The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money trial fined him $1,000 on Monday and warned of jail time for future gag order violations while jurors heard testimony for the first time about the financial reimbursements at the center of the case. Speaking to reporters after the day's proceedings ended on the prospect of jail time, Trump said the "Constitution is much more important than jail. It's not even close. I'll do that sacrifice any day." Testimony from Jeffrey McConney, the former Trump Organization controller, provided a mechanical but also vital recitation of how the company came to reimburse payments meant to suppress embarrassing stories from surfacing during the 2016 presidential campaign. At the center of the testimony, and the case itself, is a $130,000 payment from Trump attorney and personal fixer Michael Cohen to porn actor Stormy Daniels to stifle her claims of an extramarital sexual encounter with Trump a decade earlier. The 34 felony counts of falsifying business records accuse Trump of labeling the money paid to Cohen in his company’s records as legal fees. Prosecutors contend that by paying him income and giving him extra to account for taxes, the Trump executives were able conceal the reimbursement.