. . .So far, online bets have been placed on whether or not Trump will be convicted and sentenced to prison. At BetOnline.ag, the odds are 4-1 that it’ll happen by the end of next year. But no one seems to be gambling yet on whether the former president will spend time in jail simply for running his mouth.
Trump has used his position of influence as the leading 2024 Republican presidential candidate to wage a war of words against the judiciary, deriding every case against him as a nefarious leftist plot to derail what his devoted followers see as his prophetic return to the White House. He has launched vicious attacks against prosecutors, judges, and court staff—even their family members.
That menacing threat has kicked judges into high gear—and of course, it’s not just D.C. where Trump may find himself in jail. . .
Trump has used his position of influence as the leading 2024 Republican presidential candidate to wage a war of words against the judiciary, deriding every case against him as a nefarious leftist plot to derail what his devoted followers see as his prophetic return to the White House. He has launched vicious attacks against prosecutors, judges, and court staff—even their family members.
That menacing threat has kicked judges into high gear—and of course, it’s not just D.C. where Trump may find himself in jail. . .
The countdown is on for Donald Trump’s D.C. trial in March. And while Trump has faced jail threats over his inability to abide by gag orders with his recent bank fraud trial in New York, the charges he’s facing for his attempts at overturning the 2020 election are criminal in nature—and that means the federal judge overseeing the case has far greater power to punish Trump for not keeping his mouth shut.
The simple reason Trump may find himself in jail a lot sooner than he or anyone else thinks is because Trump shows hardly any restraint when it comes to speaking out about his trial, special prosecutor Jack Smith—who he now routinely refers to as “Deranged Jack Smith”—or court staff who he thinks are treating him unfairly.
While jailing Trump for disobeying a gag order would be a controversial move, it’s certainly not out of the question.
The simple reason Trump may find himself in jail a lot sooner than he or anyone else thinks is because Trump shows hardly any restraint when it comes to speaking out about his trial, special prosecutor Jack Smith—who he now routinely refers to as “Deranged Jack Smith”—or court staff who he thinks are treating him unfairly.
While jailing Trump for disobeying a gag order would be a controversial move, it’s certainly not out of the question.
Trump has already proven his willingness to disobey gag orders, routinely flouting Judge Arthur F. Engoron’s dictates in New York. But with the D.C. case, his refusal to follow court orders could have a very different result than a meaningless financial penalty. . .
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