Twice this week — first when he was found in contempt for a 10th gag order violation, and then when he audibly heckled Stormy Daniels — Donald Trump has been warned about misbehaving in his ongoing hush-money trial.
Could Trump’s next courtroom outburst or gag-violating Truth Social post really be the final straw that gets him locked up on contempt of court?
Yes, courthouse veterans said Wednesday — but that doesn’t have to mean a correction bus drive to the city’s notorious Rikers Island jail.
Instead, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan is far more likely to give Trump a taste of incarceration by ordering a short stint in a small, secure space right behind the courtroom, experts predicted.
“It’s a small staging room, or witness room,” said Arthur Aidala, who knows the space well.
His client, Harvey Weinstein, ate lunch there with his legal team every day during the former movie mogul’s 2020 sex crimes trial, held in the same 15th-floor …