Donald Trump hush money trial in New York [Video]

Prosecutors on Monday asked a New York judge to sanction Donald Trump for violating a gag order by commenting on likely witnesses at the former president’s criminal hush money trial.

The request came as the jury selection process began for the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president. It could take a week or more to finish selecting jurors before testimony begins.

“He is a criminal defendant, and like all criminal defendants, he is subject to court supervision,” assistant District Attorney Chris Conroy told Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan as Trump looked on in court.

Conroy pointed to three recent social media posts that referenced Michael Cohen, Trump’s former personal lawyer, and Stormy Daniels, the porn star whose receipt of a $130,000 hush money payment from Cohen is at the center of the criminal case.

The prosecutor asked Merchan to impose a $1,000 sanction for each of the three posts and order …