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A single sentence signals Supreme Court will toss Trump's 'crazy' claim: experts

A single inscrutable sentence in the Supreme Court’s notice that they’ll consider former President Donald Trump’s presidential immunity claim signals their intention to toss it, legal experts said Thursday.

This argument appears in an analysis from NBC filed Thursday from Lawrence Hurley, who set himself the challenge of looking at one 29-word sentence and answering, “What the hell do these words even mean?”

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Judge Cannon will let lawyer for media outlets weigh in on sealing of Trump case filings

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon will allow an attorney representing several media outlets to weigh in on issues relating to access to filings in former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago classified documents case.

In the filing, Cannon notes that the media coalition "moves for leave to intervene in this matter on a tentative basis and for the limited purposes of (1) providing the Court with argument regarding those access issues on behalf of the press and public; and (2) ensuring that the press and public receive 'an opportunity to be heard on the question of their exclusion' prior to any closure of the Scheduling Conference itself."

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'Hound them': Supreme Court faces flood of protests over Trump immunity case

An online movement aims to convince the U.S. Supreme Court to quickly deny Donald Trump's claim of presidential immunity in the election subversion case against him.

The unorganized group is concerned that the high court may have helped Trump by taking up the case that is expected to delay his trial past the 2024 presidential election.

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Trump shuns reporters when asked about his border plan: 'We're gonna take care of it'

Donald Trump wasn't ready to give details on his border plan while visiting it on Thursday.

Both President Joe Biden and Trump were at the Mexican border addressing issues of border security and immigration. Reporters shouted questions, but all Trump would say was he'll fix it. He then scampered away into an SUV.

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Judge slams Jan 6 rioter during sentencing: 'It's time to grow up!'

Before 29-year-old Brandon Fellows was sentenced Thursday for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the federal judge overseeing his case slammed him for his “utter lack of remorse."

Fellows was convicted in August of one felony count of obstruction of an official proceeding and four misdemeanors. According to prosecutors, he entered the Capitol through a broken window before smoking marijuana in Sen. Jeff Merkley’s (D-OR) office. He later posted extensively on social media, “glorifying the violence of his fellow rioters," WUSA9 reported.

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Democrat's sarcastic 'Trump First' license plate bill nearly passes with GOP support

Georgia legislators approved a bill to feature one of Donald Trump's favorite sayings on vehicle license plates — and almost passed another one that would have mocked the Republican Party's loyalty to the former president.

The state Senate voted 34-19 on a mostly party-line vote to approve the tagline "America First" — which Senate majority leader Steve Gooch said would “reinforce a sense of national pride and unity" — on specialty license plates.

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Appeals court smacks down QAnon-promoting ex-GOP chair's bid to overturn her firing

Ousted Michigan Republican Party chair Kristina Karamo has lost yet another bid in court to be reinstated to her job.

According to the Associated Press, "The Michigan Court of Appeals said it won’t suspend a lower court’s order affirming Kristina Karamo’s removal by party members. Karamo was hoping that a stay would clear the way for her to lead a meeting Saturday in Detroit to select presidential delegates for the party’s national convention."

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'It's brutal': Shock and awe follows E. Jean Carroll's court response to Trump

E. Jean Carroll's lawyer on Thursday shot back at Donald Trump's request for a pause in paying his court fines after a jury awarded her over $88 million in two defamation cases — and onlookers said she didn't hold back.

MSNBC host Chris Jansing announced the news. "It is brutal," she said.

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Trump's 'desperation for cash' on full display after $100 million offer flops: biographer

According to investigative reporter and Donald Trump biographer David Cay Johnston, the former president's attempt to post an appeals bond that was not even one-fourth of the amount he needs to put up as he fights a $464 million judgment is more proof that he is not nearly as rich as he has claimed for years.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning Johnston noted in a column for MSNBC that Trump has a rich history of inflating his wealth and it has finally caught up with him after Judge Arthur Engoron dropped the hammer on him for committing financial fraud and writer E. Jean Carroll prevailed in two lawsuits against him to the tune of over $93 million.

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E. Jean Carroll asks court to reject Trump's 'trust me' promise on $83M verdict

Roberta A. Kaplan, an attorney for E. Jean Carroll, filed a legal memorandum objecting to Donald Trump's request to stay an $83.3 million judgment against him.

U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan previously denied Trump's request for a stay and gave both parties a chance to respond.

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Trump's new apocalyptic money-grab: '24 hours until all hell breaks loose'

Former President Donald Trump has a new apocalyptic message for the MAGA followers whose money he wants to funnel into his campaign coffers.

"We have 24 hours until all hell breaks loose," reads an all-caps text blasted out Thursday afternoon. "It's bad. Really bad."

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Verdict in election interference case can still be reached before November: legal experts

Donald Trump will go to trial before the 2024 election on charges involving accusations of election meddling and conspiracy, a group of three legal experts wrote in an editorial.

According to Norman Eisen, Joshua Kolb and Fred Wertheimer, Trump will still likely go to trial before November despite the pause for the Supreme Court to take up the presidential immunity case. The court announced Wednesday that it would consider the case in April.

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Kentucky GOP bill would strip workers of their right to lunch breaks

A new bill advancing through the Kentucky state legislature would strip workers of many protections, including their right to have a lunch break.

Louisville Public Media reports the new bill sponsored by GOP State Rep. Phillip Pratt would not only take away the right to lunch breaks, but also would relieve employers of their obligations to pay employees for travel time or to pay seventh day overtime.

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