Welcome to the beat everyone. I'm Ari Melber. We are tracking a major development in this

criminal trial of Trump. The judge today going farther than ever warning

defendant Donald Trump that he can be jailed if there are more gag order violations.

Let me show you exactly what happened, you may have heard about it, but we're going to walk

through it specifically, the judge telling Trump today that he can face a quote,

jail sanction.

That is the big key part, which is why we put it in big letters.

Jail sanction for defendant Trump, if he repeats these gag order violations.

Judge Merchant drawing a line and directly noting why this is a big deal with the repeated violations of the gag order.

Other defendants have been jailed for less, you probably heard about that.

But on the other hand, let's be clear.

Defendant Trump has not been convicted in this case.

And there are practical issues around the unprecedented prospect

of jailing an ex-president and current candidate

for the White House.

They are heavy issues.

So the judge did not pretend this is just like any other case today.

What he did is interesting and could be concerning

for defendant Trump.

The judge bluntly addressing those facts that exist

outside of court and maybe he's trying to evince a type of fairness or awareness as

a judge in case this ever gets to the point of jailing Trump.

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