The Editorial Board: Trump attacks the Constitution and New York Republicans are silent

Prosecutors in Donald Trump's hush money trial said the former president violated a gag order 10 times, but they did not seek jail time as a sanction.

During a Tuesday morning hearing, Assistant District Attorney Chris Conroy explained how Trump had attacked jurors, prospective jurors, and potential witnesses.

“What happened here is precisely what this order was designed to prevent, and the defendant doesn't care,” Conroy explained. “We are not yet seeking an incarceratory penalty, yet the defendant seems to be angling for that."

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Trump's attorney, Todd Blanche, appeared to be defiant.

"Just to set the record very straight and clear: Pres. Trump does, in fact, know what the gag order allows him to do and not allow him to do," Blanche told New York Justice Juan Merchan.

It was not clear when Merchan would rule on the violations.

Cassidy Hutchinson slammed Trump over new indictments of associates in the Arizona fake electors scheme, saying Trump "takes out everybody who is loyal to him."