When former President Donald Trump was arraigned in a Manhattan criminal court on April 4, Justice Juan Merchan warned him to "refrain" from making social media posts that could incite violence or "jeopardize the rule of law."

Former President Donald Trump. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM

Hours before his arraignment, Trump reposted a since-deleted photo that featured him with a baseball bat alongside Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.