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Rudy Giuliani's attorney responded to Monday's decision holding the former New York City mayor and close Donald Trump ally in contempt of court with a furious, extended rant alleging the entire ruling was a miscarriage of justice.

"It’s tragic to watch as our justice system has been turned into a total mockery, where we have charades instead of actual hearings and trials," said Ted Goodman in a statement provided to Raw Story. "Unfortunately, it’s getting worse and worse because so few members of the legal community are willing to speak up or do anything about the weaponization of our justice system, and that needs to change."

Judge Juan Merchan denied Donald Trump's demand to delay his sentencing in the New York fraud trial involving the hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016.

Former FBI general counsel and top Justice Department prosecutor Andrew Weissmann called the move "bold," saying Merchan was "trying to uphold the rule of law."

Atlanta poll workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss will likely recover some of the damages they are owed by Donald Trump ally Rudy Giuliani for falsely smearing them as trying to rig the 2020 election — but not even close to what he owes, former federal prosecutor Elie Honig told CNN's Jake Tapper on Monday.

The simple reason for this, he explained, is that Giuliani — whose legal problems were compounded earlier in the day by being held in contempt of court for failing to properly respond to discovery requests in that case — does not have the assets required to pay the full amount.

A New York judge has responded to Donald Trump's request to delay his sentencing in his New York fraud trial.

After months of delays, on Monday afternoon, Juan Merchan ordered Trump to be sentenced 10 days before being sworn into office, rebuffing Trump's demand to stay the sentencing for the trial in which he was found guilty by a jury on 34 counts.

The emerging political violence in the United States is indicative of a more serious threat to American democracy – and the country appears to have reached a turning point, wrote the Atlantic’s Stephen Marche.

With public attitudes toward once trusted national institutions declining, the tolerance for politically motivated violence is on the rise, according to Marche, who pointed to Trump’s promises of revenge following his reelection, and a trio of national horrors as proof that the country is in the midst of an “unprecedented phase” as we reach mid-decade.

Bird flu continues to spread across the United States after jumping from chickens and turkeys to cow milk and humans. The first death was reported this week in Louisiana after a 65-year-old man with underlying medical conditions succumbed to the flu.

CNN reported that a recent study by scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention investigated the first 46 cases of bird flu in the United States in 2024. Nearly all of those were considered to be mild, with the exception of one person who had been exposed to infected farm animals.

Former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) is still angry over the lack of accountability Donald Trump will experience for attempting to overthrow the 2020 election and allegedly inciting a violent mob to attack the U.S. Capitol.

Speaking to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace on Monday, the fourth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, McCaskill confessed, "I'm bitter."

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) lashed at what she said were "stupid questions" from reporters who she argued should be "held accountable" over their coverage of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

On the fourth anniversary of the riot, Greene expressed frustration to Real America's Voice host Beau Davidson about reporters who had asked her about the occasion.

President-elect Donald Trump has finally weighed in on a simmering disagreement between House and Senate Republicans on how best to tackle his agenda — and the way he has chosen to go about it is likely to hit a brick wall, David Dayen argued for The American Prospect on Monday.

Specifically, Trump has come out in favor of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and his plan to try to pass all of his major goals in one big budget bill, instead of Senate Republicans' preference to start with one reconciliation bill on energy and border security, and then moving to another to extend the expiring provisions of Trump's 2017 tax cut bill.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was held in contempt of court on Monday as part of ongoing litigation from two election workers in Georgia he is accused of spreading lies about in the wake of the 2020 election.

Giuliani was ordered to pay Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss $148 million in damages after a jury found in their favor in the defamation case over a year ago.

Donald Trump’s pick for chief of staff is already making clear that the incoming president’s next administration will be devoid of drama – and that she won’t tolerate grandstanders or attempts to sabotage “the mission.”

Susie Wiles, who Trump tapped two days after Election Day to become his first major staff pick, made the comments Monday in an interview with Axios days before Trump is set to return to the White House.