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Annnnnnnnd when the judge does fine Trump Trump wins because he just sends out another “send me money” to his credulous fools.
Donald Trump’s campaign immediately sought to capitalize after the judge in his New York criminal trial ruled him in contempt of court — the latest example of how the former president’s campaign has flipped negative legal developments into a financial boost for his reelection bid.
“A Democrat judge JUST HELD ME IN CONTEMPT OF COURT!” read a Tuesday morning email soliciting donations for Trump National Committee, a joint fundraising committee that includes Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee.
Of course the judge HELD HIM IN CONTEMPT OF COURT because HE WAS IN CONTEMPT OF COURT but never mind that, just send him $$$.
Trump is already a fairly prolific fundraiser, but moments of legal jeopardy have driven some of his best fundraising in the past.
In March, his campaign got a big spike in donations after New York Attorney General Tish James took a step toward seizing the former president’s assets if he couldn’t make bail in a civil case. Last fall, the campaign raked in more than $4 million in a day after Trump got his mug shot taken in Georgia, where he faces charges related to attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
Words fail me.
There really is a sucker born every minute.
This isn’t civil contempt, this is criminal contempt. Being adjudged in criminal contempt of court is a violation of DJT’s bond conditions. He is out on pretrial release because he posted a bond in each of his four criminal cases. A condition of bond in every one of those cases is not to commit a criminal offense against any state law or federal law. “Violate no law,” is a standard bond condition in every criminal case. DJT is now subject to having his bond revoked in those cases, and being held in pretrial detention.
With regard to contempt sanctions, judges generally use a progressive approach. Fine first is typical. Remains to be seen what comes second. The judge would be perfectly within his rights to order such a contemptuous defendant jailed for any subsequent violations of court orders. I heard one commentator suggest that the judge might hold any further punishment for contempt in abeyance until the end of trial. IOW, the judge could say, I will sentence you on these 4 new (another hearing is set for Thursday on 4 new counts of contempt), and any additional instances of contempt, at the end of trial. I will also take your contempt violations into account at sentencing in this case, if you are convicted. Thus, additional instances of contempt will not only result in sentences in their own right — limited as they are by New York last to a maximum of $1,000 and/or 30 days jail per violation — but also affect the ultimate sentence for any crimes of which the jury finds you guilty.
If it were up to me, I’d revoke his bond and order him into pretrial detention. Then I’d sentence him to 30 days per new contempt violation, to run consecutively.
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