Trump was fined again today, this time to the tune of $10,000.
At a break in the trial, Trump had gone out to complain to reporters outside that: ‘This judge is a very partisan judge, with a person who’s very partisan sitting alongside of him, perhaps even much more partisan than he is,’ – an apparent reference to his clerk Allison Greenfield.
When he walked back into court Judge Engoron – who had been apprised of his remarks — told Trump that his comments violated the gag order and he would be fined 10K.
Scolding a scowling Trump, the judge called it a ‘blatant, dangerous disobeyal’ of his court order, and warned that he had imposed the gag order because ‘I don’t want anybody killed.’
In turn, a furious Trump fled the courtroom leaving his Secret Service scurrying after him.