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Democrats 'yelling and screaming' is why Hunter Biden can't testify publicly: James Comer

Rep. James Comer (R-KY) explained that a public hearing for Hunter Biden would be unacceptable because there would be too much "screaming and yelling" from the Democrats.

The House Oversight Committee chairman told NewsmaxTV that President Joe Biden's son could still appear for a public hearing, but only after sitting for a potentially hours-long deposition behind closed doors, and he compared the Republican subpoena to one issued to Steve Bannon by the Jan. 6 committee.

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'Was Kevin McCarthy going to breastfeed him?' The View mocks 'Trump isn't eating' story

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) has revealed new stories about Donald Trump and Kevin McCarthy in her new book — and the co-hosts of "The View" are loving every word.

According to Cheney, when Trump left the White House and returned to Mar-a-Lago after his 2020 election loss, he was "depressed" and "wasn't eating." McCarthy (R-CA) rushed to the Florida estate, where he took a photo with the former president despite previously saying it was time for the GOP to move on from Trump.

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Mike Johnson's 'lust for power' led him to bow down to 'Orange Jesus': Morning Joe

Panelists on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" heaped scorn on House speaker Mike Johnson for selling his soul to Donald Trump in his rise to power.

Former congresswoman Liz Cheney lambasted her ex-colleagues in her new book, "Oath and Honor," and singled out the publicly pious Louisiana Republican for filing a 2020 election challenge he knew to be flawed as a favor to Trump – whom she said other Republicans referred to as "Orange Jesus."

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'Running for the hills!' James Comer's Hunter Biden blunder draws laughs from Morning Joe

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough ridiculed Rep. James Comer (R-KY) for "running for the hills" after Hunter Biden called his bluff on testifying publicly in the House impeachment inquiry into his father.

Republicans had subpoenaed President Joe Biden's son, who responded by offering to testify publicly before Congress about his foreign business dealings, and "Morning Joe" panelists laughed at Comer's insistence the interview take place behind closed doors.

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Morning Joe mocks Kevin McCarthy's 'pathetic' excuse for visiting Mar-a-Lago after Jan. 6

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) drew widespread criticism for visiting Mar-a-Lago three weeks after the Jan. 6 insurrection, and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said his excuse for making the trip was "pathetic."

According to Liz Cheney's new book, "Oath and Honor," the recently ousted House speaker told her that he trekked to Trump's private residence on Jan. 28, 2021, because his aides were worried that he was depressed and had purportedly stopped eating.

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The next witness could be final nail in Trump's fraud coffin: legal expert

Donald Trump's biggest defense in his New York fraud trial has been that he may have broken the law, but it didn't hurt anyone, so it shouldn't matter.

"No harm, no foul," characterized MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin, who's been watching the trial for the past month.

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Bombshell news report indicates 'Pence will testify' against Trump: legal expert

A new report about Mike Pence's internal struggle over certifying the 2020 election is raising new questions about whether the former vice president will help bring down Donald Trump in the federal investigation.

According to the ABC News report, as late as Christmas Eve 2020, Pence was saying he wouldn't attend the Jan. 6 proceeding, apparently leaving Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to plan to preside over the count.

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'He wasn't even that sharp then': The View's Alyssa concerned about Trump's cognition

One of Donald Trump's former staffers is joining the chorus of voices saying the ex-president is in cognitive decline.

Trump in recent days has tried to scramble to explain away some of his mistaken references during speeches and interviews over the past several months, including repeated instances where he seems to think that former President Barack Obama is still in the Oval Office.

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James Comer lashes out after Hunter Biden demands oversight testimony be public

Hunter Biden called Rep. James Comer's (R-KY) bluff — and it appears to have worked.

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden's son said that he would testify to Comer's House Oversight and Reform Committee, but only if it was in public. Comer had requested that it be behind closed doors.

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Trump won't get pardoned in Georgia unless something goes 'off the rails': legal expert

Donald Trump and his lawyers are trying to delay his criminal trials until after the 2024 election when he could theoretically pardon himself as president, but one of those cases seems to be virtually pardon proof.

Right-wing attorney John Eastman, one of the former president's co-defendants in the Georgia election subversion case, wants to speed up the schedule for reaching a plea agreement, which MSNBC legal analyst Joyce Vance told "Morning Joe" is intended to delay Trump's trial and give his attorneys a preview of the evidence.

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Maddow mocks Georgia cities that will hand-count ballots 'with an abacus and a MyPillow'

After a tragic report about the state of danger for immigrants around the world, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow poked fun at some cities in Georgia.

A fake elector is coordinating Republican-leaning cities in Fulton County, north of Atlanta, to protest the county regulating their elections. The Democratic-run county uses electronic counting machines and voting machines, which the GOP leaders oppose. Instead, they intend to hand count everything that comes in on election night.

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Historian begs Americans not to downplay Trump's threats to use the military against them

Donald Trump is threatening to use his second term in office to attack Americans using the military.

Presidential historian Michael Beschloss appeared on MSNBC's "The Beat With Ari Melber," guest hosted by Katie Phang, to elicit a stark warning.

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Ex-FBI official fears Trump will ignore vetting and start pardoning terrorists

Former FBI official Frank Figliuzzi is seriously concerned about the recent reporting that Donald Trump's White House was not vetting some people they were pardoning or commuting sentences for in the administration's final months.

A New York Times report by Michael Schmidt and others revealed that one of Trump's pardons was for a violent drug distributor named Jonathan Braun. The story walks through how Braun was able to leverage his family's relationship with Jared Kushner's family. The man had a history of violent threats and other concerning behavior that made for an unusual choice for a commutation.

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