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Former President Donald Trump shared an unexpected video of his wife being affectionate to him after she was described as a "hostage" in a video released the night before.

While appearing at a Republican fundraiser on Saturday, a video circulated of Melania Trump seemingly uncomfortable next to her husband. The clip was mocked on X (formerly Twitter) as a "hostage video."

During an appearance on MSNBC on Sunday afternoon, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance claimed it is too risky for special counsel Jack Smith to try Donald Trump for obstruction of justice in Judge Aileen Cannon's courtroom, so drastic measures need to be taken immediately.

Speaking with fill-in host Ali Vitali, Vance said now is the time for the Department of Justice to file paperwork demanding the Trump-appointed jurist recuse herself and then make her defend her actions in writing.

"What do you think? Are you of the opinion that Jack Smith should be taking steps to get the judge off this case as soon as possible?" host Vitali prompted.

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"The best strategy is a motion to recuse," Vance replied. "This judge is behaving in a way that is so far outside the realm that it has left them scratching their heads and looking for a strategy."

"I think at this point the DOJ ought to go ahead and file a motion to recuse the judge," she continued before elaborating, "She's obligated to respond to that in writing if she denies it and then Jack Smith will be able to take it to the 11th Circuit."

"You know, a recusal is difficult for prosecutors. it is not something that we'll do frequently and requires the approval of the solicitor general," she added. " But this is a judge who has made repeated rulings that the 11th Circuit hasn't just said they were wrong, not just said we're wrong, they said they were just in a different universe. And I think that this is the right sort of case and this is the moment where Jack Smith will need to do that. He cannot go to trial in front of this judge, it is far too risky."

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Fox News host Howard Kurtz reminded Trump campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt that her boss could still talk about his hush-money case even though a judge put a limited gag order in place.

While speaking to Leavitt on Sunday, Kurtz noted that former President Donald Trump had said he was willing to go to jail after Judge Juan Merchan prevented him from talking about court staff or the judge's family.

Fox News host Maria Bartiromo highlighted revenue losses suffered by Donald Trump's Truth Social platform.

During a Sunday interview with Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes, Bartiromo reviewed the company's financial condition.

House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Turner (R-OH) on Sunday accused fellow members of Congress of repeating Russian propaganda.

During an interview on CNN, host Jake Tapper noted that Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) said that Russian propaganda had "infected a good chunk of [his] party's base."

A supporter of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was called out for repeating conspiracy theories after he claimed pedophiles were secretly running the country.

During the Sunday edition of C-SPAN's Washington Journal, a caller named David said he had recently switched from the Democratic Party to become an independent voter.

Reacting to a three-part Truth Social post where Donald Trump lashed out at Judges Arthur Engoron, Lewis Kaplan and Juan Merchan on Saturday — calling all three "corrupt" — a visibly frustrated Michael Steele demanded to know why the former president hasn't been jailed for making threats.

Steele, the former head of the Republican National Committee who now co-hosts MSNBC's "The Weekend," claimed that enough is enough after Trump has been on the receiving end of multiple judicial gag orders which he has subsequently ignored.

After co-host Alicia Menendez bluntly called Trump's latest Truth Social diatribe "unhinged," Steele grew aggravated when legal analyst Chuck Rosenberg claimed that the judges were being cautious.

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That led to Steele's outburst.

"What is it that these judges don't get with Donald Trump at this point, with the gag orders, with the imposing of penalties to check his rogue behavior," he began. "I don't get it. The man is now putting out subtle threat warnings to this judge, getting his base — we've already had how many incidents now where rogue members of his base have gone off and done stupid stuff. Nancy Pelosi's husband, et cetera. I don't get it. Tell me, what am I missing? What is America missing that the courts just can't shut this man up?"

After Rosenberg defended the judges' inaction, Steele was still not satisfied.

"I don't know what evidence we need, short of something horrific happening to one of these judges or a member of their family or someone on their staff, that then people will go, 'Oh, maybe we should just put his behind in jail to shut him up,' but that's just my reaction," he fumed.

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During an appearance on MSNBC's "The Katie Phang Show," MSNBC host Ali Velshi claimed that the wheeling and dealing of the stock issued by Trump Media & Technology Group, which trades under the ticker DJT, is likely drawing more than the normal amount of scrutiny by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Velshi, who started out at MSNBC as a business reporter, claimed he has been closely watching the price plummet and the lawsuits tied to the company play out in the press and there should be cause for concern that not everything looks above board.

After first taking a shot at the stock centered on the lackluster performance of Truth Social, which caused the value to go into freefall, he claimed he didn't, for the moment, see anything Donald Trump has done that would have him in trouble with the SEC, but there should be concerns for investors.

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"We know the FBI is involved because of these two guys who were insider trading," he told host Phang. "We are not sure what the connection is, and we are not sure whether Donald Trump or anybody in the company knew about it."

"That said, the SEC does have rules and nothing Donald Trump does generally sounds like a guy who is equipped to follow those kinds of rules," he continued. "So, I would imagine the SEC is looking at it very closely. I have been studying it closely, there is nothing I have seen that is clearly an SEC violation, but it is awfully messy."

"If you are going to run a public company, there are actual rules and if you violate them, the SEC will come after you," he elaborated. "I don't know what it is; everything that I talked about right now seems to be legal, including [TikTok investor] Jeff Yass involving himself in this company, possibly for the benefit of his TikTok stocks. But I would assure you there are some people at the SEC who are watching it closely."

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