The judge in Donald Trump's New York civil fraud trial had threatened 'possible imprisonment' over Trump's violation of a gag order. The offending Trump post attacked the judge's law clerk and had remained on his campaign website after Trump removed it from social media. AdvertisementAdvertisementDonald Trump won't go to jail for violating a New York gag order, the judge in his civil fraud trial ruled Friday. The fine is Trump's penalty for violating an October 3 gag order banning him from attacks on the judge's legal staff online or in spoken statements. But the judge asked Trump's attorneys "why this blatant violation of the gag order should not result in serious financial penalties holding the defendant in contempt and possible imprisonment."

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