Trump Removes Social Media Posts That Judge Says Violated Gag Order by Jack Phillips – US Politics News

Former President Donald Trump removed multiple social media and website posts on Tuesday to comply with a judge’s order.
Earlier Tuesday, Judge Juan Merchan ordered the former president to remove seven posts on Truth Social and two on his campaign website, alleging they violated a gag order. He also held President Trump in contempt of the court and fined him $9,000 for the posts.
He told the former president that the offending posts must be removed by 2:15 p.m. ET. The posts were removed by that time.
“Defendant is hereby warned that the Court will not tolerate continued willful violations of its lawful orders and that if necessary and appropriate under the circumstances, it will impose an incarceratory punishment,” Judge Merchan wrote in the order….