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Mary Trump, who is the niece of former President Trump, said it’s “absurd” to think that her uncle would willingly go to jail if the judge orders him to for breaking the rules of his gag order. “I think that it’s absurd for anybody to think that he would willingly go into jail for even…

CNN analyst Mark Preston believes that if former President Trump is imprisoned for breaking the gag order in his hush money trial, there would be widespread social upheaval and it would benefit him in the polls. Preston, along with CNN’s Jim Acosta and others, discussed the potential for Judge Juan Merchan to temporarily place the former president in a holding cell after he deliberately disobeyed the expanded gag order, which prohibits Trump from publicly criticizing witnesses, prosecutors, court staff, jurors, and the judge’s family.

Former President Trump shared articles critical of Judge Juan Merchan and his family on Wednesday, appearing to test the bounds of the gag order placed on Trump in his New York hush money case. Merchan expanded the gag order Monday to prevent Trump from discussing his family, after the former president made comments critical of…

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe contended that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s request for an expanded gag order in the hush money case against former President Trump serves as a “distraction” from the actual case. “The request for clarification by DA Bragg is a perfect example of how these gag orders create more of a…

A New York judge broadened the former President Trump's restriction on Monday to limit his recent continuous criticism against the judge's daughter. Justice Juan Merchan's five-page decision criticized Trump for his series of Truth Social posts criticizing the judge's daughter since he was put under a restriction order last week. 'This pattern of attacking family…'

U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton is criticizing former President Trump’s attacks on the judges involved in his criminal cases, most recently his hush money trial, warning that undermining an independent judiciary risks sliding the country toward tyranny. Walton joined CNN’s Kaitlan Collins to discuss Trump’s aggressive remarks about the families of his perceived foes in…