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Former President Donald Trump is facing the increased likelihood of indictment over his hush payments to former adult film star Stormy Daniels, at the very least as a misdemeanor falsified business record and possibly as felony campaign finance fraud.

Speaking to CNN's Erin Burnett on Tuesday, former Trump lawyer Ty Cobb said he thinks it's very likely at this point.

"We talked so much about all of the legal troubles that the possible indictments that the former president may be facing," said Burnett. "As you see, Trump and his lawyer there ramping up public attacks on this specific case. Where do you think we are? Do you think an indictment is imminent for Donald Trump here?"...

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), a key figure on the former House January 6 Committee, laid into his Republican colleagues on MSNBC's "The ReidOut" Tuesday, following Fox News' redoubled efforts to whitewash the actions of the Capitol insurrectionists.

Republicans can't even get their story straight, argued Raskin, claiming one moment that the rioters were a leftist false flag and claiming it wasn't that big of a deal the next.

"You know, I wasn't aware that the FBI did false flag operations that were also benign tourism, and Tucker Carlson has said both things," said anchor Joy Reid. "In the 26 months since the attack, about 1,000 people have been arrested. About one-third of the defendants in these Capitol cases have been charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding the police during the attack. More than 306 defendants have been charged with corruptly obstructing, influencing, or impeding an official proceeding. About 518 individuals have pleaded guilty to federal charges, 420 defendants have been adjudicated since for their criminal activity, and 220 have been sentenced to incarceration. Congressman Raskin — and yet, do you know of any Republican members during the insurrection who went out to talk to them?"...

Five suspects arrested after a series of seven bombings in Fresno, California, may be linked to white supremacy, law enforcement officials warned at a press conference.

Local police and FBI investigators are probing possible ties to extremist groups after Nazi flags, banners, hats and coffee mugs were found during raids of locations linked to the suspects, according to officials.

Police also recovered 11 illegal firearms, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, methamphetamine packaged for sale and $50,000 in cash. ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia — As the second witness in the landmark lawsuit against white nationalist organizers of the 2017 Unite the Right rally took the stand on Monday, defendants sought to discredit the victims of violence that engulfed the city in August 2017 by attempting to make strained connections to violent left-wing counter-protesters and communists.

During jury selection, several prospective jurors expressed negative opinions about "antifa," revealing how deeply right-wing conspiracy theories falsely portraying left-wing, antiracist activists as uniformly violent have become entrenched since the election of Donald Trump. Lawyers for the plaintiffs were able to get several of the prospective jurors with the most extreme views of "antifa" struck.

Defense counsel began cross-examination of Devin Willis, a plaintiff who was an 18-year-old African-American student at the University of Virginia in August 2017, on Monday morning. Willis and fellow plaintiff Natalie Romero, who testified on Oct. 29, were the only people of color among a group of counter-protesters who were surrounded by a torch-bearing mob as they linked arms around the statue of Thomas Jefferson on the University of Virginia campus on Aug. 11, 2017. ...

Police turned violent in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota Sunday night when the community came together to protest another police shooting.

Twenty-year-old Daunte Wright called his mother at approximately 1:40 p.m. telling her that he was being pulled over. He had an outstanding warrant but police didn't know that when they pulled him over. they said it was for a "traffic violation." The violation was that he had air fresheners hanging from his mirror, his mother said.

As darkness fell on the town and tensions escalated, police appeared to deploy flash-bangs and smoke bombs or chemical sprays at the crowd, one witness tweeted. ...

The immediate former president of the United States is facing several investigations and possible criminal charges. But in Georgia, prosecutors revealed Tuesday that the expert prosecutors involved in the criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump's conversations with officials he tried to get to change the election results in the state.

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow cited several cases in Georgia in which the RICO statutes were used to convict and jail multiple offenders. RICO stands for Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations.

Over the weekend, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis revealed that she would be looking at whether the RICO laws would apply to Trump in this case. She then brought in Atlanta lawyer John Floyd, who not only wrote a book on RICO cases, but has prosecuted the top ones in Georgia for the past two decades. ...

The debut of new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia was cut off early by MS NOW, with the panel dumbfounded at her staring at her notes and fumbled her way through with fragmented sentences.

After the cutaway, MS NOW host Stephanie Ruhle smirked and stated, “Let's look at the way that just started...” which was greeted with laughter.

Ex-Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) offered, “I mean, you know, I feel like common decency should give her more of a chance, but my god. Right? So you violate the Hatch Act right out of the gate. You're clearly singing from the playbook here, which is to just make it all about you and Donald Trump.”...

A Republican Senate candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump froze, then laughed, when a debate moderator asked her to define the “reasonable access” to abortion she says she supports.

Republican nominee Michele Tafoya faced Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (D-MN) on Friday in a debate for Minnesota’s open U.S. Senate seat.

It was the race’s only scheduled debate, according to MPR News, whose politics editor, Brian Bakst, moderated the hourlong broadcast....

President Donald Trump is apparently getting tired of his own affordability routine that he is performing at his midterm rallies, leaving the crowd in Alaska silent on Tuesday night.

In the routine, Trump claims he was barraged with the word "affordability" on his first day in office, and tries to paint it as an issue made up by the "fake news media" in the back of the room.

"They screamed 'Affordability! What about affordability?'" Trump said of the media. "I said, 'I have only been here one day ...'" ...