Judge Merchan Threatens Trump With ‘Immediate Arrest and Imprisonment’ Over Gag Order Violations

Published on April 26, 2024

The judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York has issued an order requiring the former president to attend a court hearing on his alleged violations of a gag order, with the judge threatening that failure to appear could lead to his immediate arrest and imprisonment. New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan issued the order on April 25, setting a court hearing for May 1 at which he’ll weigh four alleged instances of President Trump’s violating a gag order. “Warning: your failure to appear in court may result in your immediate arrest and imprisonment for contempt of court,” the judge wrote....

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