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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's demand for a stricter gag order against former President Donald Trump spurred legal experts Monday to demand real consequences.

Speaking to MSNBC on Monday, legal analyst Lisa Rubin raised concerns about Trump's social media attacks against Justice Juan Merchan's daughter and court motions that might delay the upcoming hush money trial.

Former President Donald Trump's net worth dropped a staggering $1 billion Monday after news of Truth Social's reported financial losses sent its stock into free-fall, according to multiple reports.

Axios quipped, "This was a MAGA meme stock meeting financial reality."

Mark Meadows is demanding that his Georgia election racketeering case be dismissed due to the Supremacy Clause in the U.S. Constitution, according to court records revealed by investigative reporter Zach Merchant.

Meadows' attorneys requested Monday an evidentiary hearing to discuss his argument in the Fulton County court where he and former President Donald Trump face multiple criminal charges linked to the 2020 presidential election, according to the Atlanta NBC affiliate reporter's post.

Former President Donald Trump has said very little publicly about the Israel-Hamas War, and the little he has said — calling on Israel to "finish up your war" — could be interpreted a number of ways, either escalating or de-escalating hostilities in Gaza.

But some pro-Israel conservatives, including some in Israel, are concerned that Trump might be signaling his support for their cause is wavering, the New York Times reported Monday.

The prosecutor in former President Donald Trump's criminal hush money case Monday demanded a stricter gag order to clamp down on his "dangerous, violent, and reprehensible rhetoric," court records show.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg filed his motion to New York City Justice Juan Merchan, whose daughter has been the subject of repeated attacks from Trump on his social media site Truth Social, according to court records.

Shares in former President Donald Trump's Truth Social plunged this Monday after news broke that the company behind the platform lost more than $58 million in 2023 while generating very little revenue — seemingly confirming warnings from experts who said the company's multibillion-dollar valuation didn't make sense.

According to a report from CNN, Truth Social's revenue dropped 39 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter to just $751,500 -- "not what investors want to see from any start-up, especially one valued at these levels."

Former First Lady Melania Trump may be back in the public eye — but according to New York Magazine's Intelligencer, she still "hasn't decided" the extent to which, or even whether, she'll play a role in her husband's re-election campaign.

"In recent weeks, Melania has been dipping her toes into a return to campaigning, but she still won’t commit to jumping back in," reported Margaret Hartmann. "Throughout 2023, Melania said and did almost nothing to indicate that she wants to return to the White House. Her only statement on the matter came in May 2023, via a brief online-only, photo-free interview with Fox News. 'He has my support, and we look forward to restoring hope for the future and leading America with love and strength,' she said."

Former Donald Trump adviser Hope Hicks will testify in his New York election interference case involving the alleged hush money given to Stormy Daniels, reports show.

The court proceeding is set to begin jury selection on April 15, with Hick's name added to a list of witnesses on Monday. Trump's one-time lawyer Michael Cohen is also reportedly among the witnesses called.

Donald Trump's small-dollar donations have seen a big trend downwards as the former president hounded his base for cash, according to a new report.

Trump raised just just $51 million from small-dollar donors in 2023 in comparison to $626.6 million raised in 2020, according to an analysis by the Washington Post. Also in 2023, the Republican National Committee reportedly saw a drop in money from small-dollar donors in 2023.

In the latest update of the "Jack" podcast, former FBI official Andy McCabe and legal analyst Allison Gill pointed out that Donald Trump and his co-defendants have a knack for using court procedures to make wild claims at a time that the special counsel can't respond.

The way court filings work is that the two sides go back and forth in three motions and responses. When Trump has made the motion, in the final response — when Jack Smith no longer has the chance to counter — his legal team routinely makes unsupported accusations, the legal experts claimed.

"The View" began April by mocking the Republican Party for opening the door to a conversation about Donald Trump's most deadly mistakes.

Republicans have been promoting a new campaign slogan asking whether people were better off now than they were four years ago, taking them back to the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic that shut down countries, tanked economies and killed tens of thousands.

Former President Donald Trump demanded that his soon-to-start hush money trial be postponed indefinitely Monday, claiming he can't get a fair trial because of "pre-trial publicity."

The motion left experts laughing.

Rep. Nancy Mace took to social media Saturday to claim that crime had "skyrocketed" under President Joe Biden's administration then faced a swift and brutal fact check.

"You're seeing, since President Joe Biden took office, crime skyrocket all around the country," Mace (R-SC) claims in a video statement shared on X. "It's not okay, we're a nation of laws, we should follow them."