US presidential candidate Donald Trump has been fined by a New York court for breaching a gag order in his “hush-money” trial. Judge Juan Merchan fined Trump US$9000 (A$13,842) for 9 online breaches of the order and threatened him with jail if he continued to flout the law. Under the order, Trump isn’t allowed to make public statements about the jury, witnesses or anyone else involved with the case. As his trial enters its 2nd week, he’s been ordered to take down the posts from his campaign page and his Truth Social platform. Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records related to payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels, who claims she had an affair with him – which he denies. Overnight, the trial heard from Daniels’ former lawyer Keith Davidson who allegedly brokered the payment deal with Trump’s ex-lawyer Michael Cohen.