Judge Juan Merchan already found Trump in contempt this week and fined him. Are more relatively low-level fines the most that may come out of this latest hearing? Judge Juan Merchan found Donald Trump in contempt on Tuesday for nine gag order violations in his New York criminal case. The state judge imposed the maximum fine of $1,000 per violation and warned Trump of possible incarceration for further defiance. While imposing the punishment, such as it was, even Merchan acknowledged its