On Monday, former President Donald Trump said that the "Constitution is much more important than jail" and that he would be ready to serve time in jail for repeatedly breaking a gag order.
Judge Juan Merchan of New York has placed a gag order on Trump, which has kept him confined to a courtroom for the last two weeks. Trump has been penalized for breaking the order ten times already. In his most recent trial, which concluded on Monday, Trump was found guilty of assaulting the jury and sentenced to pay $1,000.
In a video he uploaded to Truth Social, Trump threatened to go to prison if reporters disobeyed his gag order, saying, "This judge has given me a gag order." "And to be really honest, prison is not nearly as vital as our Constitution. It is not even near. Any day, I will make that sacrifice."
The former president is making reference to Merchan's admonition that any more infractions may result in jail time, despite Merchan's declaration that he did not want to see Trump imprisoned.
"At the end of the day, I have a job to do, and the last thing I want to do is put you in jail," Merchan said to the outgoing supreme leader. "Your persistent transgressions are an outright assault on the rule of law."
It is against the gag order for Trump to disparage witnesses, juries, prosecutors, court employees, and the judge's family both in person and digitally. However, it does not stop him from attacking Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg or Merchan himself.
In addition, Trump has claimed that the gag order is an attempt to rig the election and that the rigorous court schedule is intended to prevent him from participating in the presidential campaign in November.
"The appellate courts should get involved, as what is happening here is a disgrace," Trump said.
The most recent breach of the gag order was on April 22, according to The Hill, when the former president said that the liberal predominance of New York City prevented him from receiving a fair trial there.
95 percent of the jurors on the panel were Democrats, Trump said in an interview with Real America's Voice. "Most people in the neighborhood are Democrats. You consider it to be only a Democratic domain. I can assure you that the situation is very unjust.
Judge Juan Merchan of New York has placed a gag order on Trump, which has kept him confined to a courtroom for the last two weeks. Trump has been penalized for breaking the order ten times already. In his most recent trial, which concluded on Monday, Trump was found guilty of assaulting the jury and sentenced to pay $1,000.
In a video he uploaded to Truth Social, Trump threatened to go to prison if reporters disobeyed his gag order, saying, "This judge has given me a gag order." "And to be really honest, prison is not nearly as vital as our Constitution. It is not even near. Any day, I will make that sacrifice."
The former president is making reference to Merchan's admonition that any more infractions may result in jail time, despite Merchan's declaration that he did not want to see Trump imprisoned.
"At the end of the day, I have a job to do, and the last thing I want to do is put you in jail," Merchan said to the outgoing supreme leader. "Your persistent transgressions are an outright assault on the rule of law."
It is against the gag order for Trump to disparage witnesses, juries, prosecutors, court employees, and the judge's family both in person and digitally. However, it does not stop him from attacking Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg or Merchan himself.
In addition, Trump has claimed that the gag order is an attempt to rig the election and that the rigorous court schedule is intended to prevent him from participating in the presidential campaign in November.
"The appellate courts should get involved, as what is happening here is a disgrace," Trump said.
The most recent breach of the gag order was on April 22, according to The Hill, when the former president said that the liberal predominance of New York City prevented him from receiving a fair trial there.
95 percent of the jurors on the panel were Democrats, Trump said in an interview with Real America's Voice. "Most people in the neighborhood are Democrats. You consider it to be only a Democratic domain. I can assure you that the situation is very unjust.
