Legal expert begs judge to hold Trump in contempt for obvious gag order violations — fast

Judge Juan Merchan should get a move on and quickly rule on whether Trump was in contempt of court for violating a gag order in the Manhattan hush money trial, former federal prosecutor Elie Honig told CNN's Jake Tapper on Wednesday — because it's clear that Trump is in fact in violation.

The former president is forbidden, under the gag order, from attacking expected witnesses in the case, which charges him with business fraud associated with buying the silence of adult film star Stormy Daniels — but he has repeatedly shared content on his social media platforms attacking his former lawyer Michael Cohen, who is planned to testify in the case. Trump's defense counsel attempted to defend this in a hearing earlier this week, but Merchan appeared deeply skeptical.

"We're still waiting on Judge Merchan to issue his ruling on whether or not Trump violated the gag order," said Tapper. "How long could this be left unresolved?"

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"Well, it's up to him, but he's got to move fast," said Honig. "I mean, how much more evidence could he need than this? As the order is pending, Donald Trump is going out and reviolating and reviolating."

"You think he did it?" Tapper followed up. "All ten of those?"

"Yes," said Honig. "I think the judge the judge has tended to split the baby, as we say, he may peel off a couple of them and say, this one's a little bit ambiguous. The judge is going to find that he violated the vast majority of those 10, or I think it's 11 now, and maybe more pending. If I had to guess, I would guess we'll get a ruling tomorrow early or before the court day."

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