CNN legal analyst Karen Friedman Agnifilo says Judge Juan Merchan has options that don’t involve putting the former president Donald Trump in prison.
The judge has been clear that he does not want to put Trump in prison for violating his gag order on Monday morning, but feels he may have no choice.
Friedman Agnifilo says instead Merchan could put Trump in jail for a short amount of time, increasing that amount of time if he continues to breach the gag order.
“He has several options: for example, he could put him in for a few hours. There is a holding cell behind the court room,” she said.
“He could put him in for the day. He could put him in over lunch. He could do it like that, as a graduated step towards putting him in overnight.”
