Nothing about this situation is clear but consider these additional richochets.

In each of Trump's OTHER arraignment appearances for his OTHER criminal charges, one of the conditions he had to agree to involved avoiding further legal trouble. Could a charge of contempt of court trigger changes in those other jurisdictions that might rule him to be in violation of his probation in those cases?

The conditions in Georgia for example state:

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23921620/23...

(2) The Defendant shall not violate the laws of this State, the laws of any other state, the laws
of the United States of America, or any other local laws. Ayala v. State, 262 Ga. 704, 705
(1993).

Today's ruling by Judge Merchan was a criminal contempt finding, not merely civil. We'll probably need another appeal to the Supreme Court and another 8 month delay to determine if a criminal contempt citation counts as a criminal act or charge for the purposes of other bail agreements. From what I can find on the internets, criminal contempt is a criminal charge and remains on your record for Everyman or Everywoman. We'll have to see if it applies to Everytrump.


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