“Judge Merchan is not going to be intimidated. He’s already run the trial. It’s over He obviously disregarded every indication that he shouldn’t have been on the trial. Everyone knows that he had made contributions to the Biden campaign, which no judge is supposed to do.
“We all know about what was going on with his family and profiting off of this. So I dare to say that Donald Trump is probably going to disregard this gag order. It should — if they should not lift it, he’ll pay the fine. You know?
“And let’s clarify. He has not been convicted. He will have a — potentially a stay to get through the appeals until the conviction is handed down. So right now he is not convicted.” – America First Policy Institute spokesperson Jessie Jane Duff, speaking on Newsmax.