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'Linchpin' witness: Legal analyst predicts ex-Trump lawyer next to make deal with Fani Willis

Prosecutors should be scrambling to make a deal with indicted ex-Donald Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis as she's feeling increasingly spurned by her co-defendant and former boss, according to a legal expert.

The lawyer has been iced out of Trump's inner circle for supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for president and has publicly spoken out in opposition to the former president, and lawyer Lisa Rubin told MSNBC Friday that could make her a "linchpin" witness.

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Kenneth Chesebro loses bid to shield Trump evidence from jurors

A Georgia judge ruled against former Donald Trump campaign attorney Kenneth Chesebro in his bid to shield evidence in his Georgia election trial.

Chesebro's lawyers had argued that emails and memos he wrote laying out a plan to use Republican electors in seven states won by Joe Biden were protected under attorney-client privilege, but Fulton County Superior Court judge Scott McAfee found those protections were only meant to shield lawyers who were not suspected of crimes, reported the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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Republicans panic as Democrats call for Giuliani to be subpoenaed: 'Where is Rudy?'

Republicans panicked Thursday as a line of questioning at the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden turned to Rudy Giuliani's involvement in searching for information in Ukraine – and Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) motioned to subpoena the former president's ex-lawyer.

Republicans immediately called for his motion to be tabled, but too many chairs in the room were empty for them to secure that vote. Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-KY) called for a "voice vote," but Democrats asked for the names to be recorded. Comer tried to railroad the requests, but it wasn't working

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GOP's own Biden impeachment witness agrees Rudy Giuliani should be grilled

The House Oversight Committee held its first hearing on President Joe Biden's impeachment Thursday, though the three witnesses called apparently didn't actually see anything related to the impeachment – as the Democrats pointed out.

First was lawyer Jonathan Turley, who said that he didn't believe that Biden's impeachment should actually be held at all.

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Cassidy Hutchinson shirks responsibility for failing to stop 'clearly irrational' Trump on Jan. 6: 'It wasn't my job'

Former White House staffer Cassidy Hutchinson opened up about her thought process of gradually losing her loyalty to former President Donald Trump on MSNBC Wednesday, including how she felt in the immediate aftermath of the January 6 attack.

Hutchinson, who is releasing a book about her experiences, was ultimately responsible for bombshell testimony before the House January 6 Committee, and has recently come forward with sexual misconduct allegations against Trump ally Rudy Giuliani.

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Former prosecutor outlines the biggest hit Donald Trump’s company took in ruling

The summary judgment finding former President Donald Trump and his adult sons liable for fraud is a massively consequential ruling — and could lead to the shutdown of the Trump Organization in New York altogether.

That is the cautious take of former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner, who weighed in on MSNBC.

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Hunter Biden alleges Rudy Giuliani made 'unlawful hacking' attempts on his data: lawsuit

Hunter Biden filed a lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani, alleging that he and his attorney Robert Costello tried to breach his electronic devices in a violation of his rights, reported CNN.

“Plaintiff has demanded Defendants Giuliani and Costello cease their unlawful activities with respect to Plaintiff’s data and return any data in their possession belonging to Plaintiff, but they have refused to do so,” alleged Hunter Biden's attorneys in the complaint. “Defendants’ statements suggest that their unlawful hacking activities are ongoing today and that, unless stopped, will continue into the future, thereby necessitating this action.”

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Matt Gaetz and four other Capitol Hill Republicans groped or 'creeped' on Cassidy Hutchinson: new book

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow has a copy of Cassidy Hutchinson's new book and she listed off some of the bombshell things mentioned inside.

Ahead of her interview with Hutchinson, Maddow said she "ended up taking 20 tiny scribbled handwritten pages of notes all about what was new here to me."

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Ex-Pence aide slams culture of fear in Trump's White House: He'd 'examine every woman in the room'

Former Mike Pence Homeland Security staffer Olivia Troye laid into the way women were treated in former President Donald Trump's White House on Monday's edition of CNN's "OutFront."

This comes amid the release of former White House staffer and January 6 witness Cassidy Hutchinson's book, which is slated for release this week and could already invite retaliation by Trump's inner circle.

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Trump will send military into cities to take voting machines if he wins: Ex-Homeland Security official

Former Homeland Security chief of staff Miles Taylor sounded the alarm Monday on MSNBC that former President Donald Trump would likely seize voting machines if he is re-elected.

Trump actually explored the possibility of doing this in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election — something that even Rudy Giuliani warned him was illegal and could blow apart democracy.

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'Thank goodness': Conservative lawyer George Conway praises women bringing Trump down

Some of the women who served in Donald Trump's White House are right to speak out, according to conservative attorney and anti-Trump activist George Conway.

Conway appeared on CNN Newsroom with Jim Acosta on Sunday, where he was asked about White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson's recent claim that she was groped by Rudy Giuliani on Jan. 6. Giuliani's political adviser says it's a "disgusting lie," according to the news report.

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Trump admin women strike back after being called 'pimp ladies' by ex-president's advisor

Women who worked in Donald Trump's White House struck back at Peter Navarro after the former president's old trade advisor called them "pimp ladies" and suggested men in power no longer want to employ any women because of them.

Former Donald Trump advisor Navarro is currently appealing his conviction after being found guilty on contempt charges. He claims he did nothing wrong and didn't have to answer questions about Trump because of executive privilege, but the court said that Navarro didn't provide evidence he was protected by that privilege.

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Rudy Giuliani already owes $236,000 for failures in defamation case: report

Rudy Giuliani is reportedly already on the hook for nearly $240,000 for failing to provide evidence and meet deadlines in a Georgia defamation case, and that number is likely to grow larger.

Raw Story reported earlier this month that the man once known as "America's mayor" had lost the defamation case brought by Ruby Freeman and her daughter Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, who sued Giuliani for defamation and false statements following the 2020 presidential election. They also said that they were seeking millions of dollars in damages from the politician. Now, the trial moves on to the damages portion to determine what's owed.

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