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Gregory WALTON

NY Judge Threatens Trump With Jail For Gag Order Violations

Hope Hicks, the campaign press secretary for Donald Trump during the 2016 White House race, was the first member of the ex-president's political inner circle to testify in his historic criminal trial in New York (Credit: AFP)

The New York judge presiding over Donald Trump's historic criminal trial again found the former US president in contempt of a gag order Monday and threatened to jail him if there are further violations.

Trump, 77, is charged with falsifying business records to reimburse his lawyer, Michael Cohen, for a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels just days ahead of the 2016 election against Hillary Clinton.

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