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'He's not there': E. Jean Carroll shocked by 'walrus' Trump's mental fitness

E. Jean Carroll thinks that Donald Trump has some mental deficiencies after experiencing him in court.

Speaking to MSNBC's Rachel Maddow with her attorneys, Carroll explained her fears and anxieties seeing Trump for the first time in person so many years later.

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'Make him crazy': Lawyer George Conway reveals how to bring down Trump in 2024

Lawyer and Lincoln Project troublemaker George Conway explained on Monday that he has the solution to bringing down Donald Trump in 2024: "Make him crazy."

The long-time solution for the Lincoln Project has been to troll "The Donald" on his own airwaves by playing into his insecurities. They've accused him of being a fraud, a dictator, old news, a loser, weak and even implied that he's impotent. Those attacks have drawn some of the harshest words from the former president as he rages on social media.

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'I live in frustration': Justice Sonia Sotomayor says she is 'tired'

Fatigue and a thickening caseload are testing Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's reserve.

On stage during a Monday appearance at the University of California, Berkeley’s law school, the first Latina justice spoke to the gig's demands at her age since she was appointed by former President Barack Obama in 2009.

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Right-wing pundit quickly backtracks after giving 'virulent antisemite' an interview

Jason Whitlock, a right-wing pundit, is in hot water after conducting an interview with E. Michael Jones, an activist described by The Daily Beast as a "virulent antisemite" — and Whitlock is now trying to purge social media content promoting the interview.

"During a lengthy interview that aired on January 18, Whitlock described Jones as 'a celebrated author, a public intellectual, [and] an ardent supporter of the Catholic faith,'" reported Justin Baragona. "Praising Jones’ latest book and noting that they both believe that 'sexual lust…has been turned into a tool to control all of us,' Whitlock boasted that the author was 'under attack by the Anti-Defamation League' and had been 'canceled because of his writings.'"

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Conservative ex-judge sends brief to Supreme Court begging not to fear Trump'

January 6, 2021, marked a day when Donald Trump "engaged in" insurrection to cling to power, and, therefore, he should be barred from holding office.

Former U.S. appeals court judge and prominent conservative J. Michael Luttig's amicus brief to the Supreme Court leveled a barrage of reasons why former President Donald Trump deserves to be stricken from seeking to become the country's 47th president.

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Mike Lindell ally reveals he is 'losing everything' — and then breaks down crying

Sherronna Bishop spoke to the Turning Point Action conference about what she described as the horrific life that Mike Lindell has been plagued with after he attacked large companies claiming they "stole" the 2020 election.

Bishop purported to be part of the "Lindell team," telling the audience she's close enough to the pillow magnate that she too "was raided with the battering ram." Lindell is being sued by Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic, voting technology companies that Lindell is accused of defaming when he claimed the 2020 election was stolen.

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Trump enraged as he faces financial devastation from civil losses: Maggie Haberman

Former President Donald Trump is likely furious at the prospect of losing tens of millions, or perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars, in the civil cases against him, New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Monday.

This comes after a jury awarded writer E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million in her defamation suit against Trump for denigrating her rape allegation, and as he is set to face more civil damages in upcoming cases.

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Alina Habba whines about judge’s 'mentorship' of E. Jean Carroll's lawyer 30 years ago

Alina Habba is again attempting to discredit the judge who oversaw Donald Trump’s disastrous $83 million civil trial, this time claiming his mentorship of E. Jean Carroll’s lawyer is suspicious.

Habba filed Monday a three-page letter decrying Judge Lewis Kaplan’s reported mentorship of Roberta Kaplan, who spearheaded the groundbreaking defamation case against Trump, who denies wrongdoing but was found liable last year for sexually abusing Carroll in the early 1990s.

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Trump Univ. prosecutor to Fani Willis: Counterattacks can't 'divert you from the mission'

The New York prosecutor who spearheaded a landmark civil fraud case against Donald Trump’s for-profit school has advice for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

“You cannot let his counterattacks in any way, shape, or form divert you from the mission,” said former assistant state attorney general Tristan Snell.

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'Liar, liar pants on fire': Ex-senator shames GOP congresswoman for infrastructure excuses

Her hypocrisy needs to be shouted from the mountaintops, said one former lawmaker about Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL).

Former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) unloaded on Salazar for misremembering how she voted on key legislation on live television.

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Wayne LaPierre is 'falling on the sword' as NRA corruption exposed: Expert

Disgraced outgoing NRA president Wayne LaPierre is taking the fall at the organization's civil corruption trial, "The Trace" senior staff writer Mike Spies told CNN on Monday.

"What stood out from LaPierre's testimony today?" asked anchor Jake Tapper.

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Lauren Boebert's 'carpetbagging' campaign already flagging in new Colorado district

Rep. Lauren Boebert’s “carpetbagging” campaign in her new Colorado district is already showing signs of flagging, according to a newly reported poll.

The MAGA Republican’s high-profile politics didn’t translate into high numbers in a new straw poll taken at a GOP debate Sunday in the heavily populated District 4 race, the New York Sun reports.

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Alex Murdaugh will not receive a new trial: report

Alex Murdaugh will not be given a new trial in the murder case against his wife and son.

The decision, made by retired South Carolina Chief Justice Jean Hoefer Toal, came after arguments by the defense that the guilty verdict was invalid because of jury tampering, with Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill allegedly pressuring jurors on how to vote. State prosecutors denied these allegations, calling it a "conspiracy theory."

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