Did Trump Violate His Gag Order With This Local TV Interview?

In a pre-taped interview with a local Philadelphia news station that aired on Tuesday night, former President Donald Trump attacked one of the key witnesses in his hush-money criminal trial—an act that would seem to be yet another violation of the court’s gag order.

During his conservation with WPVI’s Walter Perez, which was taped Tuesday morning just ahead of a fiery hearing on whether Trump is guilty of contempt for willfully violating the gag order, the ex-president blasted his former fixer Michael Cohen as a “liar” with “no credibility.”

Prior to the former president’s latest broadside against Cohen airing, Judge Juan Merchan scolded Trump’s lawyers for failing to offer up any evidence in defense of their client’s repeated attacks against jurors and witnesses. Complaining that Trump has breached the order at least ten different times with statements he’s made on social media and his campaign website, prosecutors have urged the judge to fine Trump $1,000 per violation.

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