The insults on Trump’s social medium Truth Social were removed, but remained on his website DonaldJTrump.com for 17 days. They were only removed there on Thursday evening after the court’s insistence, the judge reported on Friday. Because, according to Trump’s lawyers, the publication had remained on the website due to “inattention”, the judge imposed a “symbolic fine” of $5,000.
“Future violations, intentional or not, will lead to much more severe sanctions,” the judge warned Trump.