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The Lead with Jake Tapper

Judge Shown Financial Docs at the Heart of Hush Money Case

The Lead with Jake Tapper

CNN

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3.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2024

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

A stern warning for Donald Trump today from the bench, keep violating your gag order in your hush money cover up case and you may well end up in jail. Judge Juan Merchan that Trump violated that gag order for the tenth time. He fined Trump $1,000, which is the maximum penalty.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Asking the right question can greatly impact your future.

0:03.2

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0:06.2

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0:07.6

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0:12.0

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0:13.6

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0:18.0

This is CNN breaking news.

0:23.0

And welcome to the lead.

0:23.9

I'm Jake Tapper.

0:24.6

We're gonna start today with our law and justice lead

0:26.9

and a stern warning for Donald Trump today from the bench.

0:30.8

Keep violating your gag order and your hush money-up case, and you may well end up in jail.

0:37.0

Judge Juan Marshaon finding today that Trump violated that gag order for the tenth time he fined Trump $1,000 which is the maximum penalty.

0:47.0

But Judge Mershaugh went on to tell the former president, quote, at the end of the day, I have a job to do.

0:51.9

And part of that job is to protect the dignity

0:53.9

of the judicial system and compel respect.

0:56.6

As much as I do not want to impose a jail sanction,

0:59.3

and I have done everything I can to avoid doing so,

1:01.7

I want you to understand that I will if necessary

1:04.8

and appropriate." Today we've also heard testimony from two witnesses who went

1:09.7

through check by check the payments made by Donald Trump to his former attorney

1:15.2

and fixer Michael Cohen those payments are at the very heart of this case

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