Or shot for following orders from one officer because another officer didn't know what the first officer told you to do

Yes, but- A. Trump is white, B. Trump is rich, C. Cops are MAGA assholes.

The judge doesn’t want to give Trump’s team any ammunition for an appeal. I realize it’s absurd, but if he’s thrown in jail without significant warning then they’ll argue it biased the already liberal jury (cause NYC) against him too much.

(I am not a lawyer, that’s just my understanding.)

You guys rip on me 13 or 14 more times and I'm out of here. ~basketball

"The last thing I want to do is put you in jail."

~ Judge Juan Merchan

We love our fair and impartial judiciary, don't we folks? Lets give Judge Merchan a big hand. He's helping to Make America Great Again.

Yes, if they can pay the $10,000 fine.

The judge said everyone gets warnings and fines before jail time. If he could, he'd issue a large fine, but he can't because state law caps the fine at $1,000 per violation. The judge acknowledged that a $10,000 fine for a multi-millionaire isn't even a punishment, but immediately jailing someone because they can easily afford the fine seemed wrong. Trump violated the gag order 10 times before being officially told to stop, so the judge is lumping them all into a "first" violation. He said the "second" violation absolutely will be punished with jail time. We'll see.

The protection did not even ask for jail time! WTF!

A weekend in the clink without a cell phone would do the man some good.

Edit: I meant to say prosecution, but autocorrect.

This is the second ruling of contempt

First ruling was collectively over 9 comments he made.

This is the second, and said next would be jail time.

Don't be fooled by the "10th time". There were 9 separate violations that were all brought as a single complaint last week. So technically one "time" (as in, one ruling), just regarding 9 separate tweets so technically nine separate incidents. Number ten here is basically Donnie's second strike in terms of actual warnings. If he gets a third without repercussions, then I think it'll be fair to say the judge may be bluffing.

Remember, judges have to play things a little softly if they don't want to set up precedent for appeal. He can't give Trump any reason to claim he's being treated unfairly. Two warnings is perfectly reasonable.