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Following opening statements in his hush-money trial Monday, former President Donald Trump emerged from the courtroom enraged, insisting the case had "nothing to do" with him.

He began by saying that payments to former attorney Michael Cohen couldn't have been illegal because he did not try to deduct them from his taxes. Cohen has said that he paid adult film actress Stormy Daniels to cover up a sexual affair with Trump — and the former president knew about it.

Alina Habba, an attorney for Donald Trump, angrily lashed out at New York Attorney General Letitia James after she moved to have the former president's $175 million bond revoked following a civil fraud judgment.

Habba spoke after the testy hearing ended with both sides finally agreeing that the bond would be accepted.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) "worried" Monday about what so-called MAGA supporters of Donald Trump might do after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) pushed through foreign aid packages, including funding for Ukraine.

"This is the most disgusting business model that anyone has ever seen probably in the history of mankind, and the American people are done with it, Steve," Greene told convicted podcast host Steve Bannon. "You don't want to know something? I got to tell you, I've not seen people this angry since November of 2020. I mean, they are off the charts, off the charts angry."

Law professor Alan Dershowitz predicted that Donald Trump would be murdered in prison if he is stripped of his Secret Service protections.

Dershowitz made the remarks to Newsmax after Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) introduced a bill to revoke Secret Service benefits if the former president is convicted of a crime.

David Pecker, a key figure in the hush-money scandal involving former President Donald Trump, is set to be the first witness in Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan.

The New York Times first reported that Pecker would be the prosecution's initial witness.

Fox News host Eric Shawn argued that Michael Cohen's claim that Donald Trump made hush money payments to influence the 2016 election was more believable because he had a tape recording of the former president.

During an interview on Sunday, former federal prosecutor Katie Cherkasky asserted that prosecutors in the case had an uphill battle because their star witnesses were former attorney Michael Cohen and adult film actress Stormy Daniels. Trump is accused of falsifying business records following the hush money payments to Daniels.

Fox News host Maria Bartiromo confronted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) Sunday for "creating chaos" in the U.S. House of Representatives.

During an interview on Sunday Morning Futures, Bartiromo noted that Greene was criticized for threatening to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) with a motion to vacate the chair.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R), a possible vice presidential candidate, called rape and incest exceptions for abortion a "tragedy."

While speaking to Dana Bash on CNN Sunday, Noem was asked if she supported her state's law, which does not provide exceptions for rape, much like Arizona's Civil War-era anti-abortion law.

Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD), a possible vice presidential candidate, believes that former Vice President Mike Pence "failed Donald Trump" — but she wouldn't say if she would have certified Joe Biden's win on Jan. 6, 2021.

During a Sunday interview on CNN, host Dana Bash asked Noem if Pence was wrong to have certified the election following the Jan. 6 riot.

Jose A. Perez, a grassroots supporter of Donald Trump, has requested permission to file an amicus brief in the ongoing classified documents case against the former president, according to court filings on Thursday.

In legal filings, Perez told U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon that the prosecution of Trump interfered with his constitutional rights to vote and to election integrity. He claimed that the Department of Justice had been weaponized against Trump and his supporters.

New York County assistant district attorneys prosecuting Donald Trump asked for sanctions on Monday after accusing the former president of violating a gag order in his hush money trial.

On the first day of the trial, prosecutors signaled they would ask Justice Juan Merchan to hold Trump in contempt. They alleged he violated a gag order three times after the judge ruled Trump could not talk about the potential witness, court staff, or their families.

Former President Donald Trump was seen apparently "nodding off" during his hush money trial for allegedly covering up a sex scandal.

On Trump's first day in the Manhattan courtroom, reporters spotted him looking as though he was falling asleep as attorneys discussed rules for jury selection.