Alina Habba

Former President Donald Trump may testify on Monday at the E. Jean Carroll defamation damages trial, but CNN legal analyst Elie Honig predicted that Judge Lewis Kaplan would keep Trump on a very short leash.

In analyzing the upcoming trial, Honig explained how Kaplan's method for handling show boaters in his court would quash any attempt by Trump to grandstand during his testimony.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski trashed Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) for downplaying Donald Trump's confused babbling.

The former president repeatedly mixed up GOP rival Nikki Haley with former House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) in a campaign speech, and the "Morning Joe" co-hosts shamed Stefanik for insisting that Trump had not "lost a step" and was, in fact, mentally sharper than ever.

Donald Trump pledged that he would testify in the E. Jean Carroll damages trial on Monday, something the Washington Post concluded was akin to a legal "suicide mission."

New York defense lawyer Robert Katzberg joined with other legal experts in saying that testifying would ultimately humiliate him and he could risk contempt of court.

Reacting to reports that Donald Trump would like to take the stand on Monday at the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial, MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin poured cold water on it, saying there is no reason for him to even show up.

Speaking with host Jen Psaki, Rubin claimed the embattled former president is "bluffing" like he has done before in his $370 million Manhattan financial fraud trial.

"Saturday Night Live" kicked off its 2024 season by introducing cast member Chloe Fineman as Donald Trump's much-derided attorney Alina Habba who began by saying of her legal skills, "I am new at this and I am learning."

From there, Trump, played by James Austin Johnson, took over the proceedings by acknowledging Habba is "the worst lawyer I’ve ever had, which is quite an accomplishment," before sniping at the assembled lawyers behind him and stating, "This is the bottom of the barrel, folks, this is who said yes. I’m in the lead for president and this is the best I can get. Feels like a red flag. Well, you’re not getting paid, by the way. You know that, of course you do."

Addressing speculation that he is sliding into dementia, he continued, "As you can see, I am doing very well cognitively. Doing great with cognitive. I think I’m doing great with cognitive. I’m more cognitive than ever,” before adding, "The doctors said, ‘Sir, you have to be in the top 99 percent of all the concussion and dementia people we give this test to.' I said, ‘Wow, I guess I’m very good at recognizing elephants. Who knew?’ And now we’re here."

Referencing Trump recently telling Iowa Republicans to go caucus even if they were deathly ill, he added, "My people love me. I got the old people. They’re waiting in the snow for 2 hours to vote for Trump. We just need them to stay alive until November; stay alive until November. Just pull that lever and drop dead. Why? Because I am sent by God, and God has a plan for me, or whatever.”

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Addressing Donald Trump's meltdowns and irrational behavior in his latest courtroom appearances, conservative attorney George Conway disabused any notion that the former president is engaging in an elaborate strategy to rally his supporters and plead his case in the court of public opinion.

During an appearance on MSNBC's "The Weekend", a very animated Conway explained that the former president is nothing more than a petulant child who is unable to control himself.

"There is no strategy, it is just all emotional," he told the MSNBC hosts. "It's all — look, it is bragging and lying and intimidating and bullying. That is literally those are the things that he does. And there he is trying to bully. There he is just angry at being held accountable."

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Former President Donald Trump's attorney has made an "outrageous" argument to move for a mistrial in the E. Jean Carroll defamation lawsuit, said former Justice Department official Mary McCord on MSNBC Friday.

Alina Habba's argument, also made in court earlier this week, is that Carroll destroyed evidence when she deleted emails detailing death threats.

Former President Donald Trump is alleging misconduct in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case against him and moving for a mistrial, CNN reported Friday.

The complaint, brought by his attorney Alina Habba, concerns emails that Carroll testified threatened her life, but that she deleted — which Habba claimed in court was against the law. Judge Lewis Kaplan rejected her claim.

Does the blow-by-blow live coverage of courtroom incompetence, senior sex abuse victim-shaming, and insult muttering from the Republican’s top presidential candidate have you despairing?

Consider the plight of poor “Thundermike.”

Sen. Ted Cruz’s show of support for former President Donald Trump hasn't gone according to plan.

Cruz (R-TX) took to X Friday to take a victory lap — boasting his name was among about 180 Republicans who condemned Colorado’s insurrectionist ban in a Supreme Court filing — only to find himself slammed by followers.