Trump post about jurors was “very troubling,” prosecutor says

Judge Juan Merchan is now hearing arguments on whether Donald Trump should be held in contempt of court for allegedly violating the gag order on the case at least 10 times in the days before and after the trial began. Prosecutors are seeking the punishment for Trump to be $1,000 per allegation.

Merchan has said in prior court orders he will be looking at possible instances of violations where Trump was primarily sharing commentary about expected trial witness Michael Cohen who called him a “serial perjurer.”

Those instances are:

It’s not yet known if Merchan will also want to discuss Trump’s comments on Tuesday after court, in which he appeared to double down with on-camera comments in a courthouse hallway criticizing Cohen, his former personal attorney.