The judge warned Trump could be incarcerated if he violates the gag order again.
Prosecutor Matthew Colangelo makes opening arguments as former President Trump watches with his attorney Todd Blanche before Justice Juan Merchan during Trump's criminal trial in Manhattan state court in New York City, April 22, 2024 in this courtroom sketch.is expected to shift Thursday morning from what witnesses are saying in the courtroom to what the former president has said when he leaves.
"That jury was picked so fast -- 95% Democrats. The area's mostly all Democrat. You think of it as a -- just a purely Democrat area," Trump told Real America's Voice last Monday in an interview that prosecutors say violated the gag order. "Well, Michael Cohen is a convicted liar and he's got no credibility whatsoever," Trump said. "David Pecker, I don't know exactly what he's going to be testifying against but or about, but he'll be testifying today."
"This is a message to Pecker: Be nice," prosecutor Christopher Conroy told Judge Merchan last week. "It's a message to others: I have a platform, and I will talk about you and I can say things like this, or things like what I said about Cohen. It's a message to everyone involved in this proceeding, including this Court.
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