'Political consequences': Watergate prosecutor explains why Trump isn't in jail — yet

Donald Trump was fined $15,000 for repeatedly violating a civil court's gag order regarding attacks on court staff, but the judge might not be willing to do more than meaningless financial penalties, former Watergate prosecutor and "Sisters in Law" co-host Jill Wine-Banks said.

Wine-Banks appeared on MSNBC's Ayman on Saturday, where she was asked about the likelihood that the judge will "make good on his threat of prison time against Trump if he keeps violating this order." Trump has violated the order twice and shows "no indication that he is going to stop," the host said.

That's a position "that no judge wants to be in," according to Wine-Banks.

That's because of "the political consequences of doing it, not a legal consequences," she added.

"If this was anyone not named Donald Trump, they would have already been jailed for contempt, and for violating the law," she said. "The procedure is very clear, that when you have a gag order, it is legitimate, and it must be obeyed."

As far as whether Trump will violate again, Wine-Banks said, "There is no chance that he will not violate it again."

"And $15,000 is not going to have an impact on him. $50,000, $500,000 -- he is getting the money from his political supporters. I don't think that will stop him. The only thing that will stop him is jailing him, but that ... will cause some really awful political consequences. So, it is something that the judge has to weigh. Do I go all the way to jail? Or do i just keep raising it?"

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