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wait wasn't he just fined and threatened with jail time 9 other times?
Show of hands - who here thinks they can violate a judge's orders 10 distinct times, including at least one time after already having been fined for past violations and threatened with jail time for further violations, and then sleep in their own bed that night? The rich break the law 10 times and are told 10 separate times that if they do it again there will be consequences, the poor are held in solitary confinement for years without trial until the prosecution admits that they never had any evidence and then gives up.
This is the second time he was found in contempt.
The first time was on 9 counts. On the second time he was threatened with jail.
I believe that he committed contempt in two separate tranches and at the second series he still hadn't been warned of jail time at that point. He has now been so warned.
As to why the judge hasn't yet thrown his arse in jail - Trump always appeals, nowadays, always, as a delay strategy. The judge wants to limit every appeal element so as to keep things moving. Some of Trump's appeals have only lasted 20 minutes because of this.
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/donald-trump-hush-money-testimony/60644438 - last updated 04/30/2024
The judge threatened jail with the first 9 counts as well, and then Trump just kept breaking the law and the corrupt coward judge backed down because Trump and his ilk are not beholden to the law.
The second contempt hearing was over statements that were made between the first contempt hearing and the judge's initial ruling--i.e. they were statements made before he was initially sanctioned. The judge hasn't backed down, he's just not jailing him until he makes a statement made after his warning.