>>> IT IS 10:00 A.M. IN NEW YORK CITY, WHERE WE ARE TRACKING SOME BREAKING NEWS IN FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S CRIMINAL TRIAL. THE JUDGE OVERSEEING THE CASE HAS MADE A DECISION REGARDING TRUMP'S GAG ORDER VIOLATIONS. JOINING US FROM OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE IS CBS ANCHOR, AND NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT, ERROL BARNETT. ALL RIGHT, ERROL, WHAT DID THE JUDGE SAY. >> Reporter: JUDGE WE'LL START WITH THAT BAD NEWS AND THE HEADLINE. THE JUDGE HAS FOUND TRUMP VIOLATED THE GAG ORDER PLACED ON HIM NINE OUT OF TEN TIMES. AS A RESULT, HE IS NOW FINING TRUMP $1,000 PER VIOLATION. SO THAT'S A $9,000 FINE. AND BEING HELD IN CONTEMPT OF THIS COURTROOM FOR CONSISTENTLY VIOLATING THE GAG ORDER BY ATTACKING JURORS IN THIS CASE, OR POTENTIAL WITNESSES. THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU COULD DESCRIBE AS GOOD NEWS FROM THE JUDGE IS HE IS ALLOWING PROCEEDINGS TO BE ADJOURNED MAY 17th. THAT'S SO TRUMP CAN ATTEND HIS SON BARON'S GRADUATION. THE ONE THING WE HAVEN'T HEARD, PROSECUTORS BROUGHT FORTH MORE EVIDENCE OF FOUR ADDITIONAL GAG ORDER VIOLATIONS THEY SAY TOOK PLACE LAST WEEK. AND AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND, THERE BE WILL BE A HEARING ON THURSDAY MORNING TO ADDRESS THOSE VIOLATIONS. SO THIS DAY, STARTING WITH SOME BAD NEWS FOR TRUMP, FINED $9,000 FOR VIOLATING A GAG ORDER. >> $9,000 ISN'T A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR A GUY LIKE THIS, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THESE ARE FOR A CERTAIN SET OF VIOLATIONS. BUT AS THE JUDGE WAS CONSIDERING THOSE VIOLATIONS, HE WAS ALSO ALLEGEDLY VIOLATING THE GAG ORDER. SO I WONDER, YOU KNOW, IF THE JUDGE IS SORT OF LIMITED IN TERMS OF THINGS THAT HE CAN DO TO TRY AND LIMIT THE FORMER PRESIDENT FROM VIOLATING THESE ORDERS. IS IT JUST FINES? BECAUSE HE CAN'T REALLY THROW HIM BEHIND BARS, CAN HE? >> Reporter: WELL, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION, ANNE-MARIE. THE JUDGE HAS MANY OPTIONS AT HIS DISPOSAL FROM A VERBAL WARNING, A FINE PER VIOLATION, AND ALSO PLACING TRUMP IN JAIL FOR 30 DAYS. THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS JUDGES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY DO WHEN DEFENDANTS ARE FOUND TO BE ATTACKING, OR INTIMIDATING POTENTIAL WITNESSES OR JURORS. IT CORE EFFECTIVELY DERAIL THE ENTIRE TRIAL. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, AS WE MADE CLEAR, FOR DONALD TRUMP, THE COURTROOM IS THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. HE'S FUNDRAISING OFF OF EVERY PROCEEDING EACH DAY. HE HAS ORGANIZED TO HAVE SUPPORTERS HERE IN THE PUBLIC SPACE NEAR THE COURTROOM, TO CHAT FOR HIM, TO WEAR HIS HATS, TO CHEER FOR HIM. THERE'S BEEN A BIT OF A MOTOR CAGE, YOU COULD SAY OF MAGA TRUMP CARS AND TRUCKS PASSING BEHIND US THIS MORNING, WHICH WE HADN'T SEEN LAST WEEK. SO THE JUDGE IS LIKELY KEENLY AWARE THAT IF HE WERE TO PUNISH TRUMP TO THE MAXIMUM, LET'S SAY PUT HIM UP FOR 30 DAYS, WHICH IS THE FIRST CRIMINAL TRIAL OF A FORMER PRESIDENT, TRUMP WOULD USE THAT IN SOME WAYS TO HIS HE BENEFIT. SO I THINK THE DELAY OF A DECISION, AND NOW FINING TRUMP NINE OUT OF TEN OF THESE GAG ORDER VIOLATION CHARGES IN SOME WAYS IS THE JUDGE TRYING TO FIND A TYPE OF MIDDLE GROUND THAT SENDS A SIGNAL TO TRUMP, THAT IF YOU CONTINUE TO DO THIS, THERE WILL BE MORE PUNISHMENT, BUT DOES NOT NECESSARILY FEED INTO TRUMP'S NARRATIVE THAT HE IS THE VICTIM HERE, AND IS JUST PART OF A GRAND CONSPIRACY FROM THE LEFT, WHICH HE CONTINUES TO SAY BOTH ON HIS TRUTH SOCIAL PLATFORM, AND VIA HIS FUNDRAISE FUNDRAISING EMAILS. >> WHO'S TESTIFYING TODAY. >> Reporter: MICHAEL FARRO, HE WAS MICHAEL COHEN'S ATTORNEY AT THE TIME. AND HE HELPED SET UP LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES THAT MICHAEL COHEN WAS ABLE TO SUBMIT PAYMENTS TO STORMY DANIELS THROUGH, SPECIFICALLY, THE $130,000 OF WHICH DONALD TRUMP REIMBURSED THROUGH LINE ITEMS CALLED LEGAL FEELS. THAT'S THE BACKBONE OF THIS TRIAL. SO THE JURY WENT INTO THE WEEKEND, KIND OF ABSORBING WHAT SEEMED LIKE THE LEGITIMATE TESTIMONY OF DAVID PECKER, RONA GRAFT, AND CONFIRMING THAT HE PUT STORMY DANIELS, AND KAREN McFADDEN'S PHONE NUMBERS. HER STORY OF AN ALLEGED AFFAIR WOULDN'T REACH THE PUBLIC. THAT'S WHY PROSECUTORS BELIEVE THIS ISN'T JUST A HUSH MONEY CASE, IT'S AN ELECTION INTERFERENCE CASE, BECAUSE IT WAS TO SUPPRESS INFORMATION THAT THE PUBLIC WOULDN'T SEE. ALSO WHAT'S THE NOTEWORTHY IS DONALD TRUMP'S SON ERIC IS IN THE FRONT ROW OF COURT PROCEEDINGS TODAY. WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE TRUMP CHILDREN INSIDE JUST YET, BUT
