Prosecutors claim that Trump disregarded the gag order in a Truth Social post in which he claimed to reference Jesse Watters of Fox News. The president said: “They are catching undercover Liberal Activists lying to the Judge in order to get on the Trump Jury.”
Christopher Conroy, the prosecutor, however, noted a contradiction. As to Conroy’s account, Watters mentioned on live that “they’re catching undercover activists lying to the judge,” omitting the part regarding being selected for the Trump jury. According to Conroy, Trump himself inserted that.
The prosecutor went on to say that the link to the jurors was the main issue. “Juror profiles in this case” were the source of Trump’s remark, he explained.
Deliberation and willfulness are evident, according to Conroy. “What happened here was precisely what this order was intended to prevent, and the defendant doesn’t care,” Conroy said, referring to all of the posts that were discussed in this morning’s contempt hearing.