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Mark Meadows is seeking to have his Georgia criminal case removed to federal court, and a legal analyst called out his gambit as an attempt to end his prosecution entirely.

The former White House chief of staff surprisingly took the stand at his removal hearing, where he told a judge that he was acting as a federal official when he tried to help Donald Trump overturn his election loss, and MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin told "Morning Joe" that Meadows took the risk of testifying under oath in hopes of wriggling off the hook.

A legal expert on Monday flattened Donald Trump’s legal team for likening the former president’s plight in the Jan. 6 election conspiracy case to an infamous 1931 rape case in which the convictions of several Black teens charged with rape were overturned because they didn’t have time to retain adequate counsel.

Retired California Supreme Court Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, during an appearance on CNN’s “The Source with Kaitlan Collins,” suggested that the comparison may not serve the interests of their client.

A national security expert said Monday that should the federal judge presiding over Donald Trump's Jan. 6 election conspiracy case be compelled to admonish or even discipline the former president over his public communications, including his use of social media, it could make a bad situation worse.

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe during an appearance on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” suggested that such admonishments could have a “provoking effect” on the former president.

During the hearing on the trial date for the 2020 election interference case, former President Donald Trump's lawyers were caught in a lie by federal prosecutors on Monday.

Relaying his experience sitting in court former federal prosecutor and MSNBC legal analyst Glenn Kirschner recalled a moment when Trump's lawyer, John Lauro, was making the case that he couldn't possibly be prepared to go to trial next year.

A legal expert described former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows’ decision to testify before a federal judge in Atlanta on Monday a legal “Hail Mary.”

Former Manhattan Chief Assistant District Attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo's appearance on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront” followed Meadows' testimony on Monday in connection with the racketeering case against former President Donald Trump, in which Meadows is among 18 co-defendants.

Former Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff cast doubt on Mark Meadows’ assertion Monday that he was acting in his official capacity in his efforts to try to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election.

Marc Short, during an appearance on CNN’s “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer,” shot holes in the claims Meadows was making that are considered pivotal in his effort to move his Fulton County indictment to federal court.

During the hearing on setting a trial date for the 2020 election interference case against former President Donald Trump, the former president's lawyer, John Lauro, brought up an unlikely person in the debate before Judge Tanya Chutkan: Hunter Biden.

Speaking to former federal prosecutor David Kelley on MSNBC's "The Beat" Monday, anchor Ari Melber — himself a former lawyer — laid out the absurdity of this play.

Several of former President Donald Trump's co-defendants in the Georgia election racketeering case are trying to get their trials removed to federal court, where, the thinking goes, they would have a more favorable jury pool and possibly a more favorable judge to throw out some of the charges. But the only one of them who has any chance of winning these motions is former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.

That's the view of former federal prosecutor Harry Litman, who walked through all of Trump's allies' cases on MSNBC's "Deadline: White House" Monday.

Former President Donald Trump's lawyers blew their chance to get a deal for a favorable trial date, argued former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner on MSNBC on Monday. The legal team repeatedly highballed their demand in the face of U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan's repeated requests to propose a reasonable compromise.

As the trial in the election subversion case begins to take shape, Trump's lawyers have demanded the trial be delayed until 2026 — which special counsel Jack Smith's team has blasted as ridiculous. Chutkan ultimately decided on a date next March, still well before the presidential election.

Chris Christie on Monday called out Donald Trump over what he described as the former president’s authoritarian impulses.

The former New Jersey governor and current Republican presidential nominee during an appearance on CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper” pushed back after the host asked him to comment on a suggestion by a Philadelphia Inquirer columnist who wrote that the news media is failing to frankly describe the Republican party’s authoritarian streak, before taking aim at Trump.

Fresh off the Fox News outrage claiming the White House is going to ban Americans’ gas stoves and ceiling fans, the right-wing cable channel’s reporter, Peter Doocy, on Monday suggested President Joe Biden wants to “limit” the number of beers Americans are allowed to drink.

In January, Fox News had claimed “a gas stove ban may be imminent,” after “a commissioner on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) suggested regulators were considering banning the appliance due to health and safety concerns.” And while there has been no plan to ban existing gas stoves, the home appliances are responsible for 650,000 children having asthma, one study showed. Similar studies for decades have shown similar results.

There's a possibility that the fake electors are actually playing hardball with Donald Trump.

Political analyst, columnist and Atlanta resident, Charles Blow, suggested on Sunday that the new filing from the lawyers for the fake electors could have something else going on other than saving their own skins.

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) was booed at the Jacksonville vigil for the three people murdered there on Saturday.

DeSantis is being accused of helping inspire the shooter who opened fire on a Dollar General in a Black neighborhood. The shooter had initially attempted to go to a nearby historically Black Christian university, but he was chased off by security guards.