A New York judge has found former US President Donald Trump guilty of violating a restriction on publishing information about his trial on social media and ordered him to pay a $9,000 fine, according to NBC News. As reported, the judge found Trump guilty of contempt of court for nine violations of his gag order, imposing a fine of $1,000 for each instance. The judge also warned that he would not tolerate further violations of his orders and emphasized that “if necessary and appropriate under the circumstances,” he would impose a prison sentence on the former president. Trump’s trial Last week,…