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• The judge warned that anyone who was found breaking the rules would be removed and could be held in contempt of court.
  — NBC News, 19 Apr. 2023
• Will he -- before this lame duck is done, will he be held in contempt of Congress for that?
  — ABC News, 20 Nov. 2022
• The 19-year NBA vet was held in contempt of court and agreed to another out-of-court settlement.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2023
• If Trump were to violate an order given by the judge, he could be held in contempt and fined.
  — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2023
• The court repeatedly asked the commission to show cause why it should not be held in contempt.
  — Leila Atassi, cleveland, 30 June 2022
• Mosby will have to attend an Aug. 12 hearing to explain why she should not be held in contempt of court.
  — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 30 June 2022
• When lawmakers refused to do so, plaintiffs in the state Supreme Court case asked that members of the redistricting commission be held in contempt.
  — cleveland, 29 June 2022
• There could be any number of agency witnesses held in contempt for not showing up per their subpoena.
  — Charles Tiefer, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
• Meadows was held in contempt by the House in December for not complying with his subpoena, but has yet to face charges from the Justice Department.
  — Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2022
• The episode resulted in Gableman being held in contempt and at risk of being disciplined by the state Office of Lawyer Regulation.
  — Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel, 23 June 2022
• According to sources, last year, a federal judge refused a sealed request from the special counsel that Trump's attorneys be held in contempt.
  — Robert Legare, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2023
• The sentence, coming a year after Bannon was held in contempt by the House, is two months short of what federal prosecutors had requested this week.
  — Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2022
• Earlier this month, James's office requested the daily fines and argued that Trump should be held in contempt for failing to meet a March 31 deadline to turn over documents.
  — Ronn Blitzer, Fox News, 25 Apr. 2022
• The agency’s director was held in contempt of court 12 times last year for failing to provide an appropriate placement for foster children.
  — Kathryn Hurd, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2023
• Months later, Barnes began filing motions seeking to have Abelseth held in contempt after giving the daughter a cell phone; in a previous decision, Cashe barred the girl from owning a phone.
  — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 17 June 2022
• Mosby herself was previously subject to a gag order and was subsequently held in contempt of court.
  — Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2023
• Still life was generally held in contempt as the easiest and least intellectual of genres.
  — Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 29 Dec. 2022
• Calvary Chapel San Jose, along with its pastors, were held in contempt of court for holding large religious services in defiance of health orders aimed at preventing coronavirus spread.
  — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2022
• Separately, the state’s high court on Wednesday denied motions by map critics to order the seven members of the redistricting commission to again explain to the court why they should not be held in contempt for ignoring court directives.
  — Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland, 25 May 2022
• Attorney Katie Dyer, who unsuccessfully sued to have Coe held in contempt over his detention of migrants, said the county has been a willing facilitator of Abbott’s agenda.
  — Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 8 July 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024