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Rudy Giuliani's defense fund could lose massive donation over new lawsuit

A lawsuit filed in Georgia seeks to recover a $100,000 donation to Rudy Giuliani's legal defense fund. The donation came from Matthew Martorano, a Donald Trump supporter accused of participating in an online skincare product scam.

The lawsuit alleges that the donation should be returned to victims of the alleged fraud, according to CNBC. Martorano's software was accused of helping the scammers hide the number of chargebacks they received, which is a sign of potential fraud.

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'Oh, big man!' Fox host shuts down Jeanine Pirro as she says Trump not scared of prison

During a segment on the Fox News show The Five, Jessica Tarlov pushed back against fellow host Jeanine Pirro who claimed that Donald Trump isn't scared to go to prison.

Tarlov, who's generally presented as a liberal voice on the show, was addressing Trump's recent comments in which he called President Joe Biden a "threat to democracy," saying that such a characterization is "complete insanity" in light of his actions on Jan. 6, adding that he's doing “his darnedest” to not show up to the courtrooms as he’s “definitely afraid of what’s going to happen there.”

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'The best people': Trump drowned in mockery after his lawyers subpoena the wrong person

Former President Donald Trump's efforts to prepare for his New York hush money trial in a few days have hit a humiliating snag, as his attorneys tried to subpoena former D.A. investigator Jeremy Rosenberg — and accidentally brought in a different person with the same name.

The bemused Rosenberg told Trump's legal team "I don't have any files for you," and added, "I'm keeping the fifteen dollars" of witness travel expenses.

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'Wholly failed': Fani Willis fires back at Trump in appeals court filing

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis filed a motion Monday against a review of Judge Scott McAfee's ruling on an ethics complaint related to the case against Donald Trump and others.

Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and others sought a review of the superior court's decision not to dismiss an indictment and to disqualify the district attorney based on a romantic relationship with a member of her staff.

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'It's a loser': Republican strategist torches Trump's latest 'inhumane' argument

Longtime Republican strategist Rick Tyler slammed former President Donald Trump's anti-immigrant vision for the future in an MSNBC panel on Wednesday, following a political event in Michigan the previous day in which Trump warned that immigrants would invade people's houses if he's not elected.

In particular, Trump invoked the tragedy of Ruby Garcia, a woman believed to have been killed by an unauthorized immigrant — while falsely claiming that he spoke to her family when he hadn't, and couldn't even get her age right.

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'I've always despised bullies': The attorneys bringing conspiracy theorists to justice

Far-right conspiracy theorists have existed in the Republican Party for generations but, in the past, they weren't as prominent as they are now.

The late National Review founder William F. Buckley Jr. famously shunned the far-right John Birch Society during the 1960s and 1970s, making it abundantly clear that he thought they were terrible for the conservative movement. In contrast, The Bulwark is one of the few right-wing publications that, in 2024, is openly, unapologetically critical of former President Donald Trump and the MAGA movement — and The Bulwark's Never Trump conservatives don't hesitate to call out conspiracy theorists like Infowars' Alex Jones.

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Rudy Giuliani tells bankruptcy judge he needs to keep his $3.5M condo to keep podcasting

Rudy Giuliani wants a bankruptcy court to let him keep his $3.5 million condo in Florida — because he operates his podcast out of it.

According to Law & Crime's Brandi Buchman, "In a motion filed Thursday, Giuliani, who owes election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss $148 million for defaming them, asked a bankruptcy court in the Southern District of New York to let him keep his Florida condominium, valued at $3.5 million, as he fights the judgment on appeal."

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'Joe Buden' jokes roll in as Trump's typo-riddled message trends on social media

Former President Donald Trump's typo-riddled post in which he declares in all caps that the current president "disinformates and misinformates" has a new name trending online: Joe Buden.

Trump's inability to spell the name of the Commander-in-Chief he is predicted to challenge in the upcoming presidential election caused an uproar on social media where Americans leapt at the chance to show their support for this "Joe Buden."

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'Nazi judges!' Trump's Georgia hearing triggers heated meltdown from right-wingers

Right-wing figures reacted to a Georgia hearing involving Donald Trump's effort to dismiss his RICO case with outrage over the way the legal system was treating former president.

At a Thursday hearing in Fulton County, Trump's attorney, Steve Sadow, claimed that Trump should not be prosecuted for an election interference conspiracy because of his First Amendment free speech rights. Georgia prosecutors, however, said the case was about more than free speech.

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'Never before seen': Ex-Giuliani associate posts video 'Republicans don't want you to see'

Lev Parnas is rolling out more receipts proving his narrative that Trump's former attorney and ex New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was trumpeting foul play committed by President Joe Biden and his family despite knowing fully well he didn't have the goods.

Filming himself seated at a table with Giuliani and another gentleman, Parnas can be seen holding a cell phone up reportedly with Ukrainian Prosecutor General Victor Shokin speaking.

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Revealed: New texts allegedly show Devin Nunes aide organizing Biden disinformation plot

Former Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas released what he claims to be texts showing an aide to former Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) coordinating with Trump allies how to spread Biden/Ukraine conspiracy theories.

Parnas, who has been slowly rolling out his correspondences with figures in Trump world, was part of Giuliani's effort to push the idea that Biden sought to oust a Ukrainian prosecutor before his son's business holdings could be investigated, which has been repeatedly debunked.

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Giuliani tells Mar-a-Lago pals he lives in a 'nightmare world' after defamation ruling

America's Mayor is moaning to Mar-a-Lago cohorts that he's stuck in a "nightmare world" after a defamation ruling forced him to declare bankruptcy, according to a new report.

Rudy Giuliani said he "wakes up every day and can't believe it's real," the New York Post's Page Six reported Monday.

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Lev Parnas 'rolling out the receipts' by posting email 'Republicans don't want you to see'

Lev Parnas, who says he worked with Rudy Giuliani to build a Joe Biden conspiracy theory, is unleashing the "receipts."

Parnas, who recently said that he told the FBI in 2019 that the GOP's anti-Joe Biden informant should not to be trusted, also made headlines when he testified at an impeachment hearing.

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