Let’s step away from Stormy Daniels’ explosive testimony for a moment.

Judge Juan Merchan’s second order holding ex-president Donald Trump in contempt is a blockbuster. In his first order, the court minced no words that this defendant violated the gag order no less than nine times. And he warned Trump that “the court will not tolerate continued willful violations of its lawful orders and that if necessary and appropriate under the circumstances, it will impose an incarceratory punishment…”