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Trump 'freaked out' by more than just the collapse of rally crowd size: Morning Joe

While discussing the problems Donald Trump is having attracting fans to attend his campaign rallies, "Morning Joe" co-host Joe Scarborough pointed out an even bigger problem for the embattled former president.

During the Thursday morning segment about Trump's "cash crunch," contributor Sam Stein claimed he was struck by the lack of enthusiasm for Trump compared to his 2016 and 2020 campaigns.

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'Republicans know' impeachment 'falling apart': WH reporter

MSNBC's Jonathan Lemire revealed a nugget of reporting on the House impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden that shows "Republicans know it's falling apart."

Lemire, the host of "Way Too Early" and White House bureau chief for Politico, spoke to a White House staffer who told him about subpoena letters sent before – and then after – the GOP's star witness Alexander Smirnov told investigators he had been working with Russian spies to smear Hunter Biden.

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Ex-prosecutor calls for James Comer and Jim Jordan to be investigated criminally

With the star witness in the GOP-led impeachment inquiry wearing a GPS ankle bracelet and facing charges for lying to the FBI about a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme implicating President Joe Biden and his son Hunter, at least one legal expert thinks there should be severe ramifications for GOP lawmakers who pushed his story.

Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner, while appearing on MSNBC's "The Last Word" with Lawrence O'Donnell, stated that any of the lawmakers who knowingly perpetuate the lies told by the ex informant Alexander Smirnov that are purported to be Russian disinformation should be investigated criminally.

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'Donald will not like this': Mary Trump says her uncle being pushed 'closer to the edge'

Donald Trump's niece on Wednesday provided some insider family information on how the former president might react to recent statements by Letitia James, who prosecuted the fraud case in which he was ordered to pay hundreds of millions of dollars.

Mary Trump outlined a number of recent developments that could hurt her ex-president relative, including James suggesting Trump wouldn't be successful in appealing the case.

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'Nothing-burger': Legal experts blow up new claims that judge is biased against Trump

A new claim of judicial bias against Donald Trump in a criminal case arose and was smacked down on the same day on Wednesday.

A Breitbart reporter earlier in the day stated that Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee is biased against Trump in the criminal case alleging a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election in the state. Wendell Husebø reported that the judge "donated to Fani Willis," the prosecutor who is charging that case.

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Expert 'shocked' that 'angry' Trump lawyers just demanded 30-day stay of fraud judgment

"Shocked," a legal expert said on Wednesday after detailing a new Donald Trump filing in which his "angry" attorneys demanded a stay of the massive civil fraud judgment.

MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin took to social media to explain some of the newest revelations in the fraud case, which saw the ex-president being found liable for fraud and ordered to pay hundreds of millions of dollars. There has been a lot of speculation as to how Trump will pay the hefty fee.

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Cannon put a 'blocker' to limit Trump's other criminal cases from going to trial: expert

Nobody believes Trump's classified documents case is going to see a trial on May 20 where it's currently penciled in.

Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann on MSNBC's "Alex Wagner Tonight" said he believes that date set by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon might as well be written in crayon because he doesn't think it's happening and suspects any other prosecutors or judges — even Trump's own defense counsels — involved in Trump's sprawling cases feel the same.

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'We were warned': GOP lawmaker says Republicans knew of issues with arrested informant

A GOP congressman admitted that he and other lawmakers probing President Joe Biden and his son's actions to build up an impeachment inquiry were aware the key witness testimony in the case was shaky.

With the star witness in the impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden facing felonies for cooking up a bogus story shaped by high-level Russian intelligence contacts pinning the president and his son Hunter for taking $5 million apiece in bribes — Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) came forward to acknowledge that they knew it wasn't solid well in advance.

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Matt Schlapp scandal takes a turn as official who shredded CPAC documents subpoenaed

Embattled American Conservative Union leader Matt Schlapp is facing yet another turn in the sexual misconduct scandal, as an official at his organization who allegedly shredded documents just after the news broke has been hit with a subpoena, reported The Daily Beast.

"On Wednesday, the opening day for CPAC 2024, the Alexandria City Courthouse posted a batch of eye-popping new filings in the sexual battery and defamation lawsuit against Schlapp — including a subpoena to a CPAC official alleged to have overseen document destruction days after the accusations were first publicly reported. Schlapp was on notice at the time about potential legal action," reported Roger Sollenberger.

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'The value goes up' as soon as Trump's name 'goes down' from buildings: expert

New York state Attorney General Letitia James will get the money former President Donald Trump owes after the more than $350 million fine levied against him in the civil business fraud case, Watergate lawyer Jill Wine-Banks told MSNBC anchor Joy Reid on Wednesday — even if she has to repossess his buildings and tear the name TRUMP off the side of them.

In fact, she added, that would probably make it easier to recoup what Trump owes.

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'No, no, and no': Watergate lawyer destroys Trump's latest claims in docs case

Former President Donald Trump is still lying about how he handled classified information and the powers he had over it as an ex-president, Watergate lawyer Jill Wine-Banks told MSNBC's Joy Reid on Wednesday.

This comes after a day of whirlwind activity in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, which saw Judge Aileen Cannon block the Trump legal team's bid to try to issue a mega-filing potentially full of unexplored defense theories.

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Part of Engoron's ruling against Trump could doom ex-president in criminal hush money case

Donald Trump was recently ordered to pay hundreds of millions of dollars for fraud in New York, but the consequences don't end there. That ruling will likely come back to haunt the former president as he gears up for his first criminal trial in March, according to one legal expert.

Trump was hit with the massive fraud ruling by Judge Engoron, who additionally limited the ex-president's business activities in the entire state for three years. But the judge also made one finding that will hurt Trump in his criminal "hush money" case coming March 25, according to former federal prosecutor Shan Wu.

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