breaking news：突发新闻

judge：法官

hush money：封口费

trial：审判

violated:违反

gag order：禁言令

the judge has ruled the former president has violated a gag order：法官裁定前总统违反了禁言令

in contempt of court：蔑视法庭

nine breaches：九次违规

go straight to：直接

straight to sb：直接联系sb

the judges comments when actually issuing that fine:当法官实际罚款时发表的评论

issued his ruling：发布了他的裁决

instance:实例

tenuous correlation：弱相关

sided with sb：站在sb一边，和sb同一阵营

willfully：故意地

nine out of 10 times：十有八九

jail：监狱

a drop in the bucket：杯水车薪

civil fraud trial:民事欺诈审判

offending posts：违规的帖子

outlining :概述

falsify business records：伪造业务记录

really much ado about nothing  ：真的无事生非

win that round： 赢得那一轮

from the get go ：从一开始

entertain the thought of jail：考虑坐牢的想法

incarcerated：监禁

unrest:动乱

play into the narrative：符合叙述

in terms of ：就我而言

high bar：高标准

preponderance：优势

shot：机会

get a conviction：获得定罪

tabloid：小报

scrupulous：谨慎

presumably：大概

convicte：定罪

a hung jury :悬而未决的陪审团