Trump held in contempt for violating gag order in hush-money trial | WND [Video]

A New York judge hearing a business records case against President Donald Trump this week doubled down on his decision to censor Trump – and ONLY Trump – in the dispute.

Juan Merchan is hearing the case involving allegations by New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg that Trump misreported business figures, a misdemeanor for which the statute of limitations expired years ago. But Bragg claims now they are felonies because those reports, allegedly addressing “hush money” paid by Trump’s lawyer to Stormy Daniels, were in furtherance of another crime, a misdemeanor election promotion.

Merchan earlier demanded that Trump be gagged, prohibited from commenting about many aspects of the case, and now has doubled down on his censorship order by ruling Trump violated that gag order, and ordered him to pay $9,000 penalties.

The Washington Examinersaid Merchan, who refused to leave the case even though his daughter is a Democrat activist who reportedly …