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Did Jon Stewart just call "Fake News?"

Stewart made his weekly appearance on the Daily Show the same day of opening statements in Trump's criminal hush money trial, but it was the media's coverage of minute detail that the comedian took to task.

Former President Donald Trump's most recent excuse about why hell has yet to break loose outside his criminal hush money trial was shredded Monday night by the New York Times reporter covering the case.

New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman spoke with Anderson Cooper on CNN Monday night about the small number of of MAGA supporters who are holding court outside the Manhattan courtroom where Trump stands accused of falsifying business records to cover up hush money paid to a porn star.

Former President Donald Trump's attorney Chris Kise claimed Monday his client really just wants the evidence in his Mar-a-Lago case to be "open" — despite the fact that much of that evidence is classified information.

Kise appeared on Fox News to attack special counsel Jack Smith over his handling of the federal classified documents case unfolding in Florida's federal court.

Melania Trump's former aide is trying not to laugh about the former First Lady's decision to hawk "ugly" $245 Mother's Day necklaces, she said Monday night.

Stephanie Grisham made this declaration on CNN Monday when asked if she knew what Melania Trump might be raising money for with the necklace purportedly designed by the former First Lady.

Donald Trump's attorneys can only do so much to keep their client off the witness stand, but in the end the former president will do what he wants, his former attorney said Monday.

Jim Trusty, the attorney who bailed on Trump's classified documents, appeared on CNN to discuss the prospects of whether his ex-client should take the stand in his ongoing criminal hush money trial.

Former President Donald Trump's team's collaboration with right-wing media outlets is truly "anathema to democracy," warned former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann on MSNBC Monday.

The warning came as the panel, led by anchor Nicolle Wallace, discussed Trump's Manhattan criminal trial opening and National Enquirer's David Pecker's role in the scheme to bury damning information about the former president, which Weissmann argued could prove damning.

Donald Trump's longtime ally Steve Bannon Monday urged the former president to simply blow off his Manhattan criminal court trial and dare law enforcement to put him in jail for it.

He made the comments on his "War Room" show on Monday — and specifically suggested Trump should instead go to the Supreme Court hearing reviewing whether he has immunity from prosecution from a separate criminal trial being charged in Washington, D.C. by special counsel Jack Smith.

Former President Donald Trump should be outside swinging a wedge instead of stuck in a bunker of a Manhattan criminal courtroom, according to Fox News' Jesse Watters.

"The guy needs exercise," Watters proclaimed. "He’s usually golfing, and so you’re going to put a man who’s almost 80 sitting in a room like this on his butt for all that time?"

A full jury has been empaneled to hear former President Donald Trump's criminal case in Manhattan — but that doesn't necessarily mean the court won't have to deal with more jury complications, trial expert J. Lee Meihls told CNN's Jake Tapper on Monday.

That's because there's every risk that more jurors could bail on the whole proceeding out of fear for their safety or pressure over their responsibilities — especially if Trump supporters or others trying to disrupt the trial expose the identities of the jury. Several jurors were excused after being seated during the process of selection, and that could continue to happen even now — another juror raised fears about media exposure, but ultimately decided to stay on.

Michael Cohen trolled Donald Trump Monday after he was badmouthed by the former president outside the New York City courtroom where Trump faces an ongoing hush money trial.

"Your attacks of me stink of desperation," Cohen told Trump, using his lewd nickname for the former president. "We are all hoping that you take the stand in your defense."

The Georgia Republican Party has spent more than $1.7 million in legal fees for those wrapped up in Donald Trump's 2020 election scandal.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution revealed on Monday that the hefty spending began in 2022 and covers the fees for many of the co-conspirators in the Fulton County racketeering case. It has become the party's top expenditure during an election year.

Political expert and veteran newsman Jonathan Alter was sitting in the courtroom Monday with a good view of the jury and the back of Donald Trump and his lawyers.

Speaking to MSNBC, Alter explained that the "split screen" between this view and that of his political opponent is not a good one for Trump.

Prosecutors lost little time objecting to Donald Trump's attorneys Monday, firing off a complaint in opening statements as the former president's team made claims about why payments were made to adult movie star Stormy Daniels.

Trump's lawyer Todd Blanche had said that the hush money deal with Stormy Daniels was made to protect Trump's family from the story becoming public.