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Trump owes $87.5K every day he doesn't pay $355M civil fraud fine: reports

Donald Trump owes nearly $90,000 for every day he doesn’t pay his $355 million civil fraud trial penalty, according to multiple new reports

Justice Arthur Engoron’s “devastating” judgment increases 9 percent every year until it is paid off, according to the New York Daily News. Tallies from Attorney General Letitia James’ office put that at about $87,500 per day, according to the News.

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Trump spends $3 million to pay lawyers as one super PAC bails out another: report

Former President Donald Trump burned through $3 million of campaign cash to pay attorneys as one super PAC bailed out another, according to the Daily Beast.

The Trump-backing “Save America” PAC confirmed they had only collected $8,508 from donors spanning the entire month of January, according to the Daily Beast.

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Revealed: Jack Smith interviewed GA governor in Trump election case 'months ago'

As former President Donald Trump faces criminal charges in his Fulton County election interference trial, Georgia Republican Governor Brian Kemp on Tuesday told CNN that special counsel Jack Smith interviewed him "months ago" regarding the case.

The news outlet reports a Kemp spokesperson "told CNN in July that Smith’s team had contacted Kemp but it was not previously known that he sat for an interview."

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Cocaine jokes roll in as Sean Hannity demands: 'Does that look like saw dust to you?'

Fox News pundit Sean Hannity aired photographs of lines of light brown powder that appeared in Hunter Biden's newest court filing, accusing the government of mistaking sawdust for cocaine, and demanded to know if the public agreed.

"They are saying that is saw dust," Hannity declared. "Does that look like saw dust to you?"

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Trump's just 'trying to please his daddy': laughing ex-GOP strategist explains new ad

The Lincoln Project, a group of former Republican strategists turned Donald Trump foes infamous for their ads goading him directly, took things a step further this month with a new ad featuring an AI recreation of the former president's deceased father, Fred Trump, proclaiming, "I'm ashamed of you!"

Speaking to MSNBC's Joy Reid on Tuesday evening, Lincoln Project strategist Tara Setmayer explained a bit of the thinking behind this stunt.

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'It's about to blow up': GOP lawmakers report rumored government shutdown

A full-blown government shutdown may be coming, if reported rumors circulating among top Republican lawmakers are true.

In the power centers amongst the House of Representatives, there is chatter about a temporary stoppage of funding that could throw a wrench in the federal budget, according to a new Axios report.

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Revealed: Trump campaign owes money to the New York Times and ABC News

Former President Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign owes money to the New York Times, ABC News, and the Secret Service, according to newly filed Federal Election Commission documents exclusively reviewed by Raw Story.

The Secret Service debt is by far the largest, totaling $485,824.78. The New York Times debt totals $3,668.61, while the ABC News debt totals $1,156.10.

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Jim Jordan slammed for 'stonewalling' narrative after demanding data he already had

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) was slammed Tuesday for publicly demanding information his political opponents say he'd received weeks before, according to a new report.

Jordan Tuesday subpoenaed Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and demanded case files for a number of illegal immigrants crossing into the U.S.

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'So insane': Laura Ingraham forced to school Trump in his own town hall

A Fox News pundit was put in the awkward position Tuesday of having to correct former President Donald Trump in front a live audience and viewers across the nation who tuned into his town hall meeting.

Laura Ingraham quizzed the former president at the Greenville Convention Center in South Carolina about what he planned to do about voter fraud in the upcoming 2024 presidential election.

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'Faucet! Dishwasher! Water! Bad!': Trump ruthlessly mocked for town hall rant

Former President Donald Trump went into a rant about dishwashers at his Fox News town hall with Laura Ingraham on Tuesday evening — the latest in a long string of times he has complained about the low water pressure on newer, energy-saving fixtures and appliances.

"They come out with faucets where no water comes out," said Trump. "You know, if you go and buy a home, and they know what I mean, the showers, you stand under a shower and there's no water coming, and you end up standing there five times longer ... so in Ohio, you have this great company that came to me, a dishwasher company, one of the biggest and finest companies, but they were going out of business. They said, we're not allowed to use water."

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FBI agent accused of stealing Jan. 6 rioter's cash and silver bars

A Jan. 6 rioter has accused an indicted FBI agent of stealing his cash and silver bars, according to a new report.

Former FBI agent Nicholas Anthony Williams was indicted last month on charges that he stole $2,500 in cash and silver bars, Law&Crime revealed Tuesday.

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Jon Stewart's Tucker Carlson takedown spurs laughs on MSNBC: 'He's been neutered'

The Nation columnist Joan Walsh is worried Tucker Carlson is in crisis after he was lampooned on national television Monday night and she wants him to know testicular tanning is not the answer.

"It's a rough run for Tucker," Walsh told Ari Melber on the heels of a humiliating segment from Daily Show host Jon Stewart. "He's been completely neutered."

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'Straight out of the Handmaid's Tale': Biden camp whacks Trump over report of extreme plan

The Biden campaign responded to a report from Politico detailing how Christian nationalism is intentionally being injected into the plans being drafted for a potential second Trump presidential term.

“Spearheading the effort is Russell Vought, who served as Trump’s director of the Office of Management and Budget during his first term and has remained close to him. Vought, who is frequently cited as a potential chief of staff in a second Trump White House, is president of The Center for Renewing America think tank, a leading group in a conservative consortium preparing for a second Trump term,” Politico reported Tuesday.

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