Trump May Lose Contempt Fight as Judge Calls Arguments ‘Silly’

Donald Trump will likely be found in contempt of court for his social media posts that may violate a gag order as the New York judge overseeing his hush-money case characterized arguments by the former president’s lawyer as “silly.”

Justice Juan Merchan at a hearing Tuesday quickly ran out of patience for claims that the gag order preventing Trump from disparaging witnesses was vague or that reposting other social-media comments wasn’t covered.

“You have presented nothing and I’ve asked you eight or nine times” to support your arguments, Merchan said. “You’ve been unable to do that even once.”

Merchan didn’t ...