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Fox News host: 'Donald Trump would have pardoned Hunter Biden'

Fox News hosts Lawrence Jones and Steve Doocy argued that President-elect Donald Trump would have pardoned Hunter Biden after President Joe Biden did the same thing.

While reporting on the pardon Monday, Fox News correspondent Madeleine Rivera noted that Republicans in Congress "have found no concrete evidence of wrongdoing by the Biden family."

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Trump's movement 'more fragile than it seems' — and is about to implode: analysis

The Atlantic's George Packer believes there are important lessons that Democrats need to take away from President-elect Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 election.

However, he also believes that Democrats need to avoid overestimating the strength of Trump's electoral coalition, which he believes could split relatively quickly.

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'Insane rants': Ex-FBI deputy head gives blistering putdown of agency's potential new boss

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe on Monday trashed President-elect Donald Trump's decision to nominate political henchman Kash Patel to be the next director of the FBI.

During an appearance on CNN, McCabe argued that Patel is "clearly not" qualified for the job, and he said that "he doesn't have a fraction of the qualifications that any former FBI director, chosen by any president, has."

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CNN Republican Scott Jennings holds head-in-hands as panelist defends Biden pardon

Democratic operative Karen Finney clashed with Republican Scott Jennings on CNN Monday over President Joe Biden's controversial decision to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, after repeatedly insisting over the last year that he would not do so.

After being confronted by host John Berman with many of President-elect Donald Trump's multiple controversial pardons of political allies during his first term, Jennings accused Berman of trying to deflect attention from the impropriety of Biden's actions.

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'We did not see nepotism like this': CNN panelist cuts off GOP operative's Trump defense

Republican strategist Brad Todd got called out on CNN Monday morning after he praised President-elect Donald Trump for openly embracing nepotism.

During a discussion about Trump's decision to appoint Charles Kushner, the father of son-in-law Jared Kushner, to be ambassador of France, Todd claimed that voters connected with Trump's authenticity in appointing family members to important government positions despite apparently lacking any other qualifications for the job.

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'Not going to end well': Morning Joe predicts Trump headed for bruising over latest pick

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough predicted that Kash Patel's nomination as FBI director would flame out much like Matt Gaetz did after being picked for attorney general.

Donald Trump named the MAGA loyalist to head the nation's top law enforcement agency despite scant experience as a prosecutor and a history of promising political prosecutions of the former president's enemies. The "Morning Joe" host said Republican senators would likely sink his nomination.

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'Trumpworld deeply worried': Sources tell MSNBC hosts of 'controversy inside Trump orbit'

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Jonathan Lemire claimed Monday that some in Donald Trump's orbit aren't thrilled by his nomination of MAGA loyalist Kash Patel as FBI director.

The election conspiracist has already promised to prosecute Trump's political enemies and media figures from the start of a second administration, and the "Morning Joe" host warned that Patel faces an uphill battle to get the job leading the nation's top law enforcement agency.

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'Shakes me to my core': Legal expert says Trump's harm to justice system 'can be undone'

Donald Trump and the U.S. Supreme Court damaged the justice system, but the harm can be undone, a former prosecutor said Sunday.

Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner, who over the weekend posted a video focusing on "points of light," as he sees them, in the legal world, chimed in a day later.

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'Really bad': Newsmax panel attacks 'aggressive' women for protesting healthcare threat

A Newsmax panel criticized women who reacted to President-elect Donald Trump's victory by declining to have sex, shaving their heads, or being sterilized.

During a Sunday morning discussion on the conservative news network, host Sarah Williamson said women were making the "crazy" decision to be sterilized because they feared that anti-abortion laws could put their lives at risk.

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'Credibly accused of raping a woman': Guest sounds alarm on Pete Hegseth live on Fox News

Fox News guest Lucy Caldwell, a Democratic strategist, argued that sexual assault allegations against Pete Hegseth should be taken seriously after President-elect Donald Trump nominated him to be defense secretary.

On Sunday's Media Buzz program, host Howard Kurtz said that Hegseth and other nominees had faced "credible" threats of violence.

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GOP lawmaker slams 'credibility' of Nobel Peace Prize — because Trump doesn't have one

Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) complained because President-elect Donald Trump was "the only world leader who came up with an incredible deal" who had not been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.

During a Sunday interview on Fox News, host Jackie Deangelis pointed out that a cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel was on the table during the final months of Joe Biden's presidency.

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GOP senator: Kash Patel will lead FBI by 'taking it apart'

Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) revealed Sunday that he supports Kash Patel as President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for FBI director because he would dismantle the agency.

During an interview on Meet the Press, host Kristen Welker told Hagerty that former Trump Attorney General Bill Barr had called Patel unqualified for a senior role at the FBI.

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'No I in team': CNN host cracks up as Republican vows compromise in Congress

A CNN host cracked up Sunday as a Republican congressman claimed his colleagues would compromise in the House to deal with a razor-thin majority.

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) was claiming the notoriously factious caucus would pull together to make sure it pushes through legislation.

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