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In reply to the discussion: Judge raises threat of jail as he holds Trump in contempt, fines him $9,000 at hush money trial [View all]onenote
(43,070 posts)New York law deals with two different forms of "criminal contempt" -- meaning contempt occurring in the context of a criminal trial rather than a civil trial. But that doesn't mean that both forms of criminal contempt are crimes. One form of criminal contempt is codified in New York's Penal law and is statutory in nature . The other is codified in the Judiciary Law and arises from the court's inherent power to maintain order in the judicial process. The courts have recognized a distinction between the two. As explained in a law review article, the case law establishes that Judiciary Law criminal contempt -- the type of contempt that is the basis of the DA's contempt motion to show cause against Trump -- is not a crime. Rather, Judiciary Law criminal contempt proceedings are neither civil nor criminal. They are sui generis special proceedings to coerce future obedience or punish past disobedience.
https://brooklynworks.brooklaw.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1480&context=jlp
Under the circumstances, just as the civil contempt sanctions against Trump in the Carroll case did not trigger the revocation of his bail, it is likely that bond won't be revoked by the imposition of sanctions in response to the DA's motion to show cause.