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Lauren Aratani

A fine and the specter of Michael Cohen: deja vu for Trump in hush-money trial

man in suit and blue tie framed by photographers
Though this is the second New York trial Trump is attending it appears the former president has not learned many lessons about appeasing judges. Photograph: Mark Peterson/EPA

It was deja vu for Donald Trump at his Manhattan criminal trial this week in more ways than one.

Six months ago a New York judge threatened to throw a former US president in prison for violating a gag order. Remarkably, in a courthouse up the street just six months later, Trump was again threatened with jail time.

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