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'It really stands out': Expert shows why SCOTUS likely to post major Trump ruling Monday

The Supreme Court on Sunday signaled that it would release a decision on Donald Trump's Colorado ballot question on Monday, and a former federal prosecutor explained why that's the case.

Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Harry Litman, who regularly weighs in Trump's legal troubles, appeared on CNN Newsroom on Sunday to discuss the Supreme Court's surprise alert. Earlier in the day, the SCOTUS notice caused some experts to worry that the top court was giving under support to Trump's 2024 electoral efforts.

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'Five-alarm fire': Trump's latest public schools threat causes experts to panic

Donald Trump said something about public schools that got no media coverage, yet it's causing political analysts, ex-prosecutors, and other onlookers to sound the alarm.

Trump began hinting last year that, if he were made the president once again, he would withhold all federal funds from schools that require vaccines or masks.

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Trump's 'worrying' meeting with foreign leader should be 'raising more eyebrows': analyst

Donald Trump is set to have another controversial guest at his Mar-a-Lago golf club, and a columnist says it should concern us all.

The former president has previously hosted Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye, as well as a White Nationalist. Now, his plan to bring in Christian nationalist authoritarian Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, is another step in this troubling pattern, according to MSNBC analyst Ja'han Jones.

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Watch: CBS reporter destroys GOP lawyer's excuses for Trump to avoid trial before election

CBS correspondent Erin Moriarty challenged former Independent Counsel Robert Ray after he said Donald Trump should not be forced to face trial before the 2024 presidential because he is a candidate.

During a segment on CBS Sunday Morning about Trump's legal problems, Moriarty sat down with Ray for his perspective.

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'Really unusual' Supreme Court notice raises questions about Trump case

The Supreme Court may have just tipped its hand in a case stemming from a Donald Trump appeal, and some experts have called it "completely inappropriate."

Numerous reporters flagged a Supreme Court notice on Sunday that has been described as "really unusual" and "curious."

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Rudy Giuliani threatens to punch Trump-endorsed candidate 'in the nose'

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani forcefully disagreed with former President Donald Trump after he endorsed Mike Sapraicone as the Republican choice to take on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY).

On his Sunday WABC radio program, Giuliani told Newsmax contributor John Tobacco that he was "angry" and "disappointed" by Trump's endorsement because Sapraicone had donated to Letitia James, the New York attorney general who sued Trump, his family and his business.

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'This is such a red herring': Ex-DOJ official rips Judge Cannon's new Trump trial worries

The former chief of the Fraud Section in the Department of Justice blew off the worries Judge Aileen Cannon expressed on Friday about a DOJ policy about initiating a trial that would be looked upon as "political" based on who is under investigation.

At issue, is the so-called "60-day" limitation that he said is less than a rule and more of a policy that can be easily overridden.

Speaking with MSNBC host Jen Psaki, attorney Andrew Weissmann — who was the lead investigator working for former special counsel Robert Mueller — dismissed Cannon's concerns about a policy that should not be any concern to her.

"I think it's first so important for people to understand this: the 60-day rule in this case is not a thing," host Psaki prompted her guest. "Can you explain what the DOJ rule actually is, and your level of concern that Judge Cannon, with who should know better, asked about it and raised it?"

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'There are two issues with Judge Cannon raising it," he began, "First of all it's an internal rule it's not a law, it's not something that gives any rights to any defendant. And Judge Cannon had been at the Justice Department; she knows that so the idea that she raised it is issue number one."

"That's red flag number one," he continued. "As to why is she even raising something that is just internal department guidance that the guidance could be changed by [Attorney General] Merrick Garland any day of the week. Second, the rule does not apply! For anyone that has been at the Justice Department this is such a red herring!"

"This is why it completely wrong!" he excitedly continued. "That rule is intended so that the Justice Department does not take action in a covert case that is suddenly overt shortly before an election. Why? Because you don't want to influence the election when that person the candidate doesn't have an opportunity to get to trial."

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'Where's the proof?' Tomi Lahren gives up on Republicans' 'failed' impeachment effort

Fox News contributor Tomi Lahren blasted House Republicans' effort to impeach President Joe Biden because it failed in the eyes of voters.

During a Sunday discussion on Fox News' Media Buzz program, host Howard Kurtz asked Lahren why Republicans had not come up with proof that impeachment was warranted.

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'He told you guys to kill a border deal': Fox News host schools Byron Donalds on Trump

Fox News host Shannon Bream reminded Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) that former President Donald Trump had ordered lawmakers in the Republican Party to kill a deal that would have slowed illegal border crossings.

During an interview on Fox News Sunday, Bream noted that "many people think" Trump is "ruining the party."

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'Not the same RNC': Nikki Haley ditches GOP presidential pledge after Trump takes over

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley suggested she might not endorse Donald Trump even though she signed a Republican National Committee (RNC) pledge to back the eventual presidential nominee.

During an interview on Sunday, NBC host Kristen Welker asked Haley if she had ruled out endorsing Trump.

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Trump served notice he has a 'helluva math problem' after latest primary results

Reacting to the latest primary results that show Donald Trump has not consolidated conservative support for his third bid for the Oval Office, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) offered some friendly advice to the former president that the numbers likely won't be there in November for him.

Appearing on MSNBC's "The Weekend," the California Democrat — and Trump antagonist — claimed that Trump may be the GOP frontrunner, but his outreach to voters is coming up short with a substantial number of Nikki Haley voters professing they won't vote for him if he is the GOP's presidential nominee in 2024.

Asked about Trump's prospects, Swalwell stated, "I would rather be us than Donald Trump right now."

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"I'm hearing the concerns about uncommitted voters in Michigan and the president [Joe Biden] has work to do there, certainly, but when you look at Michigan, ten different counties voted for 30 percent or more for Nikki Haley," he elaborated. "Across the board in the primaries, 30 percent of Republican voters say they are never going to vote for Donald Trump."

"That is a helluva math problem for Donald Trump, especially when you look back in 2020 it was only 5 percent of Republican voters who said they were never going to vote for Donald Trump — he has a real math problem here," he continued. "He has a ceiling that keeps coming down every week when he shows us and reminds us who he is. Every day that Nikki Haley stays in this race, it shows Joe Biden who the voters are that are gettable for him in the campaign."

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'It was so scary': Trump fans at Missouri Caucus 'literally attacked fellow Republicans'

Donald Trump supporters at the Missouri Republican Caucus on Saturday attacked fellow attendees who supported the former president's opponent, a prior member of the "grand old party" reported.

Former Lincoln Project veterans affairs adviser Fred Wellman, an ex-Republican and current Democratic campaign consultant, reported the aggressive development on social media. Wellman also recently hit retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, a Trump adviser who played a prominent role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election, with a sanctions bid in a defamation lawsuit.

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'Goodbye Boebert!' Congresswoman met with mockery when touting Trump endorsement

Colorado Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert was ridiculed on social media on Saturday as she sought to highlight an endorsement from Donald Trump.

Boebert, a consistent ally to Trump and an occasional foe to fellow lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene, has seen some negative press in recent months. First, she was caught on video groping her date in a public theater. After that, she moved districts after it became clear that she was going to lose her contest in 2024.

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