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Early Monday morning, MSNBC legal analysts told the hosts of "Morning Joe" that Donald Trump is in for the scramble of his life to come up with either the on-hand cash to pay the $83.3 million he now owes E. Jean Carroll or to find a company to help him post the bond he will have to put up during his appeal.

Speaking with hosts on the first Monday after the 9-person jury slammed the ex-president for defaming Carroll by tacking on an extra $65 million in punitive damages, analyst Lisa Rubin claimed Trump is headed for some major financial difficulties.

"Let me give you the satisfying part first," she began. "Someone is going to have to post a bond in 100 percent plus of the verdict here. The bigger question is who that is."

"Many defendants in situations like this will find a company that will post a surety for them, and then you pay, as Donald Trump did, for example, in the Fulton County case, you pay a percentage of the verdict to the person who posts the bond," she elaborated. "In New York, the last time E. Jean Carroll won against Donald Trump, he wasn't able to secure that; he ended up putting $5.6 million in an escrow account directly with the court."

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"It'll be interesting to see if any surety is willing to put themselves out there for Donald Trump in exchange for 10 percent to 20 percent plus collateral," she stated before predicting, "My guess is he will be hard-pressed to find that person in New York than he was, for example, in Georgia when he faced that Fulton County indictment."

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough placed Donald Trump's $83.3 million penalty in the E. Jean Carroll case in line with other staggering payouts by his political allies.

A jury ordered Trump to pay the penalty to Carroll for sexually abusing and then defaming her while serving as president, after a previous jury last year found him liable for both actions and awarded her $5 million for defamatory statements after he left office, and the "Morning Joe" host said courts had repeatedly imposed consequences lies aired by the ex-president and his pals.

Executives at One America News, the pro-Trump cable network that became infamous for peddling bogus conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, potentially engaged in "criminal activities," according to attorneys representing electronic voting systems company Smartmatic.

CNN reports that Smartmatic's lawyers are claiming that OAN President Charles Herring sent an email to Trump lawyer Sidney Powell on January 8th, 2021 that purportedly contained passwords for Smartmatic employees.

Donald Trump declared war on the United Auto Workers head Shawn Fain late Sunday night after the union leader took potshots at him earlier in the day on "Face the Nation."

While on the CBS program, Fain told host Margaret Brennan, "I can't fathom any union would support Donald Trump for president," before later adding that during his presidency, "he cycled through White House staff like toilet paper."

The Daily Beast reported that the Pope's latest move is "triggering widespread backlash" among the African leadership in the church.

While the Americas may be the highest population for the Catholic church, the world's fastest-growing area is in Africa, a 2022 Vatican report says. But that could change after Pope Francis said that priests could bless same-sex unions.

New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman, known as the so-called "Trump Whisperer," detailed some of the "colors" from the ex-president's damages trial in New York on Thursday and Friday.

Among many details, Haberman described Donald Trump "scanning" the jury and, at times, smiling at them.

Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley was heckled in her home state on Sunday as she promoted war with Iran.

Three U.S. soldiers were killed in Jordan by drone attack and Republicans, including Haley, are calling for military strikes.

Three U.S. soldiers were killed in a drone attack in Jordan this weekend, and Republicans are saying that crossing the red line means war.

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) appeared to call for nuclear weapons in a post on Facebook.

Donald Trump may have to sell off assets if his fines in the New York fraud trial are over $200 million.

Speaking to MSNBC on Sunday, New York Times reporter Susanne Craig explained that they were working to sift through what kind of "cash on hand" Trump has to give in fines for crimes.

A retired Republican judge determined there is "absolutely damning" evidence that should keep Donald Trump off the ballot in the state of Illinois.

Acting as a hearing officer, Clark Erickson held a hearing on Friday to consider whether Trump should be removed from the ballot because he participated in an insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021.