New York Judge Juan Merchan has fined former President Donald Trump for repeatedly violating the gag order in the hush money trial.

MSNBC legal correspondent Lisa Rubin, wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday that a higher court, the Washington D.C. Circuit, had handed the case back to Mehta after reaffirming that "former presidents are entitled to civil immunity for acts even on the 'outer perimeter' of their official duties.