Furious over disgraced former President Trump again violating the gag order prohibiting him from mentioning any member of his courtroom staff even indirectly, New York Judge Arthur Engoron on Wednesday forced the fat fuck to take the stand and explain why the hell he screamed about how Engoron “is a very partisan judge with a person who is very partisan sitting alongside him, perhaps even more partisan than he is,” almost certainly referring to the clerk Trump accused of being “Chuck Schumer’s girlfriend” a few weeks ago, Politico’s Erica Orden reports.

Questioned intensely by Engoron, Trump tried to claim he was talking about ex-lawyer Michael Cohen, but the judge said he “As the trier of fact, I find the witness is not credible,” and fined the Orange Loser $10,000, doubling the amount of the last fine imposed just five days ago.

While most readers are not doubt disappointed that Engoron just slapped him on the wrist slightly harder this time and dinging him for at most a few hours’ worth of small dollar donations at his campaign website, the truth is that Trump does have that tiny shred of plausible deniability, as Michael Cohen did in fact publicly “endorse” Joe Biden in the 2020 election out of personal animus toward his former boss. It’s just not a black and white violation of the gag order and was up to Engoron’s discretion. But this is very, very early in what’s going to be a very long year of sitting at the defendants’ table and screaming at news cameras as he steps in and out of courtrooms. Already twice in five days a judge has threatened toss Trump’s fat ass in jail for misbehaving, and this doesn’t happen in a vacuum. With the exception of Aileen Cannon, the three other judges who have to see his stupid orange face and ridiculously long tie in their courtroom are already going to be on alert before the first time they gavel in. Put simply, it’s only a matter of time before shit gets real.