re: #13 Targetpractice

See, this is the sort of shit we’ve come to expect when courts deal with rich defendants, a lot of empty hot air that really means little because the judge lives in fear of pissing off his rich patrons. $1000 for violating a gag order is financially crippling to someone who lives paycheck to paycheck, but to someone who has the money to buy a gold toilet it’s pocket change. We all know he’s never going to put Trump in the clink because rich guys don’t go to jail, they pay fines and pretend to be chastised in public before reaming the judge behind closed doors for daring to treat them like a poor person.

You made the threat last week to throw him in jail for another violation of the gag order. He violated it and you just slapped him with another fine. You can roar and growl behind closed doors, but what the public sees and hears is that the defendant is being treated as above the law.

Merchan also has to worry that if Trump is re-elected, Trump may indeed send his storm-troopers to execute anyone who tried to hold him to account for his crimes. This SCOTUS may indeed give GOP presidents carte blanche to commit crimes while in office.