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'National embarrassment': Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'bad day in court' roasted by MSNBC panel

MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace and former Donald Trump staffer Miles Taylor on Friday discussed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's day in court in which she was confronted for her past statements advocating violence.

Wallace began with a series of videos showing what Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said on the stand in her administrative hearing Friday about whether she could run for office as someone who participated in the insurrection. Wallace then contrasted those words under oath with videos of what Greene was saying publicly.

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'Ghoulish': Nicolle Wallace stunned by the 'incredible fraud' Kevin McCarthy perpetrated on America

"Deadline White House" on MSNBC began Friday talking about the recording revealed by Rachel Maddow on Thursday evening that showed House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was denouncing former President Donald Trump and promising resignation behind closed doors.

Host Nicolle Wallace started out by bringing the hammer down on McCarthy for blatantly deceiving the American people about Trump's conduct.

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Legal experts think Marjorie Taylor Greene lied under oath -- but proving perjury charges will still be tough

Viewers of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) administrative hearing couldn't help but notice that she kept flipping back and forth about whether she controlled her social media account or not.

Greene on Friday testified under oath for a proceeding that will determine whether Greene is eligible to run for Congress.

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Courtroom erupts in laughter as Marjorie Taylor Greene gets accused of stealing a line from Independence Day

While being cross-examined during a hearing where challengers are seeking her disqualification from running for reelection, Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was asked about comments she made while trying to get her fans to show up to protest the certification of the 2020 election's results on Jan. 6, 2021, specifically one comment where she said, "We aren't a people that are going to go quietly into the night."

"Now, that phrase ... that's not something that you came up with on your own, is it?" attorney Andy Celli asked Greene.

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Lawyer busts Marjorie Taylor Greene for saying 'we can't allow a peaceful transition of power'

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) tried to argue that she was being taken out of context when she was reminded that she once said that "we can't allow a peaceful transition of power" in the days leading up to the January 6th Capitol riots.

During a court hearing on Friday, attorney Andrew Celli asked Greene about statements she made about trying to stop President Joe Biden's election victory from being certified.

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Trump allies think Kevin McCarthy is 'over a barrel' and they can make him grovel to stay GOP leader

Revelations that GOP leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) wanted President Donald Trump to resign in the wake of the January 6th Capitol riots have emboldened MAGA allies to warn that his status as a prospective Speaker of the House is on thin ice.

As Politico's Kyle Cheney puts it, Trump allies think McCarthy is now "over a barrel" and will have to do some serious fence mending to keep his position.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene lashes out at lawyer: 'You sound like you have as many conspiracy theories as QAnon'

While being cross-examined today during a hearing on a 14th Amendment challenge to her candidacy for reelection in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene fired back at a lawyer who questioned her about statements and tweets she made during the run-up to the Capitol riot on Jan. 6.

Attorney Andy Celli grilled Greene over comments she made where she seemed to encourage protesters to enter the Capitol building during a "Fund the Wall" demonstration back in 2019.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene says ‘I don’t recall’ a lot during testimony – even to some statements she’s on video saying

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), during her testimony at a hearing challenging her ability to hold office, repeatedly refused to answer questions, claimed she didn't remember or recall – which began early during her testimony:

At one point even said she refused to answer:

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Piers Morgan needles Trump with 'leaked footage' of his 'supposed friend' railing against him

There's been quite the debate as to whether there was a genuine blow-up during Piers Morgan's recent interview with former president Donald Trump. A trailer released by Rupert Murdoch's Talk TV appears to show Trump berating Morgan as he stalks out of the interview.

Initially Trump denied that he walked out in a huff. Then he claimed that Morgan and his people performed an "unlawful" editing of the video to make it appear that the two argued when the British TV host questioned the former president about lies about the 2020 presidential election. The full interview is scheduled to debut on Monday, April 25.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene squirms when lawyer confronts her with past statements about executing Nancy Pelosi

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Friday had trouble during a court hearing in which she was asked about her past statements about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

While being cross examined about her past violent rhetoric, Greene was asked whether she believes Pelosi is a "traitor to this country."

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Facing ballot challenge, Marjorie Taylor Greene says she wanted a 'peaceful march' on US Capitol

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene told a Georgia judge hearing an effort to block her from the ballot that she had urged people to join a "peaceful march" on Jan. 6, 2021, that turned into a violent assault on the U.S. Capitol.

A group of voters has brought a novel legal challenge to Greene's re-election bid, arguing that the supporter of former President Donald Trump, has violated a policy of the U.S. Constitution known as the "Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause" by supporting the Jan. 6 rally

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WATCH: Judge declares Marjorie Taylor Green a hostile witness

A judge declared Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-GA) an adverse witness after she repeatedly evaded questions by an attorney who represents voters challenging her eligibility to hold federal office.

The Georgia Republican testified Friday during an evidentiary hearing in the lawsuit, which argues that Greene should be removed from the 2022 ballot because she supported the Jan. 6 insurrection, and she clashed with Free Speech for People attorney Andrew Celli over whether she believed in December 2020 that Donald Trump's election loss was fraudulent.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene testimony immediately starts out with dispute over her oath of office

At the start of her testimony, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) immediately clashed with an attorney representing Georgia voters who want her removed from the ballot over her alleged support for the Jan. 6 insurrection.

The Georgia Republican was called to testify at an evidentiary hearing Friday, and she repeatedly clashed with Andrew Celli, an attorney for Free Speech for People -- including the manner in which she took her seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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