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Morning Joe 'shocked' by anyone still backing Trump after Memorial Day outbursts

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough condemned Donald Trump's self-aggrandizing Memorial Day statement and shamed anyone who could still bring themselves to vote for him.

The former president lashed out at the "human scum" involved in his various legal cases, and potentially opened himself up to additional lawsuits by E. Jean Carroll, in a Truth Social holiday post that made no mention of military service members or their sacrifices, and the "Morning Joe" host expressed his disgust.

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Trump's lawyers may have to admit he isn't a great businessman to beat criminal charges

One of the key pieces of Donald Trump's case could save him, but it would also force him to admit he isn't a savvy businessman monitoring the details of his company.

Trump will face closing arguments in the Manhattan trial where he stands accused of 34 felonies around the falsification of business records to conceal a hush-money scheme for an alleged affair.

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Senator explains how a lower court can put down the hammer on the Supreme Court corruption

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) has some options for holding the Supreme Court accountable that don't involve expanding the court or some of the other proposals from Democrats on curbing ethical problems.

Speaking on MSNBC Friday, with host Katy Tur he explained that the recent release of photos of Justice Samuel Alito's home showing insurrection flags has renewed public interest in justices recusing themselves when they have clear conflicts of interest. There was an upside-down American flag and an “Appeal to Heaven” flag, both of which were adopted by the attackers of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

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'What the hell?' Legal experts flummoxed by this week's Aileen Cannon maneuvers

Donald Trump's alleged co-conspirator, Walt Nauta had a hearing on Thursday where he alleged "selective" and "vindictive" prosecution from "Joe Biden's Justice Department."

While Nauta's own lawyer acknowledged that there is no real "selective" and "vindictive" prosecution, the hearing presented the opportunity for more commentary from Judge Aileen Cannon that gives further indications about how the trial may unfold.

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MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace reveals how she 'triggered' Fox News this week

Former Republican Nicolle Wallace, who hosts "Deadline: White House" on MSNBC, revealed that she triggered some folks at Fox News this week when she confessed she can't understand someone like Nikki Haley.

Haley announced she was endorsing Donald Trump on Wednesday, sending shockwaves through the anti-Trump wing of the GOP that persisted in supporting her despite dropping out months ago. The move came after Trump spent months attacking Haley's family, including her husband, who was serving overseas in the military.

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'Betrayed': Ex-Trump aide rails against 'flip-flopper' Nikki Haley for going full MAGA

"The View's" co-host, Alyssa Farah Griffin, has been one of Nikki Haley's biggest supporters on television. Now, all of that has changed.

After spending months trashing former President Donald Trump as unfit, Haley this week offered her full support to him.

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'Bell that’s hard to unring': Expert thinks jurors are curious why Trump didn't testify

Jurors come into a case with a lot of preconceived opinions, and former President Donald Trump's resistance to testifying in his hush-money trial could influence their final decision, one legal expert said.

Trump is on trial in Manhattan for 34 counts around the falsification of business records around a hush money scandal involving an alleged affair.

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'This is what's destroying this country': Anti-Trump Republican wrecks Nikki Haley on CNN

A former Nikki Haley admirer expressed disgust for her endorsement of Donald Trump after calling him out as unfit for office.

The former South Carolina governor described Trump as "unstable" and "unhinged" on the campaign trail during her Republican presidential primary campaign, but she announced Wednesday she would be voting for him because she preferred his policies on immigration and foreign policy, and Republican strategist Sarah Longwell told CNN she was embarrassed for her.

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Nikki Haley torched whatever was left of her political ambitions: MSNBC's Heilemann

Nikki Haley just destroyed her credibility and her political future with her "craven and cynical" endorsement of Donald Trump.

Toward the end of her own primary campaign, the former South Carolina governor became a vehement critic of the ex-president for whom she had served as United Nations ambassador, and while she still draws a sizable portion of the anti-Trump vote despite dropping out the race, she threw her support behind the presumptive GOP nominee.

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GOP pollster reveals what made women Trump voters 'totally freaked out' in focus group

Republicans Voters Against Trump director Sarah Longwell said that she did a focus group with GOP women who voted for Donald Trump previously but who are now very afraid.

"I was recently in Arizona; this is the state where they recently repealed their abortion law which put into place an 1870 [sic] law that restricted abortion, even in the cases of rape, incest, and life of the mother," she explained. "These women were totally freaked out by what was happening when you talk about abortion."

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Trump valet's lawyer admits they have no case to back up latest argument: ex-DOJ official

Donald Trump's valet, Walt Nauta, went to court for a hearing Wednesday, alleging he was being unfairly persecuted by the Justice Department in the classified documents case before Judge Aileen Cannon.

Speaking to MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace, Brandon Van Grack, a former national security official for the Justice Department, said that Nauta's own lawyer confessed their complaints weren't even valid.

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Ethics czar who prepped Samuel Alito for confirmation now wants him recused

A former ethics czar for George W. Bush once helped Justice Samuel Alito prepare for his Senate confirmation hearing. Now he's furious at Alito's behavior and wants him recused from any case involving Jan. 6.

Speaking to WBUR, Richard Painter, a professor at the University of Minnesota Law School,- confessed that he is very disappointed reading the report that Alito had a flag flying upside down outside his home.

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'He's a racist': Morning Joe rips Trump voters for 'active choice' to endorse his bigotry

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough condemned Donald Trump's latest racist attacks on the judge overseeing his New York hush money trial, and he refused to let voters off the hook for supporting his bigotry.

The former president questioned Justice Juan Merchan's background in an 11-minute rant outside the men's restrooms in a Manhattan courthouse, saying the Colombia-born judge "hates" him due to his ethnic background – "take a look at where he comes from" – and the "Morning Joe" host lamented the lows to which Trump stoops.

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