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GOP so 'stupid' that Russia 'can feed disinfo straight into their veins': Morning Joe

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough ripped Republicans for swallowing lies that were fed to them from Russian intelligence.

The GOP's star witness in the House impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden has been arrested for lying to the FBI, and he admitted to investigators that evidence he fed to lawmakers had come from sources with ties to Russian intelligence, which the "Morning Joe" host said that was more evidence that Donald Trump and the Republican Party are beholden to Vladimir Putin.

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'We can just tell this guy whatever': How Russian spies fed lies directly to GOP lawmakers

Prosecutors revealed that the so-called whistleblower in the Hunter Biden investigation was feeding disinformation directly from Russian spies to Republican lawmakers.

Alexander Smirnov admitted that "officials associated with Russian intelligence" were involved with passing along a story about President Joe Biden's son that became the basis of allegations in the GOP impeachment inquiry, and prosecutors said the former FBI informant was “actively peddling new lies that could impact U.S. elections.”

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Trump's 'sworn enemy' is witness in next trial — and he intends to destroy him: expert

Donald Trump's one-time fixer Michael Cohen is the former president's "sworn enemy" — and the former president "will stop at nothing" to destroy him, according to a MSNBC legal analyst.

Lisa Rubin appeared on MSNBC's "Deadline White House" on Tuesday to discuss Trump's upcoming criminal court case linked to accusations that he paid hush money to an adult film star to cover up an affair before the 2016 presidential election.

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'Sad and pathetic' Comer can't admit he lost key anti-Biden 'informant': Obama adviser

Rep. James Comer (R-KY) says the Republican Party's impeachment probe into Joe Biden is effectively dead, but he still can't admit it's because their only "informant" stands accused of lying to the FBI, a former Obama Administration staffer quipped Tuesday.

Alexander Smirnov has been indicted on charges he lied about the former vice president receiving a $5 million bribe through his son Hunter, which MSNBC host Alicia Menendez called a "major blow" to Republicans.

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Oops! CNN reporter accidentally swears on air as she quotes White House officials on Trump

A CNN reporter seems to have accurately quoted her White House sources by accident — and blurted out a swear word on live television.

Senior White House correspondent MJ Lee reported Tuesday that President Joe Biden had personally directed senior campaign aids to focus more aggressively on the "crazy s--t" Donald Trump says in public, according to sources.

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'Opposite of patriotism': MSNBC's Mika casts suspicion on Trump's deference to Putin

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski is raising questions about Donald Trump's loyalty to the nation he hopes to lead again.

The former president compared himself to the Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, who died under suspicious circumstances in an Arctic prison after surviving multiple poisonings, and both Brzezinski and "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough cast suspicion on Trump's longstanding refusal to speak out against Vladimir Putin.

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'Grotesque!' Morning Joe stomps on Trump for comparing himself to Navalny

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough condemned Donald Trump's "grotesque" comparison of himself to the late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny on Tuesday.

The Russian opposition leader died last week in an Arctic prison, where he'd been sentenced on extremism charges as Vladimir Putin's leading domestic critic, and the "Morning Joe" host was appalled that Trump broke days of silence to make the suspicious death about himself.

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Ex-senator comes out swinging as fake elector tries to pass blame for fraud: 'Just silly'

Former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) doesn't buy the excuses coming from Wisconsin fake elector Andrew Hitt, who appeared on "60 Minutes" Sunday expressing contrition for his role in the 2020 election conspiracy.

Speaking to Anderson Cooper, Hitt claimed he trusted the word of "a lawyer" who advised him that signing the fraudulent elector documents was perfectly legal. Those documents then made it into the office of Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and were almost handed to Vice President Mike Pence to suss out which slate was legitimate or not.

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Trump's $4B Truth Social windfall would be off-limits for legal costs: report

Donald Trump can't use the hefty cash windfall he's expected to get from a merger of his Truth Social platform with a tech company to pay his massive legal costs.

Speaking to MSNBC on Monday, New York Times investigative reporter Russ Buettner explained that the former president can't simply dip into the merger deal funds for his own personal use — and that what Trump will ultimately get out of the deal may not be spendable cash anyway.

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Lawyer tries to silence Fani Willis' dad as he describes threats that drove her from home

Lawyers for Donald Trump's co-defendant objected Friday when the father of Fani Willis testified about the racist threats that drove the Fulton County district attorney from her home.

John Floyd testified Friday morning that he had lived with his daughter until early 2021, about a month after she was sworn in as district attorney, until a crowd gathered outside their home and shouted racist and misogynist slurs around the time she opened her investigation into Trump's efforts to overturn his election loss in Georgia.

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Woman after woman 'breaking down this myth that Trump's invincible in court': expert

Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis seemed to catch Donald Trump's attorneys off guard when she agreed to testify, and MSNBC's Joyce Vance said she's the latest woman to pierce the ex-president's veil of invincibility.

The Georgia prosecutor brushed aside her own attorneys and sat down on the witness stand, and she battled back against allegations of corruption by attorneys for the former president and his co-defendant Michael Roman, who Vance told "Morning Joe" did not seem prepared for Willis to testify.

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'Big nothing burger': Fani Willis hearing failed to turn up evidence of corruption

MSNBC's Joyce Vance argued on Friday that the first day of hearings into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis turned up no evidence that should force her off the Georgia election interference case.

The prosecutor strongly denied that she and special investigator Nathan Wade had begun their relationship before his hiring or lived together, and she insisted she had repaid him in cash for travel purchased on her behalf, and Vance told "Morning Joe" she didn't hear anything that should disqualify her from pursuing her case against Donald Trump.

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'Can someone check on Comer?' Internet mocks GOP after Biden witness charged with lying

The internet is in an uproar over the revelations that a top GOP witness lied under oath.

A vital informant of the FBI's investigations into Joe Biden's son Hunter is being charged by a grand jury with lying under oath in the investigation. It doesn't bode well for the ongoing attacks on the Bidens from Republicans.

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