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Mark Meadows will singlehandedly convict Trump in D.C. Jan. 6 case: Chris Christie

Chris Christie explained why Mark Meadows could singlehandedly get Donald Trump convicted of inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection.

The former White House chief of staff has been granted immunity by special counsel Jack Smith in the District of Columbia case, and Christie told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that Meadows would be a compelling witness who could ultimately land Trump in prison and wipe him from the 2024 ballot.

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Trump will probably go back on the witness stand in fraud trial — here's why

Donald Trump could very well take the stand again in his New York fraud trial, and a legal expert explained why the former president might be willing take that risk.

The former president testified Monday in the $250 million fraud lawsuit brought by state attorney general Letitia James, and his three eldest children have also taken the witness stand in the case, but MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin told "Morning Joe" that Trump and his sons may be called again by defense attorneys.

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'Political heroin': Morning Joe rips GOP primary voters for getting hooked on Trump

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough wondered whether Republican primary voters had become addicted to losing, because they keep picking candidates who stand no chance of winning a general election.

The "Morning Joe" host has been keeping a list of GOP election losses since Donald Trump won the White House in 2016, and he has been laying the blame at the twice-impeached, four-times-indicted ex-president's feet.

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Voters signal 'it's going to be a long year' for Trump and GOP 'radicals': Morning Joe

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said Tuesday's election results should serve as a warning to Donald Trump and "radical" Republicans heading into next year.

Democrats notched wins in Kentucky's gubernatorial race and Virginia's legislative races, while voters overwhelmingly approved abortion rights in Ohio, and the "Morning Joe" host said the GOP losing streak since the right's handpicked U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade could very well bleed into the 2024 election because voters don't believe Trump is a moderate on women's rights.

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Trump's 'train wreck' testimony would have been shut down in a jury trial: legal expert

Donald Trump took the witness stand in his $250 million fraud lawsuit, but MSNBC's Chuck Rosenberg said the former president didn't do himself any favors in court.

Judge Arthur Engoron repeatedly admonished the twice-impeached ex-president to answer the questions as asked by prosecutors and stop giving "irrelevant" testimony more suited to a campaign rally than a courtroom, and the legal analyst told "Morning Joe" that Trump was trying to fight the law on two fronts.

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'He wants revenge': WaPo reporter reveals dark threat of another Trump presidency

Donald Trump is plotting a vengeance campaign if he's re-elected to another term as president, and a Washington Post reporter explained how he's surrounding himself with authoritarian accomplices.

The former president has publicly threatened to prosecute President Joe Biden and has privately told others that he wants the Justice Department to target his political enemies, and journalist Isaac Arnsdorf told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" how Trump intends to start a potential second term.

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'How sick do you have to be?' Morning Joe warns Trump is only getting worse

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough warned that a second Donald Trump presidency would be far worse than the first.

Polls have shown the twice-impeached ex-president leading President Joe Biden in several key states, and the "Morning Joe" host pointed to the reception Chris Christie received from Trump-loving Republicans at the party's Florida Freedom Summit as a disturbing indication.

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'Pure evil': Morning Joe hosts slam Trump's 'repulsive' defense of Jan. 6 rioters

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Willie Geist slammed Donald Trump as "repulsive" for comparing Jan. 6 rioters to Israelis kidnapped by Hamas terrorists.

The former president opened his rally Thursday night in Houston with a recording of "The Star-Spangled Banner" performed by a male prison choir he referred to as “hostages, not prisoners," and the "Morning Joe" co-hosts were disgusted by the former president's defense of his supporters who were convicted of attacking law enforcement officers in an effort to overthrow the government.

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'It's sick!' Morning Joe rips Josh Hawley for latest 'shameless' stunt

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough ripped Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) as "sick" for smearing a Biden administration official as ant-Semitic despite his family's history with the Holocaust.

The Missouri Republican clashed with Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas at a hearing over social media comments about the Hamas-Israel war made by a DHS employee, and the "Morning Joe" host bashed Hawley for taking a "victory lap" after the secretary called him out.

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'Something's up': Morning Joe and Mika speculate about Donald Trump Jr.'s erratic behavior

Donald Trump's two adult sons are scheduled to testify in the $250 million civil fraud trial, and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski cringed at the prospect of his namesake son taking the stand.

Both men are executive vice presidents for the Trump Organization, but the "Morning Joe" co-hosts expressed concern about Donald Trump Jr.'s erratic behavior in video rants he posts online attacking his father's enemies.

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'It's over': Chris Christie predicts Mark Meadows will prove 'deadly' to Trump

Chris Christie says "it's over" for Donald Trump and he knows he'll be convicted, and that's why he's struggling to remember Joe Biden's name and forgetting which city he's visiting.

The former New Jersey governor and 2024 Republican presidential candidate said the stress of his legal problems has been weighing heavily on Trump, and he told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that Mark Meadows, in particular, poses a substantial threat to the ex-president's future now that he reached an immunity deal with special counsel Jack Smith.

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'Never heard of a dumber plan': Morning Joe rips Mike Johnson's 'grotesque' new proposal

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough hammered new House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for tying Israel aid to spending cuts for the IRS in a new spending bill.

House Republicans released a new spending bill Monday that includes $14.3 billion in emergency aid for Israel offset by cuts to IRS funding from the Inflation Reduction Act, and the "Morning Joe" host bashed Johnson for jeopardizing Israel's security to help wealthy tax cheats evade consequences.

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'Beyond stupid': MSNBC's Mika rips Trump's 'rudeness' in a fraud trial he already lost

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski questioned the wisdom of Donald Trump attacking the judge in his fraud trial and acting rudely in court.

New York judge Arthur Engoron has already found the former president liable for fraud in the $250 million lawsuit brought by attorney general Letitia James, and the "Morning Joe" co-host criticized Trump for antagonizing the sole authority to decide how much he would pay in penalties at the conclusion of the bench trial.

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