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'We've seen this story before': Democrats wary of celebrating Trump's indictment

Democrats are feeling an eerie sense of déjà vu after Donald Trump was indicted on business fraud charges.

Some of them rooted for the reality TV star-turned-politician to win the Republican nomination in 2016, believing his crassness and boorish behavior would doom his election chances, and a similar dynamic is playing out as the ex-president faces criminal charges with more possibly coming, reported Politico.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene is 'not well' — and her 'dangerous' conspiracies are 'inciting violence': congressman

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene sparked outrage in her interview with Lesley Stahl on "60 Minutes" over the weekend by doubling down on her claim that Democrats, from President Joe Biden on down to the local level, are "pedophiles" who "support children being sexualized."

Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), who previously served as a House impeachment manager, sounded the alarm about her rhetoric on CNN Monday.

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Donald Trump furiously demands Alvin Bragg 'indict himself' following leak of pending criminal charges

Less than half an hour after Yahoo! News Chief Investigative Correspondent Michael Isakoff revealed on Monday that all thirty-four indictments filed by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg against former President Donald Trump for falsifying business records are Class E felonies, Trump threw a tantrum on his Truth Social app.

Once Trump turns himself in on Tuesday, Isakoff learned from a source "who has been briefed on the procedures" that "a New York City police arrest report summarizing the charges against Trump will then be prepared and entered into the court system before he is led into a courtroom to be formally arraigned on the charges, none of which are misdemeanors."

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Series of legal wins vindicates Merrick Garland’s patient approach: report

Attorney General Merrick Garland has faced tough criticism over his deliberate approach to investigating former President Donald Trump.

The American Prospect’s Ryan Cooper put it this way: “The real reason Trump hasn’t been indicted for his major crimes is that the people in charge of that decision — Attorney General Merrick Garland, above all — are all part of the culture of elite impunity that produced Trump in the first place.”

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Trump due in court to face historic criminal charges

Trump waved to supporters as he arrived at his New York residence on the eve of the historic court hearing

New York (AFP) - Donald Trump will make an unprecedented appearance before a New York judge Tuesday to answer criminal charges that threaten to throw the 2024 White House race into turmoil.

Trump is the first sitting or former American president to be criminally indicted -- a historic development that has propelled the United States into uncharted political waters.

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Police, journalists greet Trump but few New Yorkers

About 20 supporters of Donald Trump greeted him when he arrived at Trump Tower

New York (AFP) - Hoards of reporters, police and barriers greeted Donald Trump when he arrived at his Manhattan residence Monday -- but only a small group of supporters.

Just before midday, authorities closed off Trump Tower to the public, as a heavy police presence and barricades surrounded the building situated on Fifth Avenue.

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Trump, Trump, Trump — U.S. TV turns to old habits

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Call it "Trump Cam."

Trump, Trump, Trump. And more Trump.

That's all that news viewers were going to see Monday if they switched on any of the leading US television networks during Donald Trump's trip from Florida to New York ahead of his criminal arraignment.

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Trump trashes ‘racist’ Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg as he jets in for arraignment in hush money case

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump on Monday trashed Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg as a “racist” and denounced his indictment in the Stormy Daniels hush money investigation as “election interference.” Whipping off a string of posts as he jetted into New York from Florida ahead of Tuesday’s planned arraignment, Trump accused the prosecutor of railroading him and accused federal law enforcement of working to derail his 2024 campaign against President Joe Biden. “Biden and his people knew all about (Bragg) going after Trump,” he wrote in one post on his social media site. “They pu...

Check thief jacks Sen. Chuck Schumer's campaign account

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is the latest in a string of prominent politicians and political committees to lose campaign cash to a thief.

Schumer's campaign committee acknowledged to federal regulators that a check it cut in November was "fraudulently cashed by someone other than the intended recipient" a short time after its issuance, according to a letter to the Federal Election Commission that Raw Story obtained Monday.

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Distraught Fox News panel predicts Americans will stop running for office if Trump is jailed

A Fox News panel on Monday was filled with dire predictions for the future of the American republic if former President Donald Trump is jailed for making illegal hush-money payments to an adult film star.

During a discussion on Harris Faulkner's program about Trump's impending indictment, panelist Gerri Willis predicted that Trump's arrest and potential imprisonment would have a chilling effect on others who are contemplating careers in politics.

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A shadowy group's 'doomsday device' could put Trump back in the White House: analysis

While former President Donald Trump is seen by many political analysts as having too much baggage to win a second term in office, New York Magazine columnist Jonathan Chait is pointing to new moves being made by centrist organization No Labels that could put him back in the White House anyway.

Chait notes that the group, which is funded anonymously by private donors, is signaling that it plans to run a candidate for president in 2024 that could potentially peel away enough Democratic voters to give Trump a win in key swing states.

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Whoopi Goldberg buries Marjorie Taylor Greene on The View: 'No brain power'

"The View" host Whoopi Goldberg slammed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for spreading conspiracy theories during a prime-time television interview.

The Georgia Republican appeared Sunday evening on CBS News' "60 Minutes," where she accused President Joe Biden and other Democrats of being pedophiles because they were not anti-LGBTQ. Goldberg said it wouldn't have mattered whether correspondent Leslie Stahl had pushed back harder on those claims.

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Top right-wing attorney freaks out over Trump gag order: 'No chance he's going to get a fair trial'

Attorney Mike Davis lashed out at judges in New York over reports that former President Donald Trump could be slapped with a gag order when he is arraigned on Tuesday.

Davis, the founder of the conservative Article III Project, appeared Monday on The War Room with Steve Bannon to talk about Trump's indictment over hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels.

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