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Donald Trump suggested Thursday that presidents need immunity from prosecution even if they assassinate political rivals.

Trump addressed the media after appearing at his Manhattan civil court hearing and fielded questions. A reporter noted Trump's attorney had argued that a president couldn't be prosecuted if they used Seal Team 6 to assassinate a campaign opponent.

Former President Donald Trump suggested that New York Attorney General Letitia James should have to pay damages for bringing a $250 million fraud lawsuit against him.

During a break in Thursday's closing statements, Trump spoke to reporters outside the courtroom.

The co-hosts of "The View" are baffled by the sudden shift against Taylor Swift from certain right-wing media figures.

Swift, who was raised in Tennessee, started out as a country singer before leaving the genre for pop music. Fox host Jesse Watters claimed that she was part of a secret Pentagon program to manipulate the right wing into falling in love with her and then pushing a leftist agenda on them.

President Joe Biden used Donald Trump's recent interview with Lou Dobbs to tout his economic successes after the previous president's defeat in the 2020 election.

“We have an economy that’s so fragile, and the only reason it’s running now is it’s running off the fumes of what we did,” Trump told Dobbs. “It’s just running off the fumes.”

Not long after closing arguments began in the $320 million Donald Trump financial fraud trial began, Judge Arthur Engoron felt compelled to step in and cut off Trump attorney Christopher Kise who boasted his client is considered a real estate "industry expert."

According to reporting CNN's Paula Reid, Engoron cut the lawyer off and corrected him.

"Chris Kise is presenting his closing argument," she reported before adding, "For the first time we heard the judge stop him and correct him. It was over whether former president Trump is an industry expert. Kise reminded the court, as part of his closing argument — I'm reading notes -- that Trump is a, quote, 'industry expert.' He said Trump has been part of the fabric of commercial real estate in this state and around the world."

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) threatened to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Thursday because he was negotiating with Democrats to fund the government.

A day after participating in a rebellion against Johnson on the House floor, Greene told right-wing podcast host Steve Bannon she had "absolutely had it" with the speaker.

Appearing on CNN, former prosecutor Karen Friedman Agnifilo suggested Donald Trump's attempt to present the closing argument in his $370 million financial fraud trial playing out in a Manhattan courtroom on Thursday was unprecedented and a sign that he thinks he can do a better job than his three attorneys handling the case.

Speaking with CNN host John Berman, Friedman Agnifilo pointed out that Judge Artur Engoron was right to put limitations on Trump if he was allowed to speak — which Trump and attorney Christopher Kise refused to agree to -- but Trump's demand spoke volumes about Trump's opinion of Kise and fellow Trump attorneys Alina Habba and Clifford Robert.

Stating that should Trump be allowed to speak on the grounds that "there was a lot less risk that a jury pool could be tainted by inappropriate information that could come out in a summation," the former prosecutor claimed she felt Trump is unhappy with his legal representation.

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Former Republican strategist Ana Navarro doesn't buy Donald Trump's excuse that he was victimized because he wasn't allowed a court pause after his wife's mother passed away.

Melania Trump hasn't been part of Trump's trials for the past two years. After not appearing in Christmas family photos, the Trump team announced that the third wife of the former president was with her parents while her mother was in the hospital.

Former President Donald Trump expressed concern for himself in a courthouse speech moments before attorneys were set to give closing remarks in his $250 million fraud trial.

At a Manhattan courthouse on Thursday, Trump spoke to reporters before entering the courtroom.

After reports that Judge Arthur Engoron received a bomb threat the night before he was expected to hear closing arguments in Donald Trump's now-$370 million financial fraud suit playing out in a Manhattan courtroom, CNN legal analyst Elie Hoenig put the blame on Donald Trump and his extremist rhetoric.

Speaking with in-studio host Kate Bolduan, the former prosecutor ticked off the multiple threats that have been made against judges and prosecutors pursuing the former president for his criminal actions.

Getting right to the point Hoenig bluntly stated, "This happens every time."

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The hosts of "Fox & Friends" appeared deflated on Thursday after watching yet another day of chaos among House Republicans.

After witnessing still more public rebellions against Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), despite the fact that he has only been on the job for fewer than three months, co-host Steve Doocy lamented the current state of the House GOP.