Trump risks gag order fines by lashing out at ‘very unfair’ jury hours before contempt hearing

Donald Trump risked breaking the gag order in his hush money trial by lashing out at what he claimed to be the “very unfair” jury just hours before a hearing to determine whether he should be held in contempt of court.

On Monday evening, the former president called into conservative radio showOutside the Beltway on the Real America’s Voice to complain about his trial.

“This judge – who is a totally conflicted person, by the way, he should not be the judge of this case, he’s so conflicted, nobody’s ever been as conflicted as him, just about – but this judge said I can’t get away from the trial,” Mr Trump moaned to host John Fredericks.

“You know he’s rushing the trial. That jury was picked so fast – 95 per cent Democrats. The area is mostly all Democrats. You think of it as just a purely Democrat area. It’s a very unfair situation, that I can tell you.”

The former president made the comments just hours before Judge Juan Merchan was set to hear a complaint from the prosecution about his alleged violations of the gag order in the case.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is asking the judge to hold the criminal defendant in contempt of court and fine him for what they argue was at least seven different violations of the gag order.

“It’s ridiculous, and it has to stop,” assistant district attorney Christopher Conroy told the judge on Thursday, pointing to Mr Trump’s continued posts about the trial on his Truth Social platform.

The former president was previously hit with a gag order in the case following hhis repeated public outbursts railing against Mr Bragg, Judge Merchan and even the justice’s daughter – alleging political bias against them without evidence.

Last week, one of Mr Trump’s social media posts featured a