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Seemingly 'bold MAGA' members are terrified of Donald Trump's base: elections expert

There are two kinds of Republicans and one of those group is incredibly afraid of Donald Trump, an elections expert said on MSNBC Monday night.

"The Republican party only has two flavors," said Marc Elias, an American Democratic Party elections lawyer. "There is bold MAGA and scared MAGA. They all act like bold MAGA in public but a lot of them are just scared MAGA."

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Trump's gold sneakers could be a 'lawsuit in the making': analyst

Donald Trump may have risked a lawsuit by shilling gold sneakers to help pay his mounting legal fees, a CNN analyst said Monday.

Maria Cardona explained that, as a "shoe diva," she knows the ins and outs of copyright law when it comes to high-end brands such as Christian Louboutin.

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Trump 'can't risk angering' Vladimir Putin: Liz Cheney

Former President Donald Trump appears to be dependent on Vladimir Putin, at the same time he is seeking powers like those Putin currently enjoys over Russia, former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) argued in a scathing post to X Monday.

This comes after Trump finally broke his silence on the death of Russian political dissident Alexei Navalny in a remote prison colony — and didn't criticize Putin, but instead took the moment to say that it reminds him that "Open Borders, Rigged Elections, and Grossly Unfair Courtroom Decisions are DESTROYING AMERICA."

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Ex-senator comes out swinging as fake elector tries to pass blame for fraud: 'Just silly'

Former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) doesn't buy the excuses coming from Wisconsin fake elector Andrew Hitt, who appeared on "60 Minutes" Sunday expressing contrition for his role in the 2020 election conspiracy.

Speaking to Anderson Cooper, Hitt claimed he trusted the word of "a lawyer" who advised him that signing the fraudulent elector documents was perfectly legal. Those documents then made it into the office of Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and were almost handed to Vice President Mike Pence to suss out which slate was legitimate or not.

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Alina Habba whines Hunter Biden hasn't 'been touched' as Trump faces court judgments

Former President Donald Trump's attorney Alina Habba took to Fox News on Monday to complain about the more than $350 million civil judgment issued against her client in the New York civil fraud case — and suggested that President Joe Biden's embattled son Hunter has been ignored by prosecutors while all this was going on.

"Nobody is above the law?" Habba told anchor Martha MacCallum, quoting New York Attorney General Letitia James' statements on the case. "I would just like these left-winging [district attorneys] and [attorney generals] to show us that.... I’m inviting you to show me that no one is above the law, while we have Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, and all of his friends up in D.C. in the Deep State that have not been touched."

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Rioter who stormed Capitol with Confederate flag-waving dad demands reduced sentence

A man who rioted at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, alongside his Confederate flag-waving father has asked a D.C. federal judge to reduce his sentence and release him, according to a new report.

Hunter Seefried, 34, and his father Kevin, 53 were both convicted in 2022. Hunter was given two years in prison while his father was given six. According to the Justice Department, the father and son were found guilty of obstruction of an official proceeding.

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Trump threw money away on fraud trial witnesses — and got played: biographer

David Cay Johnston, one of Donald Trump's biographers, wrote for The New Republic on Monday that the hefty fine in the New York fraud case is of the former president's own making.

According to Johnston, Trump made bad — and expensive — deals as he built his defense. And they came back to bite him.

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Analyst confesses fear that Trump might sell classified documents to pay legal costs

A legal analyst is concerned that the damages Donald Trump was hit with in the fraud trial only compounds his financial problems — and presents a major security threat.

On Monday, Allison Gill of "Mueller, She Wrote" joined with co-host Dana Goldberg on "The Daily Beans" and called the fraud trial fine of $355 million a "doozy."

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Trump to be hit by multiple deadlines in big week at court

Now that a firm court date has been set for Donald Trump's criminal case centered on hush-money payments made to adult movie star Stormy Daniels, the ex-president has all four of his criminal cases moving in earnest — and he has some key deadlines coming up this week.

The first comes on Tuesday, when the "motion for leave to file" is due in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case.

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'He's stuck': Michael Cohen says Trump is in 'total panic mode' and can't sell his way out

Donald Trump's former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen believes his old boss won't be able to sell off Trump Organization assets in the face of a $364 million judgment.

Cohen appeared on MSNBC Friday evening just hours after Justice Arthur Engoron ordered a massive payment from the former president he found liable for civil fraud.

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'Oh boy, GOP means business now': Jim Jordan sends angry letter to Treasury Secretary

Now Rep. Jim Jordan is yelling at poor Janet Yellen.

The Ohio Republican Friday posted to X a letter demanding the Treasury Secretary hand over Bank Secrecy Act suspicious activity reports as part of his probe into Jan. 6 Capitol attack investigations he argues may have violated Americans' civil rights.

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'Borders on pathological': Here's what Arthur Engoron has to say about Donald Trump

Justice Arthur Engoron's massive ruling, which amounts to a more than $350 million bill for Trump, slams the former president, his sons, and his partners for more than just fraud.

"Their complete lack of contrition and remorse borders on pathological," Engoron wrote in his 92-page ruling. "They adopt a 'See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil' posture that the evidence belies."

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Trump hit by massive damages as fraud trial verdict issued

New York Judge Arthur Engoron has ordered Donald Trump pay more than $350 million in damages in the civil fraud lawsuit filed by state Attorney General Letitia James, court records show.

The former president, his adult sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., and other top executives at the Trump Organization have been found liable by the judge for filing falsified financial records in a decades-long fraud scheme, the ruling shows.

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