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A GOP candidate for Congress who is going head-to-head with Lauren Boebert to represent Colorado's 4th district was arrested in 2022 on suspicion of driving drunk while in possession of a gun, ABC Denver reported.

Mike Lynch, who is also the state's House Minority Leader, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of driving while ability impaired and was sentenced to 18 months of probation, according to a newly discovered Colorado State Patrol report. He is still on probation.

Morning Joe co-host Mika Brezinski went on a long rant Thursday aimed at former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC) for refusing to acknowledge that Donald Trump has been found liable of sexually assaulting New York writer E. Jean Carroll.

In an interview with CNN's Dana Bash, Haley claimed she was oblivious to the details of the widely reported Trump defamation case that is ongoing in New York as she and the ex-president battle for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.

Watching former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) claiming she is in the dark about Donald Trump's ongoing trial in New York for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll after he was found guilty in an earlier trial of sexually assaulting her, the entire "Morning Joe" panel reacted with disgust on Thursday morning.

In a CNN clip from a Haley campaign stop in New Hampshire, the aspiring GOP presidential nominee was asked by CNN's Dana Bash, "How do you feel about your party’s front-runner being held liable for sexual abuse?”

"First of all, I haven’t paid attention to his cases, and I’m not a lawyer,” Haley offered. “All I know is that he’s innocent until proven guilty, and when he’s proven guilty, and he’s sitting in a courtroom—that’s exactly what I’m talking about. You’ve got investigations on Trump and Biden.”

She later added, "Every one of these cases, they need to be heard out, he needs to defend himself. If he’s found guilty, he’s gonna pay the price. If he’s not found guilty, then we move forward. What I will tell you is that I’m focused on the economy, the border, and education, and getting our country back on track.”

As the clip ended, "Morning Joe" co-host Wille Geist stated, "It's hard to watch," as Mika Brzezinski exclaimed, "Just stop!" while another panelist muttered "Pathetic" in the cross-talk.

"'I haven't been following it,'" co-host Scarborough repeated. "You haven't been following the fact that a woman has been raped, according to a judge and a jury found him liable of sexual assault, found him liable for defaming the woman— the judge said Donald Trump raped?"

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"After that defamation verdict came down, he continued to defame the woman, the woman the judge said he raped," he continued before disgustedly adding. "Even in court and on Truth Social, he continues to defame the woman the judge says he raped. Nikki Haley says she can't comment on it because she hasn't really followed the case, and she's not a lawyer."

"This is somebody who wants to be president of the United States? Sounds like this is somebody who wants to be vice president of the United States," he pointed out.

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Nikki Haley wooed voters in New Hampshire Wednesday as the Republican presidential nomination contest moves to the eastern US state seen as make-or-break for her bid to reel in runaway frontrunner Donald Trump.

Once considered an outside bet, the former UN ambassador -- the only woman in the race -- has emerged as the main threat to Trump's dreams of a White House return.

Ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris' interview with "The View," the co-hosts debated a recent Fox News segment in which Nikki Haley, again, flubbed a question about racism in the United States.

Whoopi Goldberg began the conversation by saying she can't understand why it is so difficult for people to admit that racism played a big role in the history of the country. Sunny Hostin pointed out that the Constitution considered Black people three-fifths of a person. Goldberg recalled the 1891 New Orleans lynching, in which 11 Italian immigrants were attacked by a mob.

A legal expert told MSNBC Donald Trump's legal battles are visibly wearing him down.

Speaking to MSNBC, defense attorney and liberal activist Ron Filipkowski said that the myriad legal battles Donald Trump is fighting are clearly taking their toll.

Never Trump conservatives have been hoping — not expecting, but hoping — that frontrunner Donald Trump would be rejected in the 2024 GOP presidential primary. But Trump was the clear winner in the Iowa Caucuses on Monday, January 15, picking up roughly 51 percent of the votes.

In Iowa, Trump received more votes than Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy combined. Ramaswamy has since dropped out of the race and endorsed Trump. And former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson also ended his presidential campaign after the Iowa Caucuses.

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Despite currently holding second-place in the polls and coming in a close third in the Iowa Republican Caucuses Monday night, former Trump UN Ambassador Nikki Haley appears to have shifted gears. Critics are citing remarks she made Tuesday that, some suggest, show she may be trying to run for vice president.

"You're the only woman in this race," CNN's Dana Bash reminded Haley in a face-to-face interview. "How do you feel about your party's frontrunner being held liable for sexual abuse?"