Marjorie Taylor Greene

NYT's Maggie Haberman pinpoints moment Judge Merchan 'had enough' of Trump's defense team

One reporter thinks that push has come to shove for Judge Juan Merchan when it comes to Donald Trump's lawyers.

The jurist presiding over the historic criminal hush money trial has been "really fair" when it comes to dealing with defendant Trump.

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'She's winning': Court insider shows how Stormy Daniels outfoxed Trump's lawyer at trial

Nothing Donald Trump's attorney threw at porn star Stormy Daniels on the witness stand really did much to rattle or diminish her. In fact, CNN legal analyst Norman Eisen believes the hardball stuff thrown at Daniels was met with more than impressive returns.

"Necheles was good, but Daniels was better," he wrote in a piece titled: The Trump team swung for the fences. Thanks to Stormy Daniels, they struck out.

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Judge Merchan explains how Trump's lawyer just torpedoed his client's mistrial motion

Former President Donald Trump's defense attorneys were seeking a mistrial in his Manhattan hush money case, on the basis that adult film star Stormy Daniels' salacious witness testimony about their alleged sexual affair were too prejudicial to be part of the evidence for the charges of business fraud, but it was reportedly denied.

Judge Juan Merchan appeared to make clear to Trump counsel Todd Blanche that he is partly to blame for why a mistrial over these details is such a dubious proposition — because he's the reason those details are relevant in the first place.

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'That is motive': Prosecutor 'loudly' defends Trump trial witness spilling 'messy details'

Manhattan prosecutor Joshua Steinglass had a simple answer on Thursday during a hearing at Trump's hush money trial into whether it was appropriate for adult film star Stormy Daniels to reveal salacious details about her alleged affair with Trump on the witness stand, MSNBC's Adam Klasfeld reported.

This comes as Trump's legal team seeks a mistrial over those details being presented to the jury.

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New law could destroy defense that saw Harvey Weinstein's sex crime conviction tossed

Former film mogul Harvey Weinstein got a break last month when a New York appeals court tossed his sexual assault conviction, ruling that the prosecutors improperly used prior bad acts as evidence at his trial.

But the outrage over that decision might mean New York could swiftly change how sexual assault cases are prosecuted — and he could find himself swiftly convicted on the same evidence when he is retried.

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Trump tells MTG to cool it: 'Republicans have to be fighting Democrat lunatics'

Former President Donald Trump took a break from his criminal hush money trial to tell Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to cool it.

Trump posted on Truth Social Thursday afternoon a video statement calling on Greene (R-GA) to give up on her "majority of one" quest to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson.

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Murdoch media empire 'invisibly' attacks 'Moscow Marjorie' to show her who is boss: report

Coming hot on the heels of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green's attempt to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), which crashed and burned spectacularly on Wednesday, CNN's Oliver Darcy suggested her star is crashing right along with her public failures because media mogul Rupert Murdoch is pulling the strings behind the scenes.

In his column for CNN, Darcy claimed that Murdoch's Fox News, Wall Street Journal and the New York Post have combined forces to undermine the Georgia lawmaker and her bomb-throwing which has created chaos in the GOP-controlled Congress.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene delays financial disclosure day after motion-to-vacate

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has delayed disclosing her personal finances as required by federal law, according to a new congressional filing.

Greene requested a 30-day extension to file her annual financial disclosure due on May 15 for all members of Congress, candidates and high-ranking congressional staffers.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene claims 'great victory' over Mike Johnson despite humiliating defeat

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) insisted she achieved a "great victory" after her effort to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was overwhelmingly defeated.

During a Thursday interview, right-wing podcast host Steve Bannon reminded Greene she had been booed by her colleagues when she brought the "motion to vacate" to the House floor on Wednesday.

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Stormy Daniels 'unflappable' in face of hostile Trump lawyers: legal reporter

Former President Donald Trump's attorneys on Thursday tried to get under adult film star Stormy Daniels' skin -- but legal reporter Adam Klasfeld says that those efforts were largely unsuccessful.

While watching Daniels undergo hostile cross-examination during the former president's Manhattan hush-money trial, Klasfeld observed that "Daniels is a lot more confident, wry, and controlled during this cross-examination than when her testimony first began.

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'Didn't think I'd ever say this sentence': Trump trial testimony stuns Anderson Cooper

CNN's Anderson Cooper on Thursday struggled to politely describe Stormy Daniels' latest testimony in former President Donald Trump's hush-money trial.

During a contentious exchange on the stand, Daniels was asked about old social media posts she made in which she belittled and ridiculed Trump.

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'Idiot' GOP rebels should face 'immediate' punishment for Johnson stunt: NY Republican

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) on Thursday hammered away at fellow Republicans who went along with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) efforts to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) this week.

During a CNN interview, Lawler said he was fed up with Republicans whose sole goal seems to be causing chaos within the conference, and he called on leadership to do something to punish members who supported this week's motion to vacate the speaker's chair.

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Trump 'sleaze' oozing out of hush money trial won't 'impress' voters: Charlie Sykes

Voters won't be "impressed" by reminders of former President Donald Trump's "sleaze" oozing out of his New York criminal trial, according to anti-Trump conservative Charlie Sykes.

Porn actress Stormy Daniels told a jury about her sexual encounter with the former president, whose attorney then paid her off a decade later to keep her quiet before the 2016 election – when the "Access Hollywood" recording posed an existential threat to his campaign – and Sykes told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that swing voters would be repulsed by the details of Trump's personal life.

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