via Tyler McBrien - In his decision, Merchan dismantles Trump's argument that reposts don't violate the gag order: "There can be no doubt whatsoever, that [Trump's] intent and purpose when reposting is to communicate to his audience that he endorses and adopts the posted statement as his own"
Merchan is also skeptical about Trump's argument that the posts are responses to political attacks, but for the one post that the defense offered evidence of some kind, Merchan found the "tenuous correlation...sufficient" enough not to hold Trump in contempt for Exhibit 1.
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