Judge finds Donald Trump in contempt for 10th time over gag order and threatens jail time

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Stop. Threatening.

Start. Sentencing.

It's not a sentence. This is a penalty imposed by a judge for misbehaviour in a court room, not a sentence handed down for a crime.

And the judge has to give at least a couple of warnings (this is actually the 2nd, not the 10th; the first 9 violations were all assessed as a block) or else he risks the actual case getting thrown out on appeal.

Sentencing him to jail is going to activate his base. That’s my only concern. People who have grown tired of him crying wolf will finally see this as the deep state locking away Trump to keep him from campaigning.