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Stew Peters, a far-right supporter of former President Donald Trump and conspiracy theorist with hundreds of thousands of followers, said on social media Monday that America should abandon democracy.

"I am in favor of the installation of a monarchy," Peters posted. "A dictatorial kingship that will reintroduce normalcy, Christian values and the RULE OF LAW. A system that will indict, try and FRY convicted war criminals and pedophiles. A power that will secure the borders of our country, and consider AMERICA FIRST in every decision that it faces. This is the way."

The slate of elected officials who appeared with former President Donald Trump Monday for his criminal hush money trial only highlighted the absence of the person he needs most to be there, a onetime aide argues.

Sarah Matthews, a former Trump White House deputy press secretary, made this argument during an appearance Monday evening on CNN's "The Situation Room," after a day in Manhattan criminal court that saw the former president flanked by Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH ) and Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL).

Donald Trump Jr. mocked Stormy Daniels on his latest episode of "Triggered" — and in particular swatted aside testimony that she felt "blacked out" when the adult film star said she and his father were sexually involved.

Trump Jr. shared with viewers Monday a two-minute riff on Daniels, whose testimony in his father's criminal hush money trial last week earned praise for consistency and legal prowess from analysts and reporters in the courtroom, by pointing to recent commentary from one liberal political commentator.

Donald Trump's biographer believes the former president's predilection for "bending people to his will" was made plain Monday when Michael Cohen testified in his criminal hush money trial.

Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts that he falsified business records to conceal hush money paid ahead of the 2016 presidential election, denying both criminal activity and affairs with adult film star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal.

Kari Lake, also known as the "MAGA lightning rod," has officially become the "worst political candidate in Arizona history," according to a new analysis from an MSNBC political analyst.

The ReidOut's Ja'han Jones called out Lake Monday one day after a problematic Fox News interview and as she runs for the seat Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced earlier this year she will not seek to reclaim.

Former President Donald Trump went on a Truth Social spree, hours after his onetime fixer Michael Cohen took the stand in his criminal hush money trial, with rapid-pace quotes attacking the legitimacy of the trial.

Trump published 11 quotes on his social media site after delivering a shouting rant outside the Manhattan courtroom where he stands accused of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

Michael Cohen has described his 15 years with Donald Trump as akin to being in a cult and, after conversations with him, longtime friend Donny Deutsch agrees — describing his relationship as being akin to Stockholm Syndrome.

Cohen took to the stand on the 15th day of Trump's hush money trial Monday, in which the ex-president faces 34 felony counts for the falsification of business records involving alleged payments to keep adult actress Stormy Daniels quiet about an affair.

He may have legally represented Donald Trump, but the former president's ex-lawyer William Brennan angrily hit back at CNN host Jake Tapper's suggestion Monday that he believes he's innocent.

Brennan briefly locked horns with "The Lead" host Tapper when he was introduced as a member of a panel mulling his one-time client Trump's hush money on the day the prosecution's star witness Michael Cohen testified.

Former President Donald Trump delivered one of his angriest post-trial day rants in Manhattan on Monday after his former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen — one of the most important witnesses for District Attorney Alvin Bragg — took the stand to testify about his own role in the alleged criminal scheme.

The former president has made several such speeches at the end of trial arguments, often followed immediately by crushing fact-checks that strip away his false claims — but on Monday he lost his cool more than usual.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) tried to back up former President Donald Trump's claims that non-citizens were voting in presidential elections during a Wednesday news conference — but his claim was accidentally revealing in a way that is bad for the former president, wrote Aaron Blake for The Washington Post.

This comes as Johnson has also suggested that if he were in a position to block election certification in 2024, under the same "circumstances" as 2020, he would do so.

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) on Monday joined a gaggle of Donald Trump defenders — including Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, (R-NY) and the ex-president’s son Eric Trump — at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse to attend the ongoing “hush money” trial.

At a press conference, Tuberville ranted against "supposedly American citizens" in the courtroom and claimed District Attorney Alvin Bragg is putting the former president through “mental anguish.”

Tuberville also said of former Trump fixer Michael Cohen: “This guy is giving an acting scene.”

Vance, in a series of tweets on X, assailed Cohen's credibility as a witness.

Former President Donald Trump appeared to have a visible reaction to testimony from his former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen, Fox News reported on Monday.

Cohen, who arranged a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels and later served time in prison, is presented as one of the most important witnesses in the Manhattan criminal prosecution of Trump brought by District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who alleges the scheme to cover up an alleged affair between Trump and Daniels was felony bookkeeping fraud to conceal an attempt to defraud voters in 2016.

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is raking in $1 million a day while he stands trial in New York, an insider in his camp told the New York Times.

The campaign official, who the Times has not named because they were leaking information that is not yet public, said the cash to come flowing in fueled, the newspaper reported, by furious appeals sent out by Trump complaining about a politically motivated witchhunt and painting the ex-president as a victim.