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'Doesn't hold water': CNN analyst takes a hatchet to Ken Chesebro's latest defense

CNN earlier this week discovered new evidence that seemingly undermines testimony former Trump election lawyer Ken Chesebro gave to prosecutors in Michigan, and at least one legal expert isn't buying his excuses.

While testifying in Michigan's investigation of the Trump fake electors scheme, Chesebro denied that he ever used Twitter to post about his legal theories about blocking President Joe Biden from taking office.

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U.S. prosecutor seeks to gag Trump in his first criminal trial

The prosecutors in Donald Trump's first criminal trial next month asked Monday for the judge to impose a gag order on the former president, arguing that he had a record of disparaging witnesses.

Trump stands accused in the case of paying hush money to a porn star, for which he faces 34 counts of allegedly doctoring business records as part of a cover-up.

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Pentagon says privacy issues fed secrecy over Austin's cancer care

The Pentagon said Monday that privacy concerns contributed to the secrecy surrounding Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's cancer treatment, but that it found no evidence of intentional wrongdoing or obfuscation.

Austin controversially kept US President Joe Biden in the dark about his prostate cancer diagnosis for weeks, while the commander-in-chief and Congress were not told until days after he was hospitalized on January 1 for complications from his treatment.

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What are the details of the 40-day Gaza truce draft proposal being studied in Paris?

Hamas has received a draft proposal from Gaza truce talks in Paris for a pause in military operations and the exchange of Palestinian prisoners for Israeli hostages, a senior source close to the talks said on Tuesday.

U.S. President Joe Biden said Israel has agreed to halt military activities in Gaza for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as the Islamist group studied the draft proposal.

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'Zion Zioning Doodong Dadang:' Trump's gaffe-filled weekend caught in 101-second video

Republican political operatives at the anti-Donald Trump political action committee The Lincoln Project strung together Monday some of former President Donald Trump's recent tongue twisters in a new video: "Donald Trump's Weekend in 101 Seconds."

"They're destroying our country and we're gonna," Trump is heard saying, "I just wish we could do it quicker."

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'He is vain': Nicolle Wallace and ex-aide laugh about Trump's weight lies and burger diet

Former President Donald Trump is so vainglorious about his looks that everything else, including the Constitution plays second fiddle, according to his former aide.

Sarah Matthews, who served former the Trump administration as deputy press secretary, laughed with MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace over the former president's singular vanities.

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'Where are the men?' Ex-Trump aide calls on more Republicans to condemn her former boss

Donald Trump's former deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews on Monday slammed Republicans who refuse to speak out against her old boss at the 2024 presidential election looms.

This prompted MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace to hone in on one particular group: "Where are the men?"

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Jack Smith has new ammo to fire at Trump in classified docs case: filing

Special counsel Jack Smith has a new source he says showcases the egregiousness of former President Donald Trump's concealment of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago: special counsel Robert Hur's report on President Joe Biden.

Hur's report, which concluded with no charges after investigating documents that were found at Biden's Delaware home and University of Pennsylvania office, attracted political attention for its attacks on Biden's age and memory. Less discussed was the fact that Hur, a Trump appointee, said Biden's conduct wasn't nearly as serious as the former president's.

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Ex-FBI informant will be jailed until trial amid fears he'll flee country

The former FBI informant charged with making false statements in relation to the investigation into Hunter Biden's business dealings — and any connection with President Joe Biden — has been ordered to remain behind bars as he awaits trial.

Prosecutors raised concerns that Alexander Smirnov, who the Department of Justice has claimed has ties to Russian intelligence, could flee the country, the Associated Press reported.

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RNC board member fact-checked on CNN over $1.6M blown on Trump's legal bills

After stating "I'm not happy" about changes coming to the Republican National Committee with chair Ronna McDaniel's resignation announcement Monday, an RNC board member stated donors can't be asked to foot Donald Trump's legal bills — only to be reminded on-air that it had already happened.

During an interview with CNN's Dana Bash, Henry Barbour of Mississippi explained his misgivings about Trump stacking the leadership with MAGA loyalists like his daughter-in-law Lara Trump, and complained the RNC's mission is to support all GOP candidates — not just the embattled ex-president.

"I'm willing to take a stand that may not be popular with some right now," he told the CNN host. "The RNC has one job, Dana, and that's to win elections and we should spend our finite resources on political operations and actually winning elections and paying any candidate's legal fees, or frankly any other outside fees or expenses is not the RNC's job. "

He continued that after asking donors to send their $28, it "would be totally misleading to take that money and then go and spend it with some big fat law firm's legal fees for something that has nothing to do with winning the election cycle."

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'That is a problem': Fox News conservative warns viewers about Trump's weakness

Conservative Marc Thiessen warned Fox News viewers on Monday that former President Donald Trump appears to be struggling to win over key voters in his third run for the White House.

Although Trump bested former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley easily this week in her home state of South Carolina, Thiessen noted that it was still striking that 40 percent of voters in the state voted against him, even though the 2024 Republican primary essentially appears to be over.

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Trump uses nursing student's killing to unleash furious rant against Biden

Donald Trump unleashed a furious rant against "gangs and gang members" who he says are "pouring into our Country from South America, and from all over the World" from the U.S.-Mexico border — and he took aim at President Joe Biden who he said was letting them in.

"They are being FORCED out of their Countries, in particular Venezuela and Mexico, and DEPOSITED into the Good Ole’ USA by the tens of thousands. But here’s the 'wrinkle.' THEY REFUSE TO TAKE THESE CRIMINALS BACK," Trump wrote in his usual erratic style.

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Trump ally threatens to sink State of the Union to put pressure on Biden

Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) suggested that House Republicans might disrupt the State of the Union address to pressure President Joe Biden to accept their legislative priorities.

The Donald Trump ally warned that congressional Republicans might rescind an invitation to address the joint session on March 7 as leverage to force Biden to accept border legislation favored by conservatives after a bipartisan bill failed in the U.S. Senate.

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