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'Who is Poten?' The most ridiculed Trump 'misfires' from Georgia rally

Donald Trump after his Georgia rally on Saturday night was ridiculed on social media, where users suggested he was "misfiring" and praising Russian leader "Poten."

Trump, who began the rally headline event by mocking President Joe Biden's lifelong documented stutter, reportedly put himself at risk for another defamation suit after he called columnist E. Jean Carroll's story of him sexually assaulting her "crazy." But some people were more focused on his verbal mishaps.

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'Listen carefully': Marjorie Taylor Greene mispronounces name of murder victim Laken Riley

Marjorie Taylor Greene on Saturday reportedly did the same thing she has criticized President Joe Biden for: mispronouncing the name of 22-year-old slain nursing student Laken Riley.

Greene made headlines when she interrupted the president's State of the Union speech to force him to say Riley's name. Biden did say Riley's name, but some said he mispronounced it, and he also came under fire for saying she was killed by an "illegal." Biden later apologized for the "illegal" remark.

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'E. Jean Carroll's cash machine': Social media pounces on Trump's defamation gaffe

Donald Trump Saturday said more about E. Jean Carroll, the columnist he was found liable for sexually assaulting and defaming while denying her assault allegations, than he has said at prior engagements. That opened him up to new litigation, as well as several hurtful comments from political onlookers posting on social media.

Referencing a recent bond he had to pay due to the latest Carroll trial, Trump said at a rally in Georgia, "91 million based on false accusations made about me by a woman that I knew nothing about, didn't know. Never heard of. I know nothing about her."

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Legal expert says Trump 'certainly' just welcomed a new defamation suit at Georgia rally

Donald Trump recently posted a bond for more than $90 million in connection with a civil suit in which he was found liable for defaming columnist E. Jean Carroll, who a jury found was sexually assaulted by the former president in the 1990s. At a rally on Saturday, he opened himself up to more litigation on that same front, according to a legal expert.

Former federal prosecutor Shan Wu appeared on CNN Newsroom Live, where the host played a video of Trump speaking at a rally just minutes earlier. At the rally, Trump raised the issue of the massive bond.

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Trump's behavior that 'doesn't get enough attention' exposed by authoritarianism scholar

Donald Trump lies about his prior failed election campaign, but that isn't the only reason he has been so successful, according to one authoritarianism expert.

New York University history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat appeared on MSNBC's Ayman on Saturday, where she was asked how Trump is polling alongside or above President Joe Biden despite the former president's "threats to our democracy." Ben-Ghiat has previously said Trump is priming the pump when it comes to his "dehumanizing" language.

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'GOP has no bottom': Internet erupts after Trump starts rally by mocking Biden's stutter

Donald Trump on Saturday started his Georgia rally by mocking President Joe Biden's lifelong stutter, spurring criticism on social media.

Trump has previously imitated and exaggerated Biden's documented childhood stutter, as part of his routine claiming that Biden is "incompetent." In this case, the speech followed Biden's State of the Union address.

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Katie Britt will be remembered as a 'joke': Alabama columnist sticks a fork in her career

Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) had all eyes on her, but she drastically failed to live up to expectations, according to a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize Saturday.

Britt, who through a spokesman admitted Saturday that Joe Biden wasn't at all linked to a Mexican cartel sex-trafficking story she told in response to the president's State of the Union speech, has faced allegations that her major speech was delivered with the cadence of an actor.

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Watch: Trump speaks at Georgia rally after Biden's State of Union

Donald Trump is scheduled to speak any minute at a Georgia rally, shortly following President Joe Biden's State of the Union address.

Trump will soon be delivering remarks at a Get Out the Vote Rally in Rome, Georgia.

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Trump claims Jack Smith just made a huge admission in a court filing

Donald Trump on Saturday accused Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is prosecuting two criminal cases against the former president, of making a major admission in recent court filings.

Trump has previously claimed that President Joe Biden is orchestrating all of the criminal and civil cases against him, including local suits that have no clear connection to the current White House. Now, he's suggesting that Smith has admitted as much to the court.

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Katie Britt finally admits sex-trafficking story isn't linked to Joe Biden: report

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) has until now been silent regarding whether she falsely linked Joe Biden to a cartel sex-trafficking story, but that's over as of Saturday.

On Friday, one independent journalist raised questions about Britt's story, told in response to Biden's State of the Union address, about a woman who had been sex-trafficked by a Mexican cartel. While her speech seemed to imply this happened in the U.S. under Biden, the report suggested it happened under George W. Bush's presidency, and in Mexico.

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Ex-Trump lawyer predicts 'extreme danger' ahead for Alina Habba's career

Donald Trump's current attorney, Alina Habba, isn't fully up to the job, according to the former president's old White House lawyer.

Ty Cobb, who earlier on Saturday tried to explain what is going through Trump's head as he faces an evolving legal "battlefield," appeared on MSNBC's Alex Witt Reports. In the latter half of the weekend interview, the host asked the lawyer about Habba and her performance in cases related to Trump.

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Here's Katie Britt's answer to allegations she lied in State of Union response

Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) provided what one legal expert referred to as a "non-denial denial" when asked about a potential lie during her response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union.

Raw Story reported on Friday that Britt had been alleged to have told an "out and out lie" during her breathless response to Biden's speech. Essentially, a reporter accused Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) of making false statements when she discussed the horrors of a girl sex-trafficked by Mexican cartel members.

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'He's going to jail': Trump admin lawyer dishes on ex-president's mindset amid turmoil

A lawyer who worked for Donald Trump's White House says the former president is facing an entirely different legal "battlefield" than when he was representing him in the Russia investigation, but he still tried to explain what is going through his head.

Ty Cobb appeared on MSNBC's Alex Witt Reports on Saturday, where he was asked about what it was like when he was "directly in touch with Trump on a daily basis."

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