out of politics forever - then I'm good.

[republianmushroom]

7. Huh, imagine that. First time ever.

Who would have though that would happen.

There will be no Consequence, so forget it.

[brooklynite]

8. Prosecution requesting fines for three instances

Link to tweet

[AllaN01Bear]

21. the meter is running

[lindysalsagal]

9. Lock Him Up!

[triron]

10. You expect too much from our justice system.

[AKwannabe]

16. I don't understand the NOT

In the post.

Should NOT be held in contempt??
If he violated…he SHOULD be held in contempt,right?

[StarryNite]

17. That threw me at first too.

I think it means the defense will be asked to explain why they think he shouldn't be held in contempt.

[AKwannabe]

19. ...

👍

Thx

[aggiesal]

31. See Post #8 n/t

[ShazzieB]

47. That's what I was about to say.

I think it's legalese for "We think the defendant should be held in contempt, unless the Defense can show cause why he shouldn't."

[solara]

22. Why not remove crooked con-man trump from all courtrooms

as punishment? It would be much better than a "fine".

Often defendants watch their own trials via Zoom where the Courts can control them and even mute them when necessary. If there is going to be drama anyway, why not make it count as proof of truth and sanity from "The other side"? (which would be very good thing)

As long as defendant trump can see and hear what's going on.. what's the problem? I guess his capitulating lawyers could use 'removing him and his cancerous voice' as another (bogus) strike against 'Freedom of Speech'

But the disgraced ex-president needs to be punished in a way the whole world can see - punished with anything that will push back against Maga's urgent normalization of his pathetic, infectious and flourishing mental illness.

[usonian]

29. Is there high speed wi-fi in Mac Donald's?

Just curious.

[solara]

44. Don't know.. I never go to McDonalds

I've heard there is no security on public wi-fi so I don't go anywhere else either.

[ShazzieB]

48. Yes, McDonald's has wi-fi.

I don't know what's defined as "high speed," but there's definitely wi-fi, and I'm pretty sure you're right about the lack of security.

[twodogsbarking]

23. Who will stand up to him and be successful?

[usonian]

24. SHOCK COLLAR

Run by kids with game controllers!



LOOK AT THE MAN JUMP!!

[Poiuyt]

42. Like in that episode of Cheers?

[usonian]

43. Shocking.

⚡️ I never saw that one. ⚡️

[ShazzieB]

49. Me, neither!

Pretty sure I would have remembered that!

[Trueblue1968]

26. Throw his fat piece of crap, ugly stinking ass in the slammer... 49 years !!!!!

[Botany]

32. Come on Judge Merchan tell Donny to show up and bring his toothbrush, his slippers or tennis shoes, and not to worry....

… about clothing because it will be provided along with some wrist jewelry. Not only did he break the gag order but
he showed up late for his trial today. He left his building @ 8:45 for a 9 am court date.

[Seinan Sensei]

52. Shave his head, like for all newbies

[LeftInTX]

33. Any penalty?????

[sakabatou]

35. He's broken gag orders before and gotten away with it, or was just fined

He needs to be hit hard, and I'm so done with him being coddled.

[GoneOffShore]

38. Welcome to DU - Enjoy your stay, however short it is.

[Cha]

40. Not short enough.

[Cha]

39. Maybe TSF Should STFU.

[orangecrush]

41. KICK

[Trueblue Texan]

45. "Shortly, we will be seeking an order to show cause why Defendant should NOT be held in contempt"

Emphasis mine...

I do not understand why DA would state this. I would think NOT should not be in the sentence. Can someone explain?

[RockRaven]

51. It's just one of those legal things that sounds weird to an outsider.

The prosecution is asking the judge to order the defense to explain themselves (and unless the defense convinces the judge otherwise, find him in contempt). The "not" is what the defense is being ordered to do -- make a counterargument to the prosecution's argument that the behavior is contempt-worthy.

[Martin68]

53. Lock. Him. Up.