NEW YORK -- Judge Juan Merchan scheduled a hearing Thursday morning to consider whether to hold Donald Trump in criminal contempt for violating his case's limited gag order on four additional occasions.
The hearing comes two days after Judge Juan Merchan held Trump in criminal contempt for violating the gag order nine times, fined the former president $9,000 - the maximum allowable fine under state law - and threatened that future violations could result in jail time.
Prosecutors have asked Merchan to fine Trump $4,000 for the four newly alleged violations, including remarks Trump said in a wide-ranging interview with 6abc Action News in Philadelphia.
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The gag order prohibits Trump from making public statements about:
The contempt hearing is set for 9:30 a.m. ET. Testimony in the trial is scheduled to resume at 10 a.m.