Published October 21, 2023
After being fined $5,000 for violating a judge’s gag order imposed as part of his civil trial in New York, former President Donald Trump posted an image of himself sitting in court next to Jesus Christ.
The former president posted the image on Instagram and Truth Social on Friday.
Trump had initially shared the sketch on Truth Social in early October. It was first posted on X by user Dom Lucre, according to the New York Post.
“This is the most accurate court sketch of all time. Because nobody could have made it this far alone,” Lucre wrote in the caption.
When Trump was arraigned in April on a charge of falsifying business records, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia compared what was taking place to the persecution of Jesus, according to The Associated Press.
“Jesus was arrested and murdered by the Roman government,” she said then.
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SOURCE: https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-quietly-posts-epic-image-following-angry-judges-5000-fine-social-media-post/
RELATED: Trump Shares Post Labeling Judge Who Fined Him A ‘Lunatic’
Former President Donald Trump posted a video on Saturday slamming the New York judge overseeing his civil fraud trial as a “lunatic,” the day after the judge fined Trump $5,000 for violating a gag order in the case, though criticizing the judge would not represent a violation of the gag order.
Former President Donald Trump shared a post calling the judge overseeing his civil fraud case a … [+] GETTY IMAGES
Published October 21, 2023
Trump posted a video of New York Judge Arthur Engoron to his social media platform Truth Social with the caption: “It’s scary to think of the amount of power this lunatic currently has.”
In the seemingly innocuous video, which compiles clips from a 2015 speech Engoron gave to students at Queensborough Community College in New York City, Engoron admits “it’s hard to factor out my own emotions” in court cases, and that “juries get it wrong a lot,” adding he has experienced situations in court that prompted him to ask, “how could [the jury] have thought that?”
Trump—who is accused, along with his business partners and the Trump Organization, of inflating the value of his assets—had been given a gag order earlier this month along with all parties in the civil fraud case, barring him from making any public statements, emails or social media posts regarding “any members of [Engoron’s] staff,” with Engoron calling that type of comment “unacceptable” and “inappropriate.”
That gag order came in response to a photo Trump posted on October 3 showing Engoron’s clerk with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) with the insinuation that the case was politically motivated, which Engoron claimed was “untrue, disparaging and personally identifying.”
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SOURCE: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2023/10/21/trump-shares-post-labeling-judge-who-fined-him-a-lunatic/?sh=66d228d15548
RELATED: Judge fines Trump $5,000 for gag order violation after threatening him with jail time
Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends his Manhattan courthouse trial in a civil fraud case in New York, U.S., October 18, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters
Published October 20, 2023
- A judge fined Donald Trump $5,000 after threatening the former president with jail time over a “blatant violation” of a partial gag order in his $250 million New York fraud trial.
- But Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron warned that future violations will subject Trump to “far more severe sanctions” — including imprisonment.
- The judge’s punishment, while a small financial burden, is the first time Trump has faced tangible consequences for violating court-ordered restrictions on his speech.
A New York judge fined Donald Trump $5,000 on Friday after threatening the former president with jail time for violating a partial gag order in his civil fraud trial.
But Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron warned that future violations will subject Trump to “far more severe sanctions” — including imprisonment.
The fraud case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, accuses Trump, his two adult sons, his company and top executives of fraudulently inflating the values of their assets to get tax benefits and advantageous loan terms.
Trump has denied wrongdoing, though Engoron has already found the defendants liable for fraud and ordered the dissolution of their New York business certificates. The trial aims to settle six other claims by James, who seeks $250 million in damages and wants to bar the defendants from running a business in New York.
