Former President Donald Trump, and some people in his orbit, have taken to demanding to know why his former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen has not been subject to a gag order in the Manhattan criminal hush money case, whereas Trump has. But it doesn't really work that way, legal expert Lisa Rubin explained to MSNBC's Joy Reid, in a panel alongside former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann, for a couple of reasons. "Judge [Juan] Merchan made that point when this was raised, saying, I don't have power over all of the United States," said Weissmann. "You are a defendant. That is why there is a...
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The man convicted of breaking into Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) home and hammering her husband has been recommended to serve 40 years to life in prison. The 2 a.m. ambush on Oct. 28, 2022, committed by David DePape who was found guilty by a jury of attempting to kidnap Member and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi "on account of the performance of her official duties" and assault of her husband, according to the filed sentencing memorandum. It was first reported by Politico reporter Kyle Cheney. Want more breaking political news? Click for the latest headlines at ...
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Former President Donald Trump's key defense in the Manhattan criminal hush money case is unlikely to hold up, said former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance on MSNBC Friday — because there's an easy way for prosecutors to defuse it. Specifically, it's a defense laid out by former Trump attorney Joe Tacopina in conversations with MSNBC's Ari Melber — that Trump really wasn't making a hush payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels at all, and it was a legitimate legal expense to his former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen, who says that in reality he was the middleman to conceal the whole arrangemen...
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The undisputed counterpuncher in Donald Trump is being forced to sit tight with his lips sealed, and it's driving him crazy, according to a prior member of the ex-president's legal team. Former Trump attorney Tim Parlatore is convinced having to sit silently at trial is making Trump bounce off the courtroom walls. "I think he's handling it as best as can be expected," the esquire who used to represent the former president told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on "The Situation Room." "I mean, it's you're forcing him to sit there and listen to all this stuff and not punch back; and, you know, his personality...
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Atlanta poll workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss are asking a federal bankruptcy judge to issue an injunction barring Rudy Giuliani from continuing to make defamatory statements about them, reported Politico's Kyle Cheney on Friday evening. In the document filed with the court, Freeman and Moss, who have already won a $148 million civil judgment against Giuliani for his repeated claims that they mishandled ballots in Georgia during the 2020 presidential election, argue that the former prosecutor and New York City mayor is continuing to sully their reputations. "Undeterred by facts, logic, dece...
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Breaking news that Melania Trump had declined on her son Barron's behalf an invitation to serve as a Florida delegate to the Republican National Convention spurred almost immediate mockery of his father, former President Donald Trump. A spokesperson for Melania issued a statement Friday hours after Trump publicly boasted of his youngest son's height and political prowess. The Office of former First Lady Melania Trump confirmed in a statement to The Daily Mail, "While Barron is honored to have been chosen as a delegate by the Florida Republican Party, he regretfully declines to participate due ...
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Donald Trump's excuses around the hush money case aren't adding up in the minds of the panelists on MSNBC Friday. Trump stands accused of 34 felony charges about falsifying business records to cover up an alleged affair. He continues to maintain there was no affair and that he did nothing wrong. The panel on Nicolle Wallace's "Deadline White House" couldn't help but laugh about the failure of excuses and reasonings behind Trump's denials of the affair and cover-up. Want more breaking political news? Click for the latest headlines at Raw Story. The show brought up the tape recorded by ex-Trump ...
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Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott flew to Manhattan with Donald Trump on Thursday to attendhis criminal proceedings and speak out in support. But when it came time for Scott to reveal where he stands, there were no answers. Trump is charged with 34 felonies involving the falsification of business records around a hush money payment to conceal an alleged affair. Trump maintains his innocence and claims he never had the affair. Scott is in a tough reelection with a well-funded Democratic opponent and an abortion freedom measure on the ballot. Having Trump's support will likely help his reelecti...
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U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) is being ridiculed on social media for a new piece of proposed legislation that, while billed as a child support bill for new moms, is being panned as yet another dystopian intrusion into women's pregnancies. Britt, who came to the forefront of the political conversation following her heavily-mocked response to President Joe Biden's 2024 State of the Union address, announced the More Opportunities for Moms to Succeed (MOMS) Act. The bill would create a registry of pregnant women, who would then be steered to support services that include "crisis pregnancy centers" ...
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Former President Donald Trump's one-time attorney Jim Trusty thinks that the cross-examination of adult film star Stormy Daniels in the Manhattan hush money trial was handled with essentially the right approach — but, he admitted to CNN's Brianna Keilar, Trump's lawyers fumbled the bag in one key way that made the whole cross go "off kilter." Daniels revealed a number of salacious details about her alleged affair with Trump. The former president, for his part, was audibly cursing through certain points of the testimony, which prompted Judge Juan Merchan to order defense attorney Todd Blanche t...
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