Judge Threatens Trump With Incarceration, Fines Him For Violating Gag Order: 'Jail May Be A Necessary Punishment'
Judge Threatens Trump With Incarceration, Fines Him For Violating Gag Order: 'Jail May Be A Necessary Punishment'
Former President Donald Trump was found in violation of a gag order Tuesday in his hush money criminal trial.
前總統唐納德·特朗普週二在隱秘的金錢刑事審判中被發現違反了禁言令。
What Happened: Trump's criminal trial in New York resumed Tuesday, and one of the first pieces of business was Judge Juan Merchan determining whether the former president violated a gag order.
發生了什麼：特朗普在紐約的刑事審判於週二恢復，第一批工作之一是胡安·默尚法官確定前總統是否違反了禁言令。
Merchan ruled that Trump violated the gag order nine times, according to a report from NBC News. Trump was ordered to pay $9,000 total — $1,000 for each violation of the gag order. The former president was found to be in criminal contempt.
根據美國全國廣播公司新聞的報道，默坎裁定特朗普九次違反禁言令。特朗普被勒令總共支付9,000美元，每一次違反禁言令的行爲爲1,000美元。這位前總統被認定犯有藐視法庭罪。
The judge ruled that Trump must remove the posts that violated the gag order from his Truth Social account by 2:15 p.m. ET Tuesday. Truth Social is a social media platform co-founded by Trump that is part of publicly traded Trump Media & Technology Group (NASDAQ:DJT).
法官裁定，特朗普必須在美國東部時間週二下午2點15分之前從其Truth Social賬戶中刪除違反禁言令的帖子。Truth Social是由特朗普共同創立的社交媒體平台，隸屬於上市的特朗普媒體與科技集團（納斯達克股票代碼：DJT）。
The $1,000 fine for each violation is the maximum Merchan can levy on the former president.
對每項違規行爲處以1,000美元的罰款是默爾尚可以對前總統處以的最高罰款。
"Because this Court is not cloaked with such discretion, it must therefore consider whether in some instances, jail may be a necessary punishment," Merchan wrote.
默坎寫道：“由於本法院沒有這樣的自由裁量權，因此它必須考慮在某些情況下，監禁是否是一種必要的懲罰。”
Trump was warned that future violations would not be tolerated by the court.
特朗普被警告說，法院不會容忍未來的違規行爲。
"Defendant is hereby warned that the Court will not tolerate continued willful violations of its lawful orders and that if necessary and appropriate under the circumstances, it will impose and incarceratory punishment."
“特此警告被告，法院不會容忍持續故意違反其合法命令的行爲，如果在這種情況下，必要和適當，它將處以監禁懲罰。”
Michael Cohen, Trump's former lawyer and a key witness in the case, praised the judge's decision Tuesday.
特朗普的前律師、該案的主要證人邁克爾·科恩週二對法官的裁決表示讚賞。
"The imposed fine is irrelevant. Judge Merchan's decision elucidates that this behavior will not be tolerated and that no one is above the law," Cohen said in a statement shared by NBC.
“處以的罰款無關緊要。默爾坎法官的裁決表明，這種行爲是不可容忍的，任何人都不能凌駕於法律之上。” 科恩在美國全國廣播公司分享的一份聲明中說。
Related Link: Trump Hush Money Trial Has 12 Jurors: Here Are The 7 Men, 5 Women To Decide Former President's Fate
相關鏈接：特朗普的Hush Money審判有12名陪審員：以下是決定前總統命運的7名男性，5名女性
What's Next: Trump was joined by his son Eric Trump in the courtroom Tuesday, the first family member to attend the trial.
下一步是什麼：特朗普的兒子埃裏克·特朗普週二與他的兒子埃裏克·特朗普一起出庭，這是第一位出席審判的家庭成員。
Senior Trump campaign advisor Susie Wiles, former White House deputy chief of staff for communications Dan Scavino and Trump advisor Jason Miller were also present in the courtroom Tuesday.
特朗普競選高級顧問蘇西·威爾斯、前白宮負責傳播事務的副辦公廳主任丹·斯卡維諾和特朗普顧問傑森·米勒也在週二出庭。
Tuesday's key witness is banker Gary Farro, who also took the stand Friday. Farro was an executive at First Republic Bank and involved with helping Cohen set up a bank account for a company formed called Essential Consultants LLC.
週二的主要證人是銀行家加里·法羅，他也在週五出庭作證。法羅曾在第一共和國銀行擔任高管，曾幫助科恩爲一家名爲Essential Consultants LLC的公司開設銀行賬戶。
Farro's testimony could involve the bank account being used to pay adult actress Stormy Daniels.
法羅的證詞可能涉及銀行賬戶被用來向成年女演員斯托米·丹尼爾斯付款。
A hearing will take place on Thursday on additional alleged gag order violations.
週四將就其他涉嫌違反禁言令的行爲舉行聽證會。
The hush money trial is expected to last six to eight weeks, with Tuesday marking the beginning of the third week of the trial and second week of testimony.
這場安靜的金錢審判預計將持續六到八週，週二是審判第三週的開始，也是作證的第二週。
Trump pleaded not guilty and faces a maximum penalty of four years in prison for each charge if convicted.
特朗普不認罪，如果被定罪，每項指控將面臨最高四年的監禁。
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