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A $9,000 fine is hardly a consequence for the rich.
Yes, but as I explained, the judge is proceeding by steps up the ladder of consequences. The next time Trump violates a gag order he can now say "I have demonstrated that fines are insufficient, and so I'm moving on to jail time."
The judge is limited - $1000 per violation is the maximum that can be imposed.
Sadly, it's a limitation of the legal system. The judge even admitted in his ruling on this that he acknowledges that the monetary punishment is inadequate considering Donald Trump's wealth and status. He threatened jail time for future incidents.
The point is that as much as any sane person wants to see Trump behind bars, if you just skip straight to locking him up, he will use that as grounds for a mistrial. I'd rather see justice done slowly, him given every warning and every opportunity to correct his bad behavior. Yes, it's not fair that he gets treated with kid gloves time and time again while a street level drug dealer would just get held without bond, say nothing of what would happen if they were to be charged with criminal contempt, but without going through the whole process Trump will just use the temporary incarceration to paint himself as a victim of political persecution and pivot it to his advantage when he inevitably appeals the guilty verdict.
True. But if he continues to ignore the court despite the maximum non-custodial penalty the judge will have cause to have him detained.
They probably can't logistically put him in a cell, but they can probably give him house arrest and have the internet disconnected.