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Appearing on MSNBC on Saturday afternoon, former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade made fun of Donald Trump's lawyers for suggesting they will run to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to bail them out if Judge Tanya Chutkan rules against their attempt to get special counsel Jack Smith off the case.

Sitting down with fill-in MSNBC host Melissa Murray, McQuade was asked, "In that hearing last week and in Judge Chutkan's courtroom, there was a really stunning moment where Trump's legal counsel noted they would be challenging the appointment of Jack Smith as special counsel and they noted they were directed to do it by Justice Clarence Thomas."

"Of course I think they were referring to Justice Thomas' concurrence in the Trump immunity case which questioned the authority of special counsels. What you make of this idea of a sitting Supreme Court justice essentially acting as a kind of shadow defense counsel here?" Murray asked.

On Saturday morning, MSNBC host Michael Steele reacted angrily to Judge Juan Merchan's decision to postpone Donald Trump's sentencing election because it may appear to be political in nature.

With legal analyst Andrew Weissmann attempting to explain why the Manhattan judge felt it was prudent to delay the sentencing out of fear the Supreme Court may intervene, Steele — a former RNC chair — wasn't having it.

"We have patty-caked this man all the way through this process," he began. "Our courts have exposed their rear end more than I have ever seen them do for anybody and it makes absolutely no sense."

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"So, let it go to the Supreme Court, let them monkey around with it so that we can deal with that at the ballot box!" he exclaimed. "If they want to show their political hand, then force their political hand. Do not give this man more cachet than any other."

"He is a former president, which means he is no different than anyone sitting at this table," he continued. "And the fact that, as the court says, the imposition of sentence will be adjourned to avoid any appearance, 'however unwarranted.' So, the fact that you have to tell me that, alright? Goes on to say that the 'proceeding has been affected by, or seeks to affect the approaching presidential election.' This has nothing to do — you wouldn't do this if a governor was a candidate running for governor was in the exact same position. If a candidate was running for U.S. Senate was in the exact same position."

"There's no difference in those offices, in terms of the judicial system. So, why?" he asked. "Why does this court, this judicial system, which Donald Trump has punked from day one, with all of the — you know, the excess appeals and the bogus crap that he raises, you know, we see it now playing out with E. Jean Carroll case yet again — you want us to trust the system? But as a citizen, I am looking at it and going, 'That is not going to happen to me if I am in that position.""

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Sitting in with the hosts of MSNBC's "The Weekend," political analyst Basil Smilke suggested Donald Trump's bizarre answers to questions earlier this week —specifically a baffling response to childcare needs in America — is a sign that he is losing the plot.

Speaking with the hosts, Smilke stated that it looks to him like the pressure of running against Vice President Kamala Harris may be affecting Trump's ability to make the case for his third presidential run.

On the Friday night HBO "Real Time Overtime" segment posted to YouTube, host Bill Maher finally had enough of conservative Rich Lowry's complaining about Donald Trump's legal problems and bluntly stated the former president is guilty of committing criminal acts.

Moments after National Review editor Rich Lowry went on an extensive rant about Trump's 34 felony convictions in a Manhattan courtroom, for which the former president will be sentenced after the election, Maher announced to the panel, "Trump really does commit crimes" to applause from the "Real Time" audience.

"He does commit crimes is one thing and two, if positions were reversed, and a Democrat did this, not only would the Republicans have gone after him, they would have done it instead of what the Democrats — talk about feckless —this is feckless. You had four years to bring four trials and we get none of them?"

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Panelist John Avlon offered that Democrats were afraid of "politicizing" the trial which led Lowry to admit he was "appalled" by Trump inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection and that caused Maher to interject, "You're not so appalled that you're not going to vote for Trump? So you're not appalled."

With Lowry protesting, Maher continued, "He politicizes the Justice Department and he does not concede elections. These are two very new things. You can carp all you want and you can 'what about' all the bulls--t about 'Well the Democrats say he wasn't a legitimate president.' That is different than actually trying to stay in office! He is completely unprecedented. I mean it completely disqualifies to even consider voting for him. I don't know how anyone can."

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Former President Donald Trump's press conference in New York as his lawyers struggled to appeal the $80 million E. Jean Carroll civil verdict against him was completely unnecessary, New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman told CNN's Kaitlan Collins — and indeed, all it did was remind a lot of women voters why they've turned against him.

Trump, who was held civilly liable for sexual abuse and defamation, went off on multiple unprompted tangents at that presser, including bringing up two other women who made allegations against him and accusing CNN's Anderson Cooper of coaching Carroll to accuse him of rape.

One of former President Donald Trump's latest conspiracy theories is that E. Jean Carroll, the writer who successfully sued him for sexual abuse and defamation, was coached by CNN's Anderson Cooper when the pair went off air during a commercial break during an interview.

It prompted Cooper to take a rare moment out of his programming to address this accusation directly — which, he said, was based on Trump apparently not understanding how commercial blocks during prerecorded interviews work.

A former top prosecutor of organized crime at the Justice Department was left flabbergasted at the message Donald Trump shared at his roundtable with the Fraternal Order of Police on Friday in North Carolina.

Andrew Weissmann, who has left the DOJ for New York University, confessed his shock that the FOP endorsed Trump despite the ex-president being a convicted felon.

The woman who triggered former President Donald Trump's childcare word salad slammed both the Republican presidential nominee and his running mate for responses she deemed callous and delusional.

Reshma Saujani, CEO of Girls Who Code and a member of the Economic Club of New York, where the GOP hopeful spoke Thursday, appeared on CNN Friday afternoon to discuss with anchor Jake Tapper Trump's and Sen. J.D. Vance's commentary on a financial crisis hitting parents nationwide.

Donald Trump's latest attack on American rule of law and the U.S. Dept. of Justice is facing condemnation. The GOP presidential nominee and convicted felon awaiting sentencing, while speaking at a courthouse press conference on his efforts to appeal a $5 million judgment in a New York sexual abuse and defamation civil case, called the DOJ's bombshell indictments in the Kremlin cash and Russian disinformation case a "scam."

"It's always the same," observed foreign policy, national security, and political affairs analyst and commentator David Rothkopf. "Defend Putin. Defend Russia. Defend corruption. Accuse those who are enforcing the law of being engaged in a scam. Why does he sound this way? Because he is a traitor and a criminal."

Former President Donald Trump on Friday angrily lashed out at the United States Department of Justice for indicting two Russian operatives for allegedly running an illegal foreign influence campaign.

During an appearance outside a courthouse in New York, Trump accused the DOJ of engaging in a conspiracy to undermine his chances in the 2024 election by implicating Russian operatives.

The fallout continues over Donald Trump's remarks during what was billed as a "major economic speech" Thursday, now with business and economics experts blasting the ex-president's "incoherent" answer when asked at The Economic Club of New York to explain what he would do to lower childcare costs for parents.

"Word Salad was served at the Economic Club of New York this afternoon. Despite the audience knowing it was a plate full of empty calories that may cause food poisoning... they ate it up," MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle remarked on social media. An NBC News senior business analyst, Ruhle worked in the finance industry for 14 years.