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Trump lawyers demand emergency hearing as they urge judge to dismiss Bragg case

Donald Trump's attorneys in his criminal hush money case accused Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg of "significant and ongoing discovery violations" and are demanding hearing to discuss their accusations, newly released court records show.

The hearing demanded by Todd Blanche and Susan Necheles would be the week of March 25 — the same week Trump's New York City trial was slated to begin.

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The View's Joy Behar offers Biden slogan: 'Vote for me — I'm the only one who's not nuts'

"The View" co-host Joy Behar thinks she has a winning campaign slogan for President Joe Biden: "Vote for me — I'm the only one who's not nuts."

Her creative idea for a catchy lawn sign came amid a discussion about "spoiler" candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who's running as an independent against Biden and the GOP's presumptive nominee Donald Trump.

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Judge Scott McAfee mulls gagging Fani Willis after 'legally improper' speech at church

Judge Scott McAfee is considering issuing an order effectively gagging Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' office from talking publicly about her case against Donald Trump — and the idea left a legal expert shocked.

McAfee, while ruling that Willis can remain on the election interference case if lead prosecutor Nathan Wade, who she had a romantic relationship with, steps down, raised concern about a speech Willis gave at an Atlanta church in January.

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Ex-aide says Trump was 'unwell' in White House: 'Only imagine what's happened since'

A onetime appointee of Donald Trump says the former president was unstable during his White House tenure and appears to have only continued a downward descent.

Miles Taylor, Trump's former Homeland Security department chief of staff, appeared on Deadline: White House on MSNBC Thursday to share his concerns about the presumed Republican nominee's potential return to the Oval Office.

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Trump tipped his hand to illegal behavior by trying to delete evidence: top Obama lawyer

Legal analyst Neal Katyal explained that he considers himself to be an excellent attorney — but even he wasn't sure he could win Donald Trump's classified documents case.

Katyal, the former acting solicitor general for Barack Obama's administration, spoke to MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace Thursday after Trump spent the day in a Florida courtroom. Wallace could not understand why the case hadn't moved forward — and why special counsel Jack Smith hadn't officially complained about Judge Aileen Cannon's delays.

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'So ridiculous even Trump knows it's not true': Nicolle Wallace mocks core legal argument

A core argument in Donald Trump's effort to have his classified case dismissed was blown up by a commentator Thursday, moments after the former president's request was denied.

One of the claims Donald Trump's lawyers are trying to make is that a previous case involving Bill Clinton and audio tapes he kept in a sock drawer proves that Trump’s actions were legally sound.

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Trump spokesperson accuses Alvin Bragg of admitting violations in new hush money filing

Former President Donald Trump's campaign claimed Thursday that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg was "conceding serious discovery violations" in his criminal hush money case when he said he would not oppose a 30-day delay in the trial.

Trump shared a comment from campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung on Truth Social minutes after news spread of Bragg's three-page filing in response to the former president's motion to dismiss.

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Trump lawyer giggles as ex-president whispers comments during classified documents hearing

Donald Trump's lawyer giggled and smirked as the former president whispered in his ear during a hearing in special counsel Jack Smith's classified documents case Thursday, according to a CNN report.

At first, Trump sat in rapt attention as he followed proceedings in the Fort Pierce federal courtroom where Judge Aileen Cannon heard arguments about two motions to dismiss, according to a reporter inside the courtroom.

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'Never getting to trial before the election': Latest Trump hearing leaves expert dubious

As Donald Trump's lawyers and Jack Smith argued Thursday about when the former president will face trial in the classified documents case, an onlooker expressed skepticism.

"This case is never getting to trial before the election," NBC News reporter Ken Dilanian said.

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Matt Gaetz subpoenaed by woman he's been accused of having sex with as a minor: report

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has been served a subpoena stemming from a civil lawsuit over accusations that he had sex with an underage girl, sources told ABC News Thursday.

The subpoena demands Gaetz sit for a deposition to discuss allegations stemming from a years-long Justice Department investigation into allegations that he had sex with a 17-year-old girl, who is now in her 20s, according to the report.

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Republicans tell right-wing judges to ignore new 'judge shopping' rules

New policies are attempting to stop so-called "judge shopping," where someone wants to sue before a judge that is likely to support the case. Now Republicans are telling conservative judges that they don't really have to follow that policy if they don't want.

After the Judicial Conference of the United States agreed to new rules aimed at limiting the ability of plaintiffs to choose judges they want to hear their cases, many Republican lawmakers expressed outrage at the change.

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'There's money involved': Ex-Trump aide suspicious of his TikTok flip-flop

Former White House communications director for Donald Trump, Alysssa Farah Griffin, called out her ex-boss' desperate effort to trash the ban of TikTok while also taking credit for it at the same time. All the while, Trump tells his flock that he was the hardest on China.

"I agree with Nancy Pelosi on this," the Republican told her co-hosts on "The View" Thursday.

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'Borderline frivolous' Trump motions in classified docs case carved up by legal expert

Former Obama White House ethics czar Norm Eisen was disgusted by former President Donald Trump's latest claims to protect himself from being held accountable for taking documents from the White House to his Mar-a-Lago resort and then refusing to turn them over when given a lawful subpoena for their return.

Speaking to CNN, Eisen explained that Judge Aileen Cannon "has had a history of really outrageous partiality to Donald Trump."

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