Trump put on stand, fined $10,000 by judge at fraud trial for violating gag order

NEW YORK — The Manhattan judge presiding over Donald Trump’s fraud trial put the former president on the witness stand Wednesday to answer for his out-of-court commentary — finding he wasn’t credible within minutes and fining him $10,000. The stunning development came after Judge Arthur Engoron learned Trump had potentially violated an order not to comment on his court staff, days after fining him $5,000 for doing so. Trump’s lawyers said he had been talking about Michael Cohen when he decried the “very partisan” person sitting “alongside the judge,” as Engoron’s law clerk does. After the lunc...