micky <
misc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
If I have the timeline correct, the judge in the trump rape case
told him in advance not to comment on the case, and yet Wednesday,
trump continued to make online attacks on the plaintiff.
Seems to me, he's passed the bar for contempt and since he says he
has loads of money, the only deterrent punishment would be jail.
Does 5 days seems about right??? For each day that the judge's
instructions are ignored.
But the judge also hinted at other punishment, such as, the news
suggests, obstruction of justice criminal charges.
IF trump HAS ALREADY SERVED TIME IN JAIL FOR contempt, does that
make a charge of obstruction voidable as double jeopardy?
One is civil contempt, the other would be for criminal obstruction of
justice. They are separate and different offenses, even though they
might be for the same conduct. So spending five days in jail for one
won't prevent him from spending five years in jail on the other.
Or do you all expect the judge will just continue warning trump
and even as trump ignores all the warnings, either never find him
in contempt or never punish him beyond some insignificant money
fine?
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