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Michael Cohen warns Trump will become 'unhinged' as his 'day of reckoning' approaches

Former President Donald Trump is going to unravel as his sentencing date for his 34 felony convictions approaches, his former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen told MSNBC's Joy Reid on Monday — because he is much more terrified of a potential prison sentence than he is actually letting on.

Judge Juan Merchan has the ability to order prison time in the case, and Manhattan prosecutors have not ruled out pursuing this, although it's also possible he could end up sentenced to probation and fines instead.

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'Can't be healthy': Republican warns these voters could kill Trump's 'fragile candidacy'

A former Republican governor Monday believes conservative attacks on the nation's judicial system after former President Donald Trump's criminal conviction will only lose them key allies and voters in swing states.

Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson made this argument to Anderson Cooper on CNN Monday night, days after a New York City jury found Trump guilty of falsifying business records to cover up hush money paid ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

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'Irrational child of a man:' Dem erupts at pro-Trump Republicans doing his bidding in D.C.

Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) erupted on live television Monday over House Judiciary Committee Republicans she argues are destroying Americans' faith in its political institutions to help an "irrational child of a man," former President Donald Trump.

The committee is a powerful one, she noted, and one on which Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) once served.

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Jan. 6 rioter pulls faces behind Fauci as doctor tells Congress about death threats

Dr. Anthony Fauci was called back to Congress on Monday and attacked by Republican lawmakers — but his foes weren't merely before him in the congressional hearing.

A Jan. 6 attacker who served one of the toughest prison sentences yet handed out was perched over his left shoulder, making faces.

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'Two days and it's over': Russian arms dealer endorses Trump amid call for U.S. civil war

Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer dubbed the "merchant of death," endorsed former U.S. President Donald Trump and suggested a new American civil war was needed.

While guest-hosting with Alex Jones on Monday, Bout was asked about his views on Trump.

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‘Most insane hearing I’ve attended’: Dem blasts MTG for turning Fauci grilling into chaos

A congressman called the House Oversight meeting into Dr. Anthony Fauci’s handling of the COVID pandemic “the most insane” he'd ever attended after it was hijacked by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) Monday.

The hearing, at which former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci was put on the hot seat by Republicans, was full of conspiracy theories.

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'How we're all feeling': Kid makes funny faces behind GOP lawmaker during pro-Trump speech

Rep. John Rose (R-TN) brought his son to work — but things didn't go quite the way he may have anticipated.

After the Memorial Day holiday recess, members of Congress returned to Washington where they began hearings and gave their typical five-minute floor speeches.

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'Completely bananas': Dem operative takes a hatchet to Lara Trump's latest rant

Former Biden Communications Director Kate Bedingfield on Monday tore into Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump for her attacks on Larry Hogan after he said that Americans should respect the guilty verdict leveled against former President Donald Trump.

Speaking on CNN, Bedgingfield said that Trump's decision to excoriate Hogan simply for saying that the American judicial system should be respected was political malpractice, as she was attacking a man whom most political analysts think is the only shot Republicans have of winning a Senate seat in deep-blue Maryland.

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'Suspend!' Marjorie Taylor Greene smacked down by GOP chair at hearing with Dr. Fauci

Democrats called for the words of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) to be taken down after she refused to call former National Institutes of Health Director Anthony Fauci "doctor."

The conflict came during a Monday House Oversight Committee hearing on the origins of COVID-19.

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'How dare you?' 'The View' host flies into fury over Trump ally's latest defense

"The View" opened Monday ridiculing Donald Trump as a "big baby" and blasting "emotional support senators" — with particular focus on Marco Rubio (R-FL).

Over the weekend, Trump spoke with Fox News hosts about his recent conviction on 34 felony counts.

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Jamie Raskin blasts GOP at hearing: 'Some of them blindly worship convicted felons'

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) blasted Republican members of Congress for their blind "worship" of convicted felons like former President Donald Trump.

At a Monday hearing with former National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, Raskin said Republicans did not want to find the true origin of COVID-19.

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'Trump is getting even crazier' – and people inside his campaign know it: Morning Joe

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough reacted to Donald Trump's heavily spliced and edited interview with Fox News, saying his appearance demonstrated that he was increasingly "unmoored from reality."

The former president spoke at length to Will Cain, Pete Hegseth and Rachel Campos-Duffy following his conviction on all 34 felony counts last week in New York, and the "Morning Joe" host was disturbed by what he saw – although he admittedly did not watch the interview as it aired.

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'Yes you did': CNN busts Trump for egregious lie about calls to jail Hillary Clinton

Former President Donald Trump told a flagrant lie about his past calls to lock up one-time Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, and CNN's Kasie Hunt on Monday delivered a swift fact check.

Hunt began by playing an interview with Trump that aired on Sunday in which he claimed that he never called on Clinton to be locked up for her handling of classified information during her tenure as secretary of state.

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