Donald Trump fined $10,000 for second gag order violation in civil fraud case(www.reuters.com)

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This is the best summary I could come up with:

On Oct. 20, Engoron fined Trump $5,000 after finding he had not taken down a post disparaging the law clerk, and warned that future transgressions could bring “far more severe” sanctions including jail.

The judge, when he originally imposed the gag order, said that comments directed at his staff were “unacceptable, inappropriate and will not be tolerated under any circumstances.”

Earlier on Wednesday, Cohen acknowledged under questioning by an attorney for the former president that he has a financial incentive to criticize his ex-boss but defended his credibility as he testified in the trial.

Habba on Wednesday asked Cohen about how much money he made from his political podcast and two books he wrote since bitterly cutting ties with Trump and becoming one of his fiercest critics.

Cohen’s testimony could bolster the attorney general’s argument that Trump, his company and several of its executives unlawfully inflated property values.

Cohen pleaded guilty to tax fraud, campaign violence violations and perjury in 2018 and was sentenced to three years in prison.

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