Comment on Live Updates: Judge Holds Trump in Contempt of Court, Fining Him $9,000
Rhaedas@fedia.io 6 months ago
Is that a typical amount for anyone who might do similar? It sure doesn't seem like a lot, especially for someone that is known to push law boundaries.
The judge is being very careful to not give even the impression that he’s not treating Trump fairly so that Trump has little to nothing to appeal.
He did warn Trump that further violations would result in jail time. I’ll believe that when I see it, but it’s not like the judge could go straight to imprisonment.
It’s the maximum fine for contempt. Judge needs to impose a day or two in jail to actually get through to Trump
I actually don’t mind the total, just keep fining him, 1k at a time, because the absolute pettiness of it probably irritates the fuck out of him.
“Small” amounts of cash really piss off people with money because it is more “real”. If you take someone like him and charge him 50k he wilñ fight it tooth and nail and then have his accountants find a way to siphon it off something else and he’s not affected…really.
But 1k? dude has to write a fucking check and that’s probably eating him up.
Lmaydev@programming.dev 6 months ago
Basically total bullshit. He should be locked up for how much he’s done it. Anyone else would be.
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Pretty sure being held in contempt also violates the conditions of his pre-trial release, so… Yeah.