Judge Arthur Engoron first fined the former president $5,000 and then last Wednesday an additionalTrump is “really good at power dynamics and getting a signal of what he can get away with and what lines people are willing to draw,” Weissmann explained. “So I think $10,000 in some ways is sending the wrong incentive.”
Instead, Weismann suggested a judge must “do something” that will make Trump “adhere to the rules.” Former acting Attorney General Neal Katyal had earlier suggested to Psaki that judges would soon be left with no option but to send Trump to prison for violating the terms of the orders. “Judges are going to need to really stiffen their spines because they have to worry the violence that may come from the call and response that the former president is wielding,” agreed Weissmann.prohibiting the ex-president from disparaging prosecutors, witnesses and court staff.