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'That's not American': Legal expert shows why Supreme Court will shut Trump down

Citizen Trump can't pretend to be president. And therefore he's wide open for prosecution.

That's the thinking by former Solicitor General Neal Katyal who appeared on MSNBC's "Alex Wagner Tonight" on Tuesday night.

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'Game-changer': Expert says 'clever' Jack Smith bid 'makes timely trial much more likely'

Special counsel Jack Smith's move to short-circuit former President Donald Trump's stall tactics with a direct petition to the Supreme Court to rule on his "presidential immunity" claims in the 2020 election subversion case is a brilliant maneuver, former federal prosecutor Harry Litman argued on MSNBC's "All In" Tuesday.

"Harry, first of all ... it was always going to be the case that he was going to find some vehicle to get this before the Supreme Court, the constitutional claim of immunity, and then hope and pray that even if he doesn't get them to the merits they'll say oh, man, this is a tough one," the host says. "We need to consider this. Let's have oral arguments in a few months, and then we'll think about it. And while we're doing that, stay the trial. That was always the hope. What do you think of Smith's move here?"

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'Everything he says is dangerous': Cassidy Hutchinson says Trump's 'gotten people killed'

Trump's words have "gotten people killed," a former White House aide declared.

Cassidy Hutchinson, who served in the Trump administration as an aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, is sounding air raid sirens during an appearance on MSNBC's Joy Reid in the "ReidOut" to try to make sure people don't gloss over Trump's Day One dictatorship, should he be voted to become the 47th president.

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'Unrepentant' Clarence Thomas doesn't see any problem ruling on Trump case: legal expert

With the Supreme Court poised to decide whether former President Donald Trump has presidential immunity from being prosecuted in the 2020 election interference case, calls are growing for Justice Clarence Thomas, whose wife was involved in the plot to overturn the election in the first place, to recuse himself from the case.

But don't hold your breath on that, legal expert Lisa Rubin told MSNBC's Joy Reid on Tuesday.

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Rudy Giuliani attacks poll workers' lawyers — and claims they're tied to Hunter Biden

Fresh from the latest day of the civil trial brought against Rudy Giuliani by Georgia poll workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, Giuliani declined to discuss the case directly with reporters — but he lashed out at Freeman and Moss' attorneys, and claimed they had ties to Hunter Biden, reported Politico's Kyle Cheney.

Giuliani, a former federal prosecutor and mayor of New York City who helped former President Donald Trump push conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, is accused of defaming Freeman and Moss with false claims that they were stuffing ballots during the vote count in Atlanta.

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James Comer trolled by George Santos Cameo in ongoing spat: watch

Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) had some fun at the expense of Rep. James Comer (R-KY) this week — and he did it using disgraced former Rep. George Santos.

Specifically, Moskowitz paid for a Santos Cameo video in which the New York Republican sent a special Hanukkah message to Comer that made references to business deals that Comer had made with his brother, the mention of which caused Comer to erupt in anger at a hearing earlier this year and accuse Moskowitz of looking like a "Smurf."

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GOP votes down making impeachment inquiry ‘transparent’

House Republicans moving quickly to finalize legislation for Wednesday's expected vote on opening a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden on Tuesday voted against an amendment requiring the inquiry to be "open and transparent," despite Speaker Mike Johnson's pledge earlier Tuesday "to undertake this process methodically and transparently."

Speaker Johnson, pushing for the vote on an impeachment inquiry despite even some House Republicans admitting there is a complete lack of proof of impeachable offenses, published an op-ed in USA Today Tuesday morning.

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Mike Johnson aide says ‘open and transparent’ too ‘wordy’ for impeachment rules

Republicans on a key committee on Tuesday declined to include an "open and transparent" provision in a proposed resolution to begin the impeachment of President Joe Biden.

During a Rules Committee hearing, Ranking Member Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) backed an amendment to use the phrase "open and transparent" because it had been removed from the resolution used to impeach former President Donald Trump in 2019.

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'It's easy to say pro-life when it’s a slogan': Ex-Trump aide sickened by Texas ruling

"The View's" Republican co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin made it clear Tuesday that she too takes issue with the recent decision by the Texas Supreme Court to force a pregnant woman to carry a dangerous pregnancy.

For the past year, after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, many red-state lawmakers have claimed they want to allow for a carveout for the life and health of the mother. But in Texas, that was shot down when Kate Cox revealed carrying her fetus to term could endanger her ability to have future pregnancies — and would end in the painful death of the fetus.

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'Trump ordered you to be here!' Dem shreds GOP for MAGA fealty at impeachment hearing

Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) scolded his Republican colleagues on Tuesday for moving forward with what Democrats described as a "sham" impeachment hearing.

At a House Rules Committee hearing on the possible impeachment of President Joe Biden, McGovern said former President Donald Trump was behind the crusade.

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'Not good legal strategy': CNN panel buries Giuliani's continued smearing of poll workers

Rudy Giuliani was roundly trashed by a CNN panel on Tuesday morning for his ongoing false attacks on election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, as he faces a lawsuit for destroying their reputations.

This comes as Giuliani, who falsely claimed that Freeman and Moss were stuffing ballots during the electoral count in Georgia and sneaked in a "USB device" that was actually just a ginger mint, continues to bungle his own trial appearance, with the judge even annoyed at his lack of punctuality.

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Watch: Ohio Republican escorted off-stage after honoring Matt Gaetz with 'surprise award'​

On Thursday night, December 7 in Strongsville, Ohio, the Strongsville Republican Party held its Christmas Party. The event was livestreamed and included an "award" for Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida).

But video of the event, posted by Cleveland Scene, shows that a Strongsville Republican's acknowledgement of Gaetz was really an insult rather than an actual "award" honoring him in some way.

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'Clarence Thomas has no shame': Recusal seems unlikely as court takes up Trump appeal

The U.S. Supreme Court quickly agreed to hear Donald Trump's appeals in his federal election subversion case, but don't expect justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself.

Special counsel Jack Smith asked the court to consider the case before an appellate court weighs in, and former U.S. attorney Barbara McQuade told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that it was a smart tactic.

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