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Ex-prosecutor highlights 'breathtaking' trial testimony that 'undercuts' Trump's defense

Two weeks of trial have commenced in Donald Trump's criminal case over an alleged hush money cover-up scheme aimed at fixing an election, yet one piece of evidence that has been presented stands out as "breathtaking," according to a former prosecutor Saturday.

Ex-federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner went on The Legal Breakdown, where he talked about Trump's trial and a secret recording played in court. The recording, made undercover by Trump's former attorney and "fixer" Michael Cohen, had Trump and Cohen discussing a so-called catch-and-kill scheme to keep an affair quiet.

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Karen McDougal throws 'brutal shade' with rare Trump reference as trial heats up

Former Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal on Saturday issued an eyebrow-raising reference to Donald Trump, with whom she has claimed to have had an affair, as the former president's criminal hush money cover-up case heats up.

McDougal, who has had her story discussed at length in Trump's criminal trial to give prosecutors context for charging document fraud in connection with a similar scheme involving adult film star Stormy Daniels, is not directly related to the charges.

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Trump is blaming Jack Smith for 'evidence tampering' the ex-president caused: NYT reporter

Donald Trump recently accused Special Counsel Jack Smith of "evidence tampering" in connection with the criminal documents case in Florida, but the alleged issue stems from something the former president did, a New York Times reporter said Saturday.

Trump Friday railed against the classified documents criminal case he faces in the sunshine state, accusing Smith of evidence tampering and demanding the entire case be dropped.

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Newly revealed detail makes Trump aide's testimony 'even more incriminating' than reported

There is a key detail in the official transcript of the testimony of Donald Trump's longtime aide, Hope Hicks, that is even "more incriminating" to the former president's criminal case than has previously been reported, a law professor said on Saturday.

Hicks testified in the New York criminal case, where her former boss stands accused of committing felonies in connection with covering up hush money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels in order to impact the election in 2016. Legal analysts have suggested the Hicks testimony was "damaging" for the former president.

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'Damaging for Trump': What Hope Hicks didn't testify about tells us more than what she did

Former Donald Trump aide Hope Hicks spoke under oath at length about how the former president sought to silence women who claimed to have had affairs with him in order to affect the 2016 election, but it's what she didn't say that stood out to one legal expert.

MSNBC legal analyst Danny Cevallos, who has previously provided analysis of Trump's various criminal cases, appeared on the network on Saturday to discuss Trump's case in which he is charged with felonies for allegedly disguising hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels as legal fees to his former lawyer. Trump could potentially face jail time if he is convicted at trial.

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'Insane': Fox News analyst ridiculed for saying Hope Hicks 'imploded' case against Trump

Alvin Bragg's latest witness provided damning information linking Donald Trump to a potential felony in the former president's hush money cover-up case, but a Fox News legal and political analyst doesn't see it that way.

Fox News’ Gregg Jarrett, who previously said it's a "myth that collusion in a political campaign is a crime," wrote a piece for the conservative outlet in which he insists that "Bragg's own witness, Hope Hicks, implodes case against Trump."

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Another Trump lawyer was just barred from practicing law in D.C.: report

Donald Trump's list of his former attorneys who have received sanctions or been barred from the practice of law in one or more jurisdictions just got a little bit longer.

Jeffrey Clark, a former high-ranking Justice Department official under Trump's administration, was found to have violated ethics rules. Similarly, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani predicted he would be disbarred and that it would help him "in heaven."

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'Not a good look': Ex-prosecutor says jury will hold Trump's sleeping in court against him

Donald Trump has reportedly dozed off in court several times during his own criminal trial, and it's likely to affect whether he's found guilty of felonies, a federal prosecutor said on Saturday.

New York Times' Maggie Haberman was first to report that the former president was sleeping during a trial in which he faces the potential of jail time for a purported hush money cover-up scheme to impact the election in 2016. Haberman has since reported that people close to Trump confirm he has fallen asleep at trial, although Trump maintains that he is simply resting his "beautiful blue eyes."

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'Didn't watch the movie?' GOP accidentally casts Trump as villain in 'May the Fourth' post

The North Carolina Republican Party on Saturday came under fire for a Star Wars-themed post meant to celebrate the "May the Fourth" internet holiday and promote Donald Trump.

The official account of the North Carolina Republican Party on X, formerly known as Twitter, posted an image showing Trump holding a lightsaber. The text says, "May the Fourth Be With You," which is a play on the Star Wars line, "May the force be with you."

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Longtime Trump reporter flags one thing a trial witness said that 'didn't add up'

Donald Trump's first criminal trial has been filled with salacious testimony, but a well-known financial reporter who has been covering the former president for years said on Saturday that one thing in particular simply didn't add up.

New York Times reporter Susanne Craig, who is known for following the finances of Trump and his business empire, appeared on MSNBC over the weekend to talk about Trump and his current trial. In that case in Manhattan, the ex-president is accused with more than 30 felonies in connection with an alleged scheme to impact the 2016 election by covering up hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels.

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'God help us': 2024 Electoral College could be decided by this lone congressional district

The 2024 presidential election is expected to be another extremely close contest, with the winner of the Electoral College likely eking out a victory with just tens of thousands of votes across a handful of swing states. But control of the White House could come down to who wins Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District.

Bloomberg reported that both Democrats and Republicans are campaigning hard in Douglas County — which includes the Omaha area — in the 2024 cycle. The 2nd district is known as a "blue dot" in a typically deep-red state that has reliably voted for Republican presidential candidates in every election dating back to 1964. Nebraska is one of the two states in which individual congressional districts each cast their own electoral vote (the other being Maine), with the overall winner of the state getting two electoral votes. And with 538 Electoral College votes up for grabs, a scenario could emerge in which both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are in a virtual tie and the entire election comes down to who wins in Omaha.

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'No sympathy for her': Legal analyst trashes crying Hope Hicks for latching onto Trump

Former prosecutor and current MSNBC host Katie Phang had little sympathy for Hope Hicks during a discussion over the tearful testimony given by the former Donald Trump White House aide on Friday in a Manhattan courtroom.

During an appearance on "The Alex Witt Show," on Saturday, Phang stopped just short of cursing while bluntly stating "I have no sympathy for her" when talking about Hicks who was appearing as a prosecution witness in Trump''s hush money trial where he is facing 34 felony counts.

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'Horrified' Noem defenders baffled by her refusal to stop talking about shooting her dog

Allies of embattled South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) are as much "horrified' by her admission that she shot a puppy years ago as they are that she admitted to it in her new book and that she won't quit talking about it which is keeping the horrific story alive.

According to a report from the Washington Post, Noem's continuing attempts to justify the shooting of 14-month-old puppy "Cricket" in a gravel pit years ago has some of her longtime supporters stunned that she refuses to cut her losses and move on.

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