NEW YORK — Judge Juan Merchan reiterated a sharp warning to Donald Trump on Monday morning, telling the former president that he is risking jail time if he continues to violate the court’s orders.
Merchan largely verbalized his written order from last week, in which he said that New York state’s cap of $1,000 per contempt fine was insufficient to deter a wealthy contemnor like the presumptive GOP nominee. But Merchan went slightly further on Monday: he told Trump that he had deter