JUST IN: Alvin Bragg Moves To Put Trump In Prison
Monday marked the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president, who is also a presumptive nominee for the next election. Just one day later, things are already off to a rocky start.
On Tuesday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg filed a motion to hold former President Donald Trump in contempt of court, alleging that Trump violated the court’s gag order by making public comments about two key witnesses in his ongoing criminal trial. The action, filed in the New York Supreme Court, could lead to significant consequences, including imprisonment.
The court documents accuse Trump of intentionally defying a gag order that prohibited him from making public statements about Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels, both of whom are involved in the case. According to the motion, Trump’s comments on social media were a clear violation of the court’s directives.
“Defendant willfully violated this Court’s order by publishing several social media posts attacking two known witnesses—Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels. These attacks unquestionably violate the Court’s April 1 order,” Bragg stated in the motion. The document claimed that such actions by Trump could “threaten the integrity of the judicial proceedings” by potentially intimidating witnesses and adversely affecting the trial’s fairness.
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