Former President Donald Trump received a $5,000 fine on Friday for violating the gag order put in place by Judge Arthur Engoron to protect his staff and his courtroom’s proceedings.

$5000. What bullshit.

  • thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com
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    1 year ago

    Why is it impossible for an ex president to go to jail for contempt of court? He’s just a citizen, now, and a citizen would have their bail revoked.

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      1 year ago

      It’s not literally legally impossible, but the logistics of dealing with Secret Service protection for someone in prison make it extremely difficult, plus it’s obviously unprecedented to put a former president in jail, and the added complication of it being the primary competition to the sitting president in the next election.

      There are a lot of reasons a judge would want to avoid prison, specifically. And the system is set up such that if there are circumstances where there’s a good reason to avoid prison for a certain person, there are alternative punishments like fines or house arrest.