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E. Jean Carroll's lawyer thinks hefty judgment may have finally shut Trump up

Former President Donald Trump may have finally been hit hard enough in the pocketbook to learn some basic sense, said attorney Shawn Crowley in an interview with Rachel Maddow on MSNBC Monday.

Trump is being forced to pay $83.3 million in damages to writer E. Jean Carroll for his defamatory statements calling her a liar for accusing him of rape. Crowley, along with fellow attorney Roberta "Robbie" Kaplan, successfully litigated the case.

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'He's not there': E. Jean Carroll shocked by 'walrus' Trump's mental fitness

E. Jean Carroll thinks that Donald Trump has some mental deficiencies after experiencing him in court.

Speaking to MSNBC's Rachel Maddow with her attorneys, Carroll explained her fears and anxieties seeing Trump for the first time in person so many years later.

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'Make him crazy': Lawyer George Conway reveals how to bring down Trump in 2024

Lawyer and Lincoln Project troublemaker George Conway explained on Monday that he has the solution to bringing down Donald Trump in 2024: "Make him crazy."

The long-time solution for the Lincoln Project has been to troll "The Donald" on his own airwaves by playing into his insecurities. They've accused him of being a fraud, a dictator, old news, a loser, weak and even implied that he's impotent. Those attacks have drawn some of the harshest words from the former president as he rages on social media.

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Mike Lindell ally reveals he is 'losing everything' — and then breaks down crying

Sherronna Bishop spoke to the Turning Point Action conference about what she described as the horrific life that Mike Lindell has been plagued with after he attacked large companies claiming they "stole" the 2020 election.

Bishop purported to be part of the "Lindell team," telling the audience she's close enough to the pillow magnate that she too "was raided with the battering ram." Lindell is being sued by Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic, voting technology companies that Lindell is accused of defaming when he claimed the 2020 election was stolen.

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Trump enraged as he faces financial devastation from civil losses: Maggie Haberman

Former President Donald Trump is likely furious at the prospect of losing tens of millions, or perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars, in the civil cases against him, New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Monday.

This comes after a jury awarded writer E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million in her defamation suit against Trump for denigrating her rape allegation, and as he is set to face more civil damages in upcoming cases.

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'Liar, liar pants on fire': Ex-senator shames GOP congresswoman for infrastructure excuses

Her hypocrisy needs to be shouted from the mountaintops, said one former lawmaker about Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL).

Former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) unloaded on Salazar for misremembering how she voted on key legislation on live television.

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Wayne LaPierre is 'falling on the sword' as NRA corruption exposed: Expert

Disgraced outgoing NRA president Wayne LaPierre is taking the fall at the organization's civil corruption trial, "The Trace" senior staff writer Mike Spies told CNN on Monday.

"What stood out from LaPierre's testimony today?" asked anchor Jake Tapper.

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'I'm wearing the armor of God': New Arizona GOP chair vows more anti-voting lawsuits

The newly-elected Arizona Republican Party chair, Gina Swoboda, proudly told longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon on his "war room" show that the former president personally urged her to run for the position, reported KPNX's Brahm Resnik — and vowed to continue pushing lawsuits on his behalf to restrict access to voting in Arizona.

"How can the Arizona GOP be dead broke in an election year with nine months to go?" asked Bannon.

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Hiring Alina Habba 'came back to bite' Trump: legal expert

Donald Trump made a big mistake going into his second defamation trial with Alina Habba as his attorney, according to a legal expert.

The former president lost his first defamation case brought by writer E. Jean Carroll after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing her and making defamatory denials about her claims, which then resulted in a $5 million penalty. But a second jury last week imposed an $83.3 million penalty for separate defamatory statements he made about her while serving as president.

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'Mentally disordered' Trump needs to be dragged to the nearest neurologist: George Conway

Attorney George Conway raised the possibility that Donald Trump is suffering from dementia, in addition to other mental disorders.

The conservative attorney told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that the $83.3 million penalty imposed by a jury in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case would not stop him from slandering and slurring his enemies because he was an inveterate liar with a host of psychological problems.

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'One idiot at a time' bankrupted for spewing lies to help Donald Trump: Morning Joe

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough placed Donald Trump's $83.3 million penalty in the E. Jean Carroll case in line with other staggering payouts by his political allies.

A jury ordered Trump to pay the penalty to Carroll for sexually abusing and then defaming her while serving as president, after a previous jury last year found him liable for both actions and awarded her $5 million for defamatory statements after he left office, and the "Morning Joe" host said courts had repeatedly imposed consequences lies aired by the ex-president and his pals.

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Carroll trial could predict Trump's 'incarceration' in Stormy Daniels trial: legal analyst

Long-time legal analyst and impeachment lawyer Norm Eisen thinks that Donald Trump's E. Jean Carroll case helps predict other cases as well.

Speaking to CNN's Jim Acosta on Sunday, Eisen said that the case that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is bringing alleges 34 counts of document falsification.

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Nikki Haley heckled in South Carolina rally as she calls for Iran war

Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley was heckled in her home state on Sunday as she promoted war with Iran.

Three U.S. soldiers were killed in Jordan by drone attack and Republicans, including Haley, are calling for military strikes.

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