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'Not messing around!' MSNBC's Mika warns Trump's not joking about prosecuting enemies

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski warned that Donald Trump made clear in a Fox News interview that he's completely serious about prosecuting his enemies if he returns to the White House.

The former president sat down with conservative broadcaster Sean Hannity, who lobbed softball questions that gave Trump an opportunity to walk back those threats against president Joe Biden and others, but Trump instead doubled down and claimed he would be justified in using the criminal justice system to seek retribution.

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Morning Joe thrashes Trump's 'lawfare' wails: He ran for president to avoid prosecution

Donald Trump complains that all of his criminal prosecutions and civil lawsuits are intended to prevent him from getting re-elected as president, but MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said he was only running again to avoid the consequences of those legal actions against him.

The quadruple-indicted ex-president has so far been found liable for sexual abuse, defamation and fraud and fined more than half a billion dollars, and last week he was convicted on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up other crimes, and the "Morning Joe" host reminded viewers that he's been saying since before the 2020 election that Trump would seek office to avoid accountability.

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Morning Joe shreds WSJ for letting House GOP 'whack' Biden on age: 'Kevin McCarthy lies!'

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski bashed the Wall Street Journal for allowing current and former House Republicans to question President Joe Biden's mental fitness.

The "Morning Joe" co-hosts ripped Mike Johnson and Kevin McCarthy, the current and previous House speaker, for suggesting the president suffered age-related memory problems, saying both men had praised Biden's sharpness in the past.

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'Completely delusional' Trump allies try to convince him felonies will help: Morning Joe

Donald Trump's allies insist his 34 felony convictions will help his election chances, but MSNBC's Joe Scarborough called out those claims as "completely delusional."

A New York jury found the former president guilty on all counts of falsifying business records to cover up other crimes, and the "Morning Joe" host questioned how that would appeal to anyone who wasn't already a committed Trump supporter.

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Morning Joe's face turns red with laughter watching Trump struggle to talk religion

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough laughed until his face turned red after watching Donald Trump struggle to explain his religious faith.

The former president was interviewed over the weekend by "Fox & Friends," where co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy read a question from a viewer in Alabama who asked about his relationship with God and asked how he prayed as he faced "so much adversity and persecution," and the "Morning Joe" host cracked up as Trump turned an expression of faith into one of his infamous "sir" stories.

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'Straight-out blasphemy': Morning Joe slams 'depravity' of Trump's evangelical supporters

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough was disgusted by some evangelical Christians comparing Donald Trump's felony convictions to Jesus Christ's martyrdom.

The former president was found guilty by a New York jury of falsifying business records to conceal an extramarital affair with an adult film actress and cover up violations in election law, and the "Morning Joe" host expressed shock by the reaction of his supporters in Congress and on the religious right.

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'Trump is getting even crazier' – and people inside his campaign know it: Morning Joe

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough reacted to Donald Trump's heavily spliced and edited interview with Fox News, saying his appearance demonstrated that he was increasingly "unmoored from reality."

The former president spoke at length to Will Cain, Pete Hegseth and Rachel Campos-Duffy following his conviction on all 34 felony counts last week in New York, and the "Morning Joe" host was disturbed by what he saw – although he admittedly did not watch the interview as it aired.

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Morning Joe buries Marco Rubio's 'deeply unsettling' defense of Trump's guilty verdict

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough shamed Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and other Republicans for debasing themselves to defend Donald Trump following his criminal conviction.

The former president and presumptive Republican presidential nominee was found guilty Thursday on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up other crimes, including New York election law, and the "Morning Joe" host ripped Rubio for comparing his prosecution to the show trials in communist Cuba.

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Fox News 'feast of disinformation' on Trump trial will come back to bite GOP: Morning Joe

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough warned Republicans that Fox News "disinformation" about Donald Trump's criminal convictions would hurt their election chances later this year.

A Manhattan jury convicted the former president on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up other crimes, and the "Morning Joe" host said he and Mika Brzezinski, his wife and co-host, watched some of the conservative network's coverage of the verdict and were appalled by what they saw.

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Trump 'looked defeated and resigned' after surprise verdict: courtroom observer

Donald Trump tried to hide his emotions after a jury convicted him on all 34 felony counts, but a courtroom observer said his dejection was obvious.

A Manhattan jury found the former president guilty of falsifying business records to conceal violations of other laws, including campaign finance laws, and MSNBC's Lisa Rubin described the unprecedented scene inside the courtroom when it became apparent that a verdict had been rendered.

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Trump already 'playing fast and loose' with facts about the jury's verdict: expert

Donald Trump's allies are parroting his claims that the judge in his hush money trial has allowed jurors to choose which crime to convict of committing, but MSNBC's Lisa Rubin explained how the former president is misleading his followers.

The quadruple-indicted ex-president claimed New York justice Juan Merchan "is not requiring a unanimous decision on the fake charges," but, in fact, the judge instructed the jury that their verdict must be unanimous on each of the 34 counts Trump faces, although they do not have to agree on which particular unlawful means he may have used to violate state election law if they all agree he used some type of unlawful means.

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'We've heard this before': MSNBC host quickly cuts away from latest Trump courthouse rant

MSNBC abruptly cut away from Donald Trump's courthouse rant after the jury began their deliberations.

The former president exited the courtroom with his attorneys and glumly rattled off his now-familiar litany of complaints about his criminal trial, calling the process rigged and attacking New York Justice Juan Merchan as biased against him, but co-host Ana Cabrera quickly lost patience with his remarks.

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Trump lawyer whacked for ignoring 'slew of problematic evidence' in closing statement

Donald Trump's defense failed to address some of the most damning evidence in their closing argument in the hush money case, argued one former federal prosecutor on Wednesday.

Defense attorney Todd Blanche delivered a three-and-a-half-hour closing statement casting doubt on some of the evidence presented by prosecutors, particularly testimony from Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen, but MSNBC legal analyst Andrew Weissmann faulted his thoroughness.

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