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Ken Chesebro's 'lies' put him on a 'journey from cooperator to target': analyst

Trump lawyer Ken Chesebro was hit with indictments in Wisconsin this week related to his involvement in the plot to install fake electors who would have falsely certified former President Donald Trump as the winner of the 2020 election.

In analyzing the latest charges against Chesebro, MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin said that Chesebro's fate may have been sealed by revelations that he had a secret social media account in which he mused about how to overturn Trump's election loss and which he kept secret from prosecutors.

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Trump whines jury was unfriendly: 'Never saw a glimmer of a smile'

Donald Trump whined about his conviction last week on all 34 felony counts against him by unfriendly jurors during an interview on Newsmax this week.

A New York jury found the former president guilty of falsifying business records to cover other crimes, and Newsmax host Greg Kelly asked Trump whether he could "get a sense" of them from body language or other cues, reported The Daily Beast.

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'Stooges and sycophants': Adam Schiff skewers Republicans still following felon Trump

After a bruising hearing where Attorney General Merrick Garland faced a barrage of GOP-led accusations that the Justice Department had been supposedly weaponized against former President Donald Trump, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) shredded Republicans whom he said were doing Trump's dirty work.

"I watched this spectacle on [sic] the GOP side, that in the beginning there were a few people who stood up to [Trump] in some way, shape, or form," Schiff, a candidate for Senate, said during an appearance on MSNBC's "The Last Word" with Lawrence O'Donnell. "They are all going or gone and all we are left with is the stooges and sycophants. That is what you saw on the committee today: there is no level below which they will not sink to defend Donald Trump, which underscores again why we cannot allow that convicted felon in the Oval Office because there will be no restraint on him by any of his own party in that kind of a racketeering administration or in Congress."

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'With all my heart': MTG pens fawning love letter to convicted felon Donald Trump

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene avows she does not worship former President and convicted felon Donald Trump, but a new social media homage suggests she's got a lot of love to give him.

Greene posted to X Tuesday evening a 300-word X post fawning over Trump and the qualities she said she truly loves.

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'Spectacular': Report reveals Comer mistakenly imported 'Chinese pot' instead of hemp

A hemp deal that Rep. James Comer (R-KY) could hail as a win for Kentucky ended in a swiftly buried Chinese pot bust, according to a new report.

The Daily Beast Tuesday revealed a sweeping expose about the House Oversight Committee chair — known for lobbing accusations against President Joe Biden's son Hunter over ties to a Chinese energy company — and his snafus importing Chinese hemp while running for the governorship of his state.

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GOP hardliners pressure Johnson on vote that would seal 'their allegiance to' Trump

Five days after a Manhattan jury convicted former President Donald Trump on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business documents, House Republicans are determined to defend their 2024 GOP nominee.

CNN reported Tuesday that during a private meeting with House Republican members, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) told his colleagues that he'll "do everything he can to go after the Department of Justice," adding that "the verdict has ignited support for the former president," according to two sources close to the matter.

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'Greatest threat you never heard of': Report reveals lurking menace to U.S. democracy

An obscure group of religious zealots known as the New Apostolic Reformation represent the greatest threat to Democracy that America has never heard of, according to a new report.

The Southern Poverty Law Center released Tuesday its annual "Year In Hate And Extremism" and beyond recording the "highest number" of anti-LGBTQ+ and white nationalist groups ever recorded —595 hate groups and 835 antigovernment extremist groups in America — it spotlighted the NAR as a "growing movement within charismatic churches" quietly erupting stateside.

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'Insane': Rambling Trump interview stuns experts who say he was playing with legal fire

Former President and convicted felon Donald Trump did the near impossible Tuesday and shocked a nation already well accustomed to his unique rhetorical style.

"I’ve seen this before in folks who OD on Adderall," wrote national security attorney Bradley Moss.

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Trump unleashes epic whining tirade as stunned Newsmax host watches interview derail

Former President and convicted felon Donald Trump went off the rails rapidly in a rambling interview delivered on the far-right cable network Newsmax on Tuesday night, threatening to throw former Secretary of State and 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in jail.

The footage was first flagged by Public Notice's Aaron Rupar, and Meidas Touch's Acyn Torabi.

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Proud Boy's shocking words before storming U.S. Capitol revealed: 'Horrible'

Another Proud Boys member pleaded guilty to engaging in the deadly Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot this week in a case that revealed his disturbing words before mounting the attack.

Freedom Vy, 39, of Southwest Philadelphia pleaded guilty on Tuesday to illegally entering a restricted area — a misdemeanor, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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'Complete and total rage': GOP lawmaker investigated over brutal staff abuse claims

Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for allegations of staff abuse.

According to Politico, multiple aides have filed complaints accusing Spartz of erratic behavior that includes drastically slashing staffers' pay, and communicating in fits of "complete and total rage" — and two of her senior aides, chief of staff Patrick Slowinski and communications director Michael Stevens, resigned on Tuesday, after only being in those roles since May and January, respectively.

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'Trumpworld’s push for power' relies on Supreme Court's 'kneecapping' capacity: analyst

Former President and convicted felon Donald Trump's ability to reclaim the power he lost in 2020 relies almost entirely on the Supreme Court's potential willingness to "kneecap the effort" to hold him accountable, a new analysis contends.

Philip Bump wrote for the Washington Post Tuesday a lengthy exploration of the many ways Trump's teams are relying on the Supreme Court to save them from criminal prosecution.

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'Going all in to win!' Dems deliver epic burn after RNC makes Ho Chi Min City mistake

The Republican Party committed a bizarre mistake this week in advertising their upcoming national convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where one of their websites swapped out the skyline of Milwaukee for that of Ho Chi Minh City, the Vietnamese metropolis previously known as Saigon.

Democratic National Committee rapid response director Alex Floyd was quick to pound them with mockery over it in a statement.

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