‘Straight Words’: 4 Differences Between Trump and Cousin Ray Ray in Court

By Naba’a Muhammad, Contributing Columnist The judge in the Trump hush-money case in New York, which revolves around charges the GOP boss paid off a porn star to keep an affair quiet and lied about it to flim-flam voters, has gotten a ton of media coverage. Judge Juan M. Merchan told the presidential hopeful that “…violations of a gag order barring Trump from inflammatory out-of-court comments about witnesses, jurors, and others closely connected to the case could result in jail time.” “The $1,000 fine imposed Monday marks the second time since the trial began last month that Trump has been sanctioned for violating the gag order. He was fined $9,000 last week, $1,000 for each of nine violations. It appears that the $1,000 fines are not serving as a deterrent. Therefore, going forward, this court will have to consider a jail sanction,” Judge Merchan said. “Trump’s statements,” the judge added, ‘threaten to interfere with the fair administration of justice and constitute a direct attack on the rule of law. I cannot allow that to continue,’” the Associated Press reported May 6. The Associated Press continued: “‘The last thing I want to do is put you in jail,’ Merchan said. ‘You...