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The local Your Observer in Sarasota, Florida, reported that a woman had called the police after she yelled at a man's child who picked flowers off of a bush at Payne Park.

She yelled at the child, saying the child was “hurting the plant by picking flowers because it has feelings,” according to police.

MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace reported Thursday that the lawyer for E. Jean Carroll rested the case after a week of testimony from the petitioner and friends of hers. On the final day, the lawyers reviewed some of the video clips from Donald Trump's deposition that they argue helped tear down his own defense.

Legal analyst Lisa Rubin called the testimony of Carol Martin, Carroll's friend, powerful because she confessed regrets and guilt she's felt over the years.

Donald Trump cut his trip to Scotland short, hopping on his private plane Thursday evening and heading northwest. There was speculation about whether Trump was going to speak at his trial with E. Jean Carroll or if there was something else he was returning to do.

MSNBC host Ayman Mohyeldin wondered if it meant the next big step in the Proud Boys case was a new fundraising effort from Trump. The rioters that are in the Washington, D.C. jail have been trying to make songs which were then featured at one of Trump's rallies.

The Justice Department won a huge case on Thursday after charging five members of the Proud Boys militia with seditious conspiracy. Each of the four leaders were found guilty, while the lower-level "soldier" was found not guilty.

According to Andrew Weissmann, former FBI general counsel and top prosecutor for special counsel Robert Mueller's team, the next step from the militia groups is to look at those organizing the conspiracy and that means former President Donald Trump.

If there's one thing Disney doesn't play around with it's copyright and trademark infringement. Bloomberg Law spotted a hat for Ron DeSantis 2024 presidential campaign that uses a Disney-link font with the signature "D" and bubble dotting the "I."

As the report explained, the script is intellectual property that only adds to DeSantis' problems with the company that is suing him over being targeted by the state government after expressing their objections to his so-called "Don't Say Gay" law.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) has been accused of "illegally spending $60,000 on campaign calls and texts in the run-up to November's midterm election," according to a new report from Newsweek.

A complaint has been filed by End Citizens United against Boebert with the Federal Elections Commission, which is tasked with regulating spending on political campaigns.

British musician Ed Sheeran was found not liable for copyright violations in the lawsuit from Marvin Gaye’s estate Thursday.

The jury ruled on Thursday that Sheeran did not copy the famous "Let's Get It On" love song when he wrote his song "Thinking Out Loud." The case alleged "Striking similarities" and shares "overt common elements" to Gaye's song, according to the suit.

Former President Donald Trump thinks that the presidential debates are below him. In a comment this week, Trump explained that he's 40 points ahead in the Republican Primary, so he doesn't understand why he should care about anyone below him. After all, he explained, it isn't worth being confronted by "a hostile group of anchors asking questions. Why would I do that?"

His former communications strategist Alyssa Farah Griffin couldn't help but laugh.

After a jury found four Proud Boys guilty of seditious conspiracy Thursday, those "higher up" in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack must be "quaking in their boots," civil rights attorney Andrew Laufer said.

"Huge verdict," he tweeted. "Those higher up on the conspiracy who haven’t been formally charged yet must be quaking in their boots."

The verdict is in after several days of deliberation by the jury in the long federal trial against the Proud Boys.

According to Politico's Kyle Cheney, four members of the group have been found guilty of seditious conspiracy for their part in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.

Speaking to MSNBC host Ari Melber on Wednesday, New York Times writer Jim Rutenberg and MSNBC analyst and Crooked Media podcaster Juanita Tolliver explained how the newly revealed Tucker Carlson texts would continue to be a problem for Fox News in the coming months.

"As we reported, this came to the attention of the company's board of directors over the weekend before trial while settlement talks are taking place," Rutenberg said. "This is something they're worried about coming out in front of a jury, and mind you, Tucker Carlson at this point is 1/20 of the case. Everything you talked about in the setup wasn't an issue in this case. Tucker Carlson had one of 20 segments involved. But in terms of publicity and trouble in lawyers' view, clearly, and board members' view, it's way outside compared to what it should be. So, as the company's looking at this, that's going from an asset to the company to a liability in this case. There's definite concern about how this text will play in front of a jury that's coming together on the ground in Delaware, and as this is taking place, there's settlement talks that will lead to a record settlement amount."

The E. Jean Carroll case against Donald Trump is nearing its end as lawyer Joe Tacopina revealed that they will not call any witnesses to mount any defense in the case.

On Wednesday, Carroll's lawyer called a trauma specialist, who walked through all of the attacks Tacopina made on Carroll about how she didn't do enough to fight back against Trump when it allegedly happened, implying that it meant it wasn't rape.

Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX) announced Tuesday that he would be running against Ted Cruz, who currently holds a U.S. Senate seat for Texas, though to former Republican Tim Miller, even that is questionable.

"His background is so unique," Miller said, noting he's excited about the congressman's candidacy. "He's an NFL player. He actually didn't get drafted and then decided to try to get into the NFL even though he also got into law school. I mean, this is a pretty talented guy. So, putting the merits aside, the type of person you would want in the Senate."