Trump could go to prison for contempt

Donald Trump is literally asking for trouble. He has been warned by the judge in his trial on business fraud charges about his public comments but the former and would-be president just ignores him and carries on railing against everyone who is out to get him, including, in his view, the judge himself. Last week Justice Juan Merchan fined Trump $9,000 for failing to adhere to the court gag order which was suppoed to stop the defendant from attacking the jury members, the judge, the prosecutor and others. But Trump has made it clear he believes this is an infringement of his freedom of speech, particularly in his capacity as the Republican party nominee for the presidency. But a court order is a court order and even Trump is supposed to honour it or face a bigger fine or a short jail sentence. Maybe he is deliberately being provocative because he wants the judge to send him to prison. The true martyr, in his view, fighting for his rights. The judge is to make a further ruling next week and if Trump continues to berate him and accuse him of being impartial and biased, he may have no choice but to put him in a cell. Any other defendant would be sent to prison for such persistent contempt. Watch out for the ruling next week. It could be Trump's defining moment.