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'She's so good at this': Stormy Daniels issues Trump burn on eve of hush money trial

Adult film star Stormy Daniels shut down a slew of Donald Trump's followers Friday with a burn against the former president on the eve of his criminal hush money trial.

"Stormy Daniels is a parasite that would sell anything for a dollar," wrote @Freedomandequa5.

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'Favor Mr. Trump': Latest filing gives SCOTUS stern warning on presidential immunity case

The Supreme Court received a stern warning this week not to delay former President Donald Trump’s presidential immunity case any longer, court records show.

Common Cause, a nonpartisan watchdog group, issued the warning Thursday in an amicus brief filed to the upcoming Supreme Court hearing that has brought special counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case to a standstill.

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'Ethically compromised': Ex-colleague of Trump lawyer says no choice but to quit team

Donald Trump's lawyer Evan Corcoran quietly left the legal team in recent months, CNN reported Thursday — though Trump's staff is swearing he's still working for the former president.

Speaking to CNN Friday, former prosecutor and current defense attorney Shan Wu seemed confused by the comment.

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Ex-prosecutor reveals the 'most devastating witness' to Trump's hush money defense

Former federal prosecutor Harry Litman, who now serves as a legal analyst for the Los Angeles Times, pinpointed one witness he believes will be the "most devastating" in Donald Trump's hush money criminal case.

Speaking to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace on Thursday, Litman addressed longtime Trump loyalist Hope Hicks, who had been with the ex-president from his company into the final weeks of his White House.

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'Scared' Trump has 'something deep to lose' at hush money trial: ex-president's biographer

Monday is the beginning of Donald Trump's New York trial that will decide whether he is just as guilty as Michael Cohen was in the hush money scheme involving an adult film star.

Trump, who faces 34 felony counts in the case, is accused of paying off Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election to keep her mouth shut about their purported affair. Despite three attempts this week to delay the trial, it is moving forward. All the while, a new poll shows that 64 percent of Americans see the matter as serious, Reuters reported.

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'A new level': Trump mocked for pushing law to ban something 'already against the law'

Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson are holding a big press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Friday where they will reportedly propose a bill that was already passed 28 years ago in 1996.

According to USA Today, the men will demand passage of a bill that would prevent immigrants from voting in an election. The problem is that this is already a law on the books.

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'More choices': Kari Lake appears to drop previous hardline pro-life stance in new video

Kari Lake flipped again on her stance for women's reproductive freedom Thursday, easing off her hardline pro-choice stance and saying she wants to make sure 'every woman who finds herself pregnant has more choices."

After teasing a release of her position late Wednesday, she dropped a more than 5-minute video where she uses the words "choice" and "choices" twice within the first 28 seconds of the video.

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Alex Jones says he'll sue CIA after video suggests attempts to entrap him

Conspiracy theorist and right-wing radio host Alex Jones claims he's going to sue the CIA and FBI after footage circulated online that purported to be from a hidden camera and suggested the agencies were trying to entrap him.

A group called Sound Investigations, which claims to look at corruption in adult industries, shared what it said was secretly-recorded footage showing conversations with a man who said he was a CIA contracting officer and that he was trying to goad Jones into illegal activities.

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O.J. Simpson dead at 76 after battle with cancer: family

Orenthal James Simpson, known as O.J., died on Wednesday, his family said in a statement on X.

"On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer," the post said. "He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren. During this time of transition, his family asks that you please respect their wishes for privacy and grace."

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Judge Cannon just gave 'a good sign for DOJ' in Trump's docs case: legal analyst

While the dates Judge Aileen Cannon outlined are bad news for scoring a pre-election trial over Donald Trump's document case, there was one silver lining, according to a legal analyst.

Guardian reporter Hugo Lowell pointed out that special counsel Jack Smith had proposed March 18 for Trump to file his notice under Section 5 of the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA).

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'The cover-up': Expert says Trump hush money case hangs on one person's testimony

Donald Trump will become next week the first former president to stand trial in a criminal court that could hang on the testimony of a former fixer with a criminal record who says he was following the boss' orders.

Legal analyst Neal Katyal spoke with MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace Wednesday about the hush money case — in which Trump stands accused of falsifying business records to hide payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels — slated to head to court in New York City on Monday.

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'Absolute scumbag': Ex-FBI agent doesn't hold back on billionaire behind Trump's bond

Former FBI agent and Donald Trump foe, Peter Strzok, spoke to legal analyst Allison Gill on her "Clean-up on Aisle 45" podcast Wednesday, discussing Don Hankey — the man whose insurance company helped Trump secure a fraud case bond. The other hot topic was Allen Weisselberg, the former Trump chief financial officer who was just sent back to New York's Rikers Island jail for five months for perjury.

"These are the champions of Donald J. Trump. These are the people who are willing to come help him. These are the people who said they are willing to come out, not because of the goodness of their hearts," Strzok continued.

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Donald Trump's GOP foe is now quietly vowing to raise money for him: report

An NBC report claims Donald Trump's early Republican primary foe has pledged to help fundraise for the presumptive nominee — but he is so far only letting select supporters know.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who doesn't have an election in 2024, told donors at a private retreat Saturday that he intends to help Trump, whose campaign is blowing through cash as he uses donations to pay for mounting legal fees.

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