A banker who helped set up the account used to pay a porn star is expected back on the stand. The judge in the case could also rule on a request to hold the former president in contempt of court.
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The judge overseeing Donald J. Trump’s criminal trial fined him $9,000 on Tuesday for repeatedly violating a gag order that bars him from making attacks on witnesses, jurors and others connected to the case.
The judge, Juan M. Merchan, issued his ruling as the former president’s trial began its third week, saying that Mr. Trump’s statements, including on social media, had violated the order. Prosecutors had asked that Mr. Trump be held in contempt, citing 10 public statements that they said posed a “threat” to the trial, which centers on a hush-money deal struck in the final days of his 2016 presidential campaign.