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Former President Donald Trump will have to pay up in his civil suit cases without relying on other people or procedural tricks to bail him out, Philip Bump for the Washington Post wrote Tuesday.

Trump was held liable for $83.3 million for defamation in the E. Jean Carroll litigation, and for more than $450 million, including interest, in the civil fraud case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Donald Trump's fine in the New York fraud trial was over $355 million — but it's growing by more than $100,000 in interest every day.

The Associated Press calculated Trump's fines, with its estimation being that the ex-president was required to pay $87,502 in interest per day until Feb. 23, which totaled about $612,514. The interest rate is set at 9 percent.

Former Justice Department prosecutor Andrew Weissmann and fellow NYU law school professor Melissa Murray penned a new explainer for the Donald Trump charging documents and details about the four cases he faces.

Speaking to "Pod Save America," Murray explained that, as she dived deeper into Trump's "alleged criming," what stood out is "this is a vast tableau that, taken together, shows Donald Trump, allegedly, committing crimes before, during and after his presidency. And I don't think the enormity of the scale of the alleged criminality had really hit us in that way."

Donald Trump's performances at conservative presidential primaries have been "catastrophic" for his 2024 campaign, a Republican political operative says.

Reed Galen, former campaign manager for Sen. John McCain and Lincoln Project co-founder, appeared on "The 11th Hour" on MSNBC Monday evening.

Ex-Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Clark cannot be subpoenaed for "documents that might have justified his efforts to put the weight of the Justice Department behind efforts to overturn" the 2020 election in Georgia "and other states," according to a D.C. Court of Appeals ruling issued Monday, Politico reports.

Along with more than a dozen others — including former President Donald Trump — Clark faces criminal charges in Fulton County for election interference, and the reports notes he was also "identified as one of six key Trump co-conspirators by special counsel Jack Smith in a Washington, D.C., indictment also related" to his attempt to overturn the election.

Republican political operatives at the anti-Donald Trump political action committee The Lincoln Project strung together Monday some of former President Donald Trump's recent tongue twisters in a new video: "Donald Trump's Weekend in 101 Seconds."

"They're destroying our country and we're gonna," Trump is heard saying, "I just wish we could do it quicker."

District Attorney Alvin Bragg is learning how to prosecute Donald Trump on criminal charges by watching successful civil cases that have slammed the former president with hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties, legal experts said Monday.

Former federal prosecutors Andrew Weissmann and Joyce Vance appeared on Lawrence O'Donnell's MSNBC show Monday night to discuss the looming hush money case in New York City.

As House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) finds himself in the same situation as his predecessor, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), several conservative lawmakers "are privately worried" that "a full government shutdown" could happen as early as next week, according to an exclusive Axios report.

McCarthy was ousted in September after he made a deal with the Democrats in order to avoid a government shut down. Johnson not only faces a shutdown if he agrees to negotiate with Democratic colleagues, but he also is at risk of alienation from the far-right House Freedom Caucus.

Donald Trump Jr. claims Black men frequently approach him to say he's their hero in a Rumble interview that spurred more than a few raised eyebrows on X Monday night.

Trump Jr. spoke on his show " Triggered" with guest Scott Presler about the challenges of bringing the conservative vision to Black Americans in "urban environments."

Former Republican strategist Tara Setmayer was stunned by new reporting that former President Donald Trump's allies are pushing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for an endorsement of the former president, and that Trump expects McConnell will cave soon.

This is in spite of the fact that the two of them have had an icy relationship since the Jan. 6 attack, with McConnell publicly condemning Trump's actions, and the former president repeatedly attacking McConnell and suggesting he would be forced out under Trump's second presidency.

The former divorce attorney and law partner of Fulton County special prosecutor Nathan Wade must retake the witness stand in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' ethics hearing, ruled Judge Scott McAfee on Monday, denying Wade's motion to block this testimony under attorney-client privilege.

However, McAfee said, Wade is still only to be asked questions that aren't covered by privilege.

Donald Trump Jr. received a letter accompanied by an unidentified "white powder" at his residence on Monday, triggering a police response, a new report shows.

According to The Daily Beast, three sources said "Multiple fire trucks and men in hazmat suits were spotted outside Donald Trump Jr.’s home in Jupiter, Florida, on Monday evening."

New revelations about Kenneth Chesebro's secret social media account make him worthless as a cooperator in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' election racketeering case against former President Donald Trump, former federal prosecutor Elie Honig told CNN's Jake Tapper on Monday.

Chesebro, who accepted a plea deal as the architect of Trump's fake electors plot that sought to overturn the 2020 presidential election, was revealed this week to have run a social media account, "BadgerPundit," pushing to overturn the election. Much of what he advocated on the account contradicts what he told prosecutors in Georgia and Michigan about his role in the plot.