Donald Trump’s defiance of Judge Juan Mershan’s gag order will be severely tested next week at a contempt hearing that has become part of the former president’s 34-count hush money trial. According to several legal scholars, the former president appears to seeing how far he can push the boundaries of the gag order by reposting attacks on the jurors and witnesses made by others which will be central to the hearing which, in turn, could lead to financial sanctions including possible jail time to give him time to reflect on heeding the court’s directives. In an interview with Salon’s Tatyana Tand…