Donald Trump was fined $10,000 on Wednesday after the New York judge overseeing his civil fraud trial said the former U.S. president violated a gag order for a second time.
It's random selection. Reminder that Judge Engoron was the judge that hit the Trump Org with a default judgement and ordered the wholesale dissolution of his company.
So while this looks like a pittance (and it kind of is, TBH), this judge has already taken Trump to the cleaners.
Absolutely. He's getting much more lenient treatment, whereas "average, non-white middle American" would have been in jail before a gag order was issued.