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'Enough is enough!' Ex-prosecutor calls for gag order 'with teeth' to make Trump 'shut up'

"Enough is enough!"

Former New York federal prosecutor Kristy Greenberg appeared on MSNBC's "Alex Wagner Tonight" outraged by the fact that Donald Trump's words have inspired "credible threats" and demanded stringent measures to be instituted to keep him from inspiring followers to bring harm to his perceived foes.

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'Unheard of': Ex-prosecutor dumbfounded by Trump's crusade against law clerk

The attacks former President Donald Trump has inspired against the law clerk of Judge Arthur Engoron in the New York state civil fraud trial have no comparison in recent memory, argued former prosecutor Catherine Christian on MSNBC Wednesday.

This comes amid a new report from court security detailing an avalanche of death threats and abuse targeted at court staff involved in the Trump trial.

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Letitia James got Trump accountant to throw his boss under the bus: legal expert

New York Attorney General Letitia James' attorneys were able to completely derail former Trump Organization top accountant Jeff McConney's story on the stand during the civil fraud trial, former prosecutor Renato Mariotti told MSNBC's Katie Phang on Wednesday evening.

McConney broke down in tears on the stand under the cross-examination — and supplied a document that dealt a body blow to Trump's defense.

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'Smoking gun': Mary Trump exposes 'note from hell' that could cost her uncle everything

Former President Donald Trump's niece Mary Trump explained in her Substack Wednesday why a five-word "note from hell" written by the Trump Organization's top accountant could cost her uncle everything in the civil fraud trial in New York.

"A scribbled note said to have been written by former Trump Organization Comptroller Jeffrey McConney reads: 'DJT TO GET FINAL REVIEW.' The note appears on a document that allegedly exaggerated Donald’s net worth by $3.5 billion, and contained expansive evidence of fraud," wrote Mary Trump, herself a professional psychologist. "I shared this evidence with attorney Joe Gallina of Call to Activism, who said, 'I can’t think of a bigger smoking gun than one that says – in all caps – 'DONALD TRUMP MUST APPROVE THIS' on a document riddled with fraud.'"

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'You should be assassinated': Officials flag 'credible' threats against Trump fraud judge

Judge Arthur Engoron, the New York jurist overseeing former President Donald Trump's fraud trial, has been targeted by a series of "credible" death threats, reported Frank Runyeon of Law360.

The threats, according to the report, are "serious and credible and not hypothetical or speculative" and include antisemitic attacks. They have all been documented in a 275-page report from court security official Capt. Charles Hollon, who added, "When Mr. Trump violated the gag orders, the number of threatening, harassing and disparaging messages increased."

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Latest N.Y. fraud case filing urges Trump be gagged again before court staff gets hurt

New York prosecutors on Wednesday demanded Donald Trump’s gag order be reinstated, stressing that leaving the former president free to spout online rhetoric is putting court staff in danger, court records show.

Attorney General Letitia James' office filed the 37-page motion calling for the speedy return of the gag order which a New York appeals court justice paused in Trump’s $250 million civil fraud trial.

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'Extortion': Trump lawyer Alina Habba lashes out against plea deal talks

Donald Trump isn't going to cut an "extortion" plea deal with New York prosecutors and is ready to quit doing business in the city that made his and his family's real estate empire.

Donald Trump attorney Alina Habba ripped into New York Attorney General Letitia James for muscling her notorious client to pay an obscene sum in his $250 million civil lawsuit that she brought against him and the Trump Organization, according to an exclusive interview in the Daily Mail.

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Legal expert shreds all of Trump's latest grievances with civil fraud trial

Former President Donald Trump lashed out at the judge, prosecutor, and court clerk in his New York civil fraud trial on Tuesday, taking advantage of the current suspension of the gag order that prohibits him from doing some of those things.

However, most of his grievances were false, noted legal expert and MSNBC commentator Tristan Snell on X that evening.

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'Valuable asset': A NY GOP rep is now 'really important' to Trump after once opposing him

United States Representative Elise Stefanik's (R-NY) upstate New York district was Democratically led for over two decades before she was elected in 2015.

The chair of the House Republican Conference has managed over the years to capture the attention of former President Donald Trump, which The Messenger reports has made "her an important carrier of the MAGA message," and "a valuable asset on the campaign trail," according to Trump allies.

"She understands her voter, and from my perspective, the purple district Trump supporter is among the most important," a long-time Trump ally told the news outlet. "I think she's really important to the national movement, because she's figured it out."

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Trump explodes against 'psycho judge' and 'seething' law clerk in civil fraud trial

Former President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform on Tuesday to rage against the court officers in his civil fraud trial in New York.

"A Rigged Trial going on against me by a corrupt N.Y. State Attorney General and an out of control Judge," wrote Trump. "They brought Values down to a FRACTION of what they are really worth, like Mar-a-Lago, and then called me a Fraud. They are the FRAUDSTERS, and the whole system is CORRUPT. I didn’t even include one of my most valuable assets, BRAND VALUE, in my Financial Statements."

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Weepy Trump Org exec blames overvaluing Trump penthouse by $100M on inaccurate email

The Trump Organization executive who burst into tears in the witness box testified Tuesday that an inaccurate email was to blame for overvaluing Donald Trump’s penthouse by more than $100 million, according to a new report.

Former controller Jeffrey McConney told the court his valuation relied on a Trump Organization broker who misrepresented the size of the Trump Tower home, ABC News reports.

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Trump Org exec bursts into tears in trial witness box: reports

A co-defendant in Donald Trump's $250 million fraud lawsuit burst into tears on the witness stand Tuesday, according to reporters in the courtroom.

Jeffrey McConney became sentimental when asked about leaving the Trump Organization, according to New York Daily News' courts reporter Molly Crane-Newman.

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Former GOP chair says Trump’s attacks on judges are ‘about bending the system to his will’

Trump keeps yelling "Fire!" into crowded theaters, according to former RNC chair Michael Steele.

"It just tells you how Donald Trump has twisted everything into a knot — this is all deliberate behavior," former RNC chair Michael Steele told an MSNBC host. "It's all about trying to bend the system to his will, to his direction."

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