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Donald Trump's longtime ally Steve Bannon Monday urged the former president to simply blow off his Manhattan criminal court trial and dare law enforcement to put him in jail for it.

He made the comments on his "War Room" show on Monday — and specifically suggested Trump should instead go to the Supreme Court hearing reviewing whether he has immunity from prosecution from a separate criminal trial being charged in Washington, D.C. by special counsel Jack Smith.

Former President Donald Trump should be outside swinging a wedge instead of stuck in a bunker of a Manhattan criminal courtroom, according to Fox News' Jesse Watters.

"The guy needs exercise," Watters proclaimed. "He’s usually golfing, and so you’re going to put a man who’s almost 80 sitting in a room like this on his butt for all that time?"

A full jury has been empaneled to hear former President Donald Trump's criminal case in Manhattan — but that doesn't necessarily mean the court won't have to deal with more jury complications, trial expert J. Lee Meihls told CNN's Jake Tapper on Monday.

That's because there's every risk that more jurors could bail on the whole proceeding out of fear for their safety or pressure over their responsibilities — especially if Trump supporters or others trying to disrupt the trial expose the identities of the jury. Several jurors were excused after being seated during the process of selection, and that could continue to happen even now — another juror raised fears about media exposure, but ultimately decided to stay on.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) lashed out at Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) after he agreed to release tapes from the riot of Jan. 6, 2021.

Defenders of those charged on Jan. 6 have long believed that the Capitol tapes would show the incident was a protest instead of a riot.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor suggested that an Oregon town wanted unhoused people to "kill themselves" after the municipality moved to punish people for sleeping outside.

During oral arguments on Monday, Sotomayor told Theane Evangelis, a lawyer for Grants Pass, that the city's "intent is to remove every homeless person and give them no public space to sit down with a blanket or lay down with a blanket and fall asleep."

Donald Trump's rambling rant outside of his courtroom as the first day of testimony ended Monday was so littered with false information that MSNBC cut from it to fact check.

Chris Jansing stepped in to explain that viewers who overheard the impromptu speech may be misled.

Following opening statements in his hush-money trial Monday, former President Donald Trump emerged from the courtroom enraged, insisting the case had "nothing to do" with him.

He began by saying that payments to former attorney Michael Cohen couldn't have been illegal because he did not try to deduct them from his taxes. Cohen has said that he paid adult film actress Stormy Daniels to cover up a sexual affair with Trump — and the former president knew about it.

Fox News' Ainsley Earhardt expressed concern on Monday that the Trump hush-money trial could set a negative precedent for future presidential candidates who have paid hush money to cover up affairs.

In particular, Earhardt seemed disturbed at prosecutors' contention that Trump's hush-money payment was an improper attempt to conceal information from the American public ahead of the 2016 presidential election, as she said that other men who engaged in such schemes may now be deterred from seeking the highest office in the land.

Donald Trump's attorney may have oversold his defense during opening statements to the jury, a legal expert argued.

Lawyer Todd Blanche told jurors that $420,000 in payments to Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen were not reimbursements for payments to adult movie actress Stormy Daniels, but were instead given to cover legal services.

Alina Habba, an attorney for Donald Trump, angrily lashed out at New York Attorney General Letitia James after she moved to have the former president's $175 million bond revoked following a civil fraud judgment.

Habba spoke after the testy hearing ended with both sides finally agreeing that the bond would be accepted.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) "worried" Monday about what so-called MAGA supporters of Donald Trump might do after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) pushed through foreign aid packages, including funding for Ukraine.

"This is the most disgusting business model that anyone has ever seen probably in the history of mankind, and the American people are done with it, Steve," Greene told convicted podcast host Steve Bannon. "You don't want to know something? I got to tell you, I've not seen people this angry since November of 2020. I mean, they are off the charts, off the charts angry."

Donald Trump is already sick of sitting in court for his hush money trial after one week, which observers say increases the chances of an outburst from the former president.

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee was ordered by New York Judge Juan Merchan to attend his trial or risk jail time, and sources told CNN's Dana Bash that Trump is already frustrated by his lack of control over the process.

Donald Trump appeared to be in disagreement Monday with a judge laying out how he could be questioned if he takes the stand in his hush-money trial related to a sex scandal with adult film actress Stormy Daniels.

Before allowing opening arguments, New York Justice Juan Merchan held a so-called Sandoval hearing to determine what is admissible if Trump is cross-examined, according to reports.