Letitia James

Former President Donald Trump received a check on his quest to challenge his $464 million civil fraud ruling Friday by an exasperated lawyer who accused him going on a "fishing expedition."

Trump has sought to yank Justice Arthur Engoron from the New York City case — in which he was found liable of defrauding investors by falsely inflating Trump Organization assets — by arguing the judge had inappropriate conversations with lawyer Adam Leitman Bailey, court records show.

On Thursday, Bailey's own lawyer John Desiderio filed a motion to quash a subpoena demanding his client hand over a slew of documents to Trump. ...

Former President Donald Trump moved for New York Justice Arthur Engoron to recuse himself on Thursday after claims the judge took advice from somebody not involved in the case.

NBC New York reported that Trump's attorneys filed a 24-page motion asking Engoron to step down from the case because a man claiming to be a whistleblower said he gave the judge his unsolicited opinion about it.

"[It] had been his intention to advise Engoron about the law in the Trump case and why harsh penalties would be bad for business in New York," WNBC reported. ...

Donald Trump raged about his own conviction on 34 felony counts hours after Hunter Biden was found guilty of three felony gun charges.

The former president was found guilty himself last month for falsifying business records to cover up other crimes, including violations of campaign finance laws, and he lashed out once again late Tuesday against the prosecutor who brought the charges.

"Corrupt Soros backed Manhattan D.A, Alvin Bragg, at the direction of Crooked Joe Biden and his DOJ, has always known that there was NO CRIME in the Case he filed against me," Trump posted on Truth Social. "He didn’t even want to bring this 'Zombie Case,' but when forced to attack me for Election Interference purposes, Bragg attempted to make it look as bad as possible by 'stacking the counts' - A TOTAL SCAM."...

Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg answered Rep. Jim Jordan's (R-OH) request to come to Washington and testify before Congress. And for now it is a strong maybe.

Days after declaring that the jurors "have spoken" when they rendered a unanimous guilty verdict of all 34 counts of falsifying business records against Donald Trump, Bragg responded to the Judiciary Committee Chairman's formal request.

Leslie Dubeck, counsel for Bragg, wrote in a letter that there is a willingness to appear. ...

Some have publicly clashed with him, others won't likely move the needle for him, and one is downright dull.

The Washington Post on Friday outlined what analyst Aaron Blake said were the pros and cons for each betting favorite to become former President Donald Trump's running mate in the 2024 general election. The list featured four senators, a pair of congress members and one governor, who Blake called "the most compelling sleeper pick," and who happens to be the betting favorite.

Trump is expected to decide on a vice president candidate in about a month to replace former running mate Mike Pence, and Trump has reportedly sought documents from at least eight potential candidates. ...

Steve Bannon's trial tribulations may have only just begun as he readies himself for prison and the district attorney who secured former President Donald Trump's criminal conviction prepares to take him to court in New York, a former federal prosecutor said Thursday night.

Glenn Kirschner appeared on MSNBC to discuss with Lawrence O'Donnell a Washington D.C. federal judge's decision to put Bannon in a federal prison for four months for ignoring a congressional subpoena from the Jan. 6 investigative committee.

"Ironically," Kirschner said, "a four-month prison term might end up being the least of Steve Bannon's problems."...

People in President Donald Trump’s orbit noticed an unsettling change after Republicans were dealt crushing midterm losses, according to author Michael Wolff.

Wolff, a journalist who has written several books about Trump, said on Thursday’s episode of “Inside Trump’s Head” that sources described a visible change in the president after Tuesday’s election, when Democrats seized control of both the House and Senate.

“The other interesting thing that I heard from two people, and they found it interesting and a little frightening, was that the day after he seemed markedly older,” Wolff told co-host Joanna Coles....

“The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart had nothing but praise for “60 Minutes” personality Ross Douthat for his follow-up questions with Donald Trump in an interview aired Sunday night.

But what he really enjoyed was getting the president defending making money hand over fist with a question asked about former President Joe Biden, often called “Sleepy Joe” by Trump when he attempts to malign the former president’s mental acuity.

In the clip, at about the 6:45 minute mark, Douthat brought up reports that Trump now has a net worth of about $3 billion as he makes business deals while sitting in the Oval Office....

An election lawyer fresh from a deep-red state's ballot count says one embattled MAGA senator has hit a dead end.

Norm Eisen, the former White House ethics czar who served as counsel to House Democrats during President Donald Trump's first impeachment, told progressive commentator Brian Tyler Cohen in a Saturday episode of his YouTube show that Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) has no realistic path left to beat Democratic challenger Scott Colom. "It's a mathematical impossibility at this point for Senator Hyde-Smith," Eisen said.

Eisen, who said he spent three days in Mississippi and planned to head back the next day, pegged Colom's lead as "approaching a 3,000-vote margin." He compared the count to the 2000 Florida recount he worked on, when the gap bounced around in the hundreds....