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'Joe would be ripe for indictment': Trump issues early-morning threat to Biden

Early on Monday morning, Donald Trump took to his Truth Social account and insisted the country owes him all of the immunity protections afforded to an American president and stated that if he is denied by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia he'll be coming for President Joe Biden.

On Tuesday a three-judge panel will take up the issue of whether Donald Trump's alleged crimes related to the Jan. 6 insurrection can be prosecuted and the former president announced in the early hours of Monday morning that he will attend the hearing.

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Ex-Mueller prosecutor gives Trump a lesson in better arguments after online attacks

Andrew Weissmann, the former top prosecutor on former special counsel Robert Mueller's team, has endured some of the online attacks hurled by former President Donald Trump since becoming a top legal expert on MSNBC. On Sunday, he fought back in the most polite of ways.

While Trump purports to only watch Fox, it's clear he's spending time rage-watching the other networks.

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'100% Satan': Rudy Giuliani comes out against 'money' after bankruptcy filing

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani declared that money was "100% Satan" after filing for bankruptcy.

Giuliani made the proclamation during his Sunday WABC radio program with longtime girlfriend Maria Ryan.

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MSNBC panel laughs at Elise Stefanik's humiliating 'audition' to be Trump's running mate

Three former Republicans appearing on MSNBC on Sunday afternoon burst out laughing at a clip of a manic Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) rattling off reasons why she would consider being Donald Trump's running mate should he make it to the November ballot.

During an appearance on NBC's "Meet The Press," the New York Republican breathlessly ticked off how proud she would be to be a part of a second Trump administration before guaranteeing the four-time indicted ex-president would win as she beamed at host Kristen Welker.

"Stefanik hit almost all of the MAGA talking points," MSNBC host Alex Witt prompted. "Couple questions here: I'm curious, might they be coordinating? Do you think she reaches out and says, 'What kind of verbiage should I use?' Is she auditioning to be Trump's vice president? Can you see her appeal for Trump?"

"There is no one in America running harder for Trump's vice presidential slot than Elise Stefanik. That is it," former GOP Rep. Dave Jolly (FL) smirked causing co-panelists Kurt Bardella and GOP strategist Susan Del Percio to start laughing.

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Stephen Miller loses it: 'They're trying to imprison, bankrupt, and destroy Donald Trump!'

Trump adviser Stephen Miller exploded with anger on Fox News because he said Democrats were "trying to imprison, bankrupt, and destroy Donald Trump."

While appearing on Fox News with failed Republican candidate Kari Lake on Sunday, host Maria Bartiromo asked Miller about party nominations for president.

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‘Elections matter, leadership matters.’ Kamala Harris speaks in Myrtle Beach

As Vice President Kamala Harris talked about the importance of voting during a stop in Myrtle Beach Saturday, a crowd of around 1,000 women cheered in agreement. “Elections matter, leadership matters and it makes a difference in the lives of people,” Harris said. Harris visited the Hilton Myrtle Beach Resort on Saturday to give a keynote speech at the Seventh Episcopal District African Methodist Episcopal Church Women’s Missionary Society annual retreat. This visit came less than a month before the S.C. Democratic presidential primary on Feb. 3. President Joe Biden will be in Charleston on Mon...

'We have to': Jim Jordan says Americans 'demand' a government shutdown

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) insisted Republicans would have to shut down the federal government because the American people demanded it.

During an interview on Fox News, host Maria Bartiromo asked Jordan if Republicans were ready to shut down the government to force President Joe Biden to take more decisive action against immigrants and migrants.

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Elise Stefanik snaps over Jan. 6 'hostages' when asked if rioters should be prosecuted

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) suggested that January 6 rioters were being treated as "hostages" because they were facing jail time for their crimes.

During a Sunday interview on Meet the Press, host Kristen Welker asked Stefanik about her view of January 6.

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Mitch McConnell was warned days before Jan. 6 Trump could be 'instigator' of violence

In the four days prior to the deadly January 6, 2021 insurrection at the US Capitol, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) sent a text message to then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) saying he was concerned about senators' safety prior to the scheduled certification of 2020 Electoral College votes. McConnell never responded.

Author McKay Coppins — who wrote the biography Romney: A Reckoning last year — published the ominous January 2 text message in an article for The Atlantic.

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Trump declines to vow not to 'overthrow the government' in a second term: report

Donald Trump has reportedly refused to sign a traditional ballot-access oath in Illinois. The oath requires the candidate to vow not to overthrow the government.

Trump, who earlier on Saturday mocked the suggestion that he would be a "dictator" if given another chance in the White House office, side-stepped "a decades-old, Illinois ballot-access tradition in which candidates pledge not to 'advocate the overthrow of the government,'" Chicago Sun Times reported on Saturday.

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Trump, in Iowa, skirts Jan. 6 talk on attack's anniversary

By Gram Slattery NEWTON, Iowa (Reuters) - Donald Trump largely avoided speaking of the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol during a campaign event on Saturday, which took place on the attack's third anniversary, reflecting the degree to which Republican voters have absolved him of responsibility for that day's events. Speaking to a crowd of hundreds of supporters in the town of Newton, Iowa, the former president brought up Jan. 6 only once. He repeated previous claims that Democratic President Joe Biden, who he is likely to face in a general election rematch in November, is the true thre...

Alina Habba's boast likely the 'last straw' for 'offended' Supreme Court justices: expert

Donald Trump's attorney, Alina Habba, has likely offended the highest court in the nation with her recent comments, a former federal prosecutor said on Saturday.

Habba, who recently said she would rather be "pretty" than "smart," found herself in hot water after she stated that the Supreme Court was likely to rule for her boss in part because they felt indebted to the former president. Specifically, Habba brought up Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

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Josh Hawley trashed by hometown paper for 'stunt' that led to Jan. 6 'MAGA madness'

On the third anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection where supporters of Donald Trump stormed the Capitol in an attempt to keep Congress for certifying the 2020 presidential election results, the editors of the St. Louis Post Dispatch editorial page pointed the finger at Missouri Republican Josh Hawley who helped set the stage for the national crisis.

According to the editors, the Jan. 6 riot might never have happened if the Missouri GOP senator had not pushed the idea that the election was stolen and announced his intention to oppose the will of the voters.

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