The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s so-called “hush-money” trial in New York on Monday found the former president in contempt of court for alleged gag order violations, warning that he might jail him.

“I find you in criminal contempt for the 10th time,” the judge told President Trump, adding that “going forward this court will have to consider a jail sanction.”

“Mr. Trump it’s important you understand the last thing I want to do is put you in jail. You are the former president of the United States and possibly the next president as well,” the judge said, adding that “incarceration is truly a last resort.”

The judge added that the “magnitude of this decision is not lost on me but at the end of the day I have a job to do, so as much as I don’t want to impose a jail sanction ... I want you to understand that I will if necessary and appropriate.”

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