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Ex-MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan faces off against conservative Piers Morgan over Fox News bias

Conservative pundit Piers Morgan, who recently told Bill Maher that he doesn't "respect" Donald Trump's recent reversal on abortion, faced off Saturday against his ex-MSNBC counterpart, Mehdi Hasan.

Hasan, who left MSNBC for The Guardian after his show on the network was cancelled, started off by suggesting the "News" be left off of Fox.

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'Worse for Trump': Lawyer flags 'most damaging thing' about ex-president's trial

There's something worse for Donald Trump than being convicted in the criminal case he faces for falsification of business records, and that's him falling asleep in court, according to a columnist on MSNBC.

Dean Obeidallah, a former lawyer who does a show on SiriusXM radio, appeared on MSNBC on Saturday to discuss Trump's legal troubles.

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'Trump lost': Ex-Bush speechwriter shows how GOP 'has rebelled against him' in latest vote

" Trump deflates," writes former Bush speechwriter David Frum.

Frum, who previously assessed former president Trump was prone to stoking violence, writes for the Atlantic about how the U.S. House voted to approve something Trump has steadfastly stood against.

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Trump reportedly cancels North Carolina rally as 'thunderstorms' move through area

Donald Trump has reportedly cancelled a planned political rally in North Carolina due to thunderstorms in the area.

Trump Saturday evening posted that he is "heading to Wilmington NOW" on the way to his rally, planned just days before the true beginning of his first criminal trial.

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'This is a threat': Legal experts shred Trump's latest plea for full presidential immunity

Donald Trump on Saturday posted seven pages of social media rants about how he is "entitled" to full presidential immunity from all criminal charges, causing legal experts and political onlookers to rage over the messages.

"IF THEY TAKE AWAY MY PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY, THEY TAKE AWAY CROOKED JOE BIDEN’S PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY," Trump wrote in the first post on the subject Saturday.

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'Make or break': Expert says Trump 'will be punished by a jury' for misbehaving in court

Donald Trump may have already sealed his fate in his first criminal case by misbehaving in court, a defense attorney said on Saturday.

Trump has been reported as sleeping in court, as well as muttering in the direction of a juror and even complaining about the "freezing" cold while in court. In the court of public opinion, that's no big deal, but juries pay extra close attention, according to MSNBC legal analyst Danny Cevallos.

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Those close to Trump say he's 'reaching new levels of fury' over reports on his court naps

Donald Trump's private "rage" undermines his claim that he's a willing martyr, according to a new exclusive report from the Rolling Stone.

Trump, who previously waved around a Rolling Stone article from years ago that he said supported him in his criminal hush money case, publicly claims that he is "happy" to take indictment after indictment, somehow claiming that doing so is to the benefit of his supporters.

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'No joke': Trump reportedly got 'stern warning' from hush money judge about going to jail

Donald Trump was "firmly scolded" by the judge in his criminal hush money case, and he was also warned that he might go to prison if he doesn't show up at the next hearing date, according to an investigative journalist.

Carol D. Leonnig, an investigative journalist and MSNBC contributor, appeared on the network on Saturday to discuss Trump's legal problems.

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Trump posts seven-page 'presidential immunity' rant ahead of his first criminal trial date

Donald Trump on Saturday unleashed some of his classic arguments for "full presidential immunity" from all criminal charges, as his first criminal case is bearing down on him.

Trump, who is preparing himself for the launch of his first criminal trial, has denied that he falsified financial records to hide a payoff to a woman he had an affair with. He has also sought to argue presidential immunity in the case, despite the payoff predating his presidency, but that request was rejected by the court.

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'Disgusting': GOP lawmakers outraged as Democrats wave Ukrainian flags on House floor

Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) are among the Republican lawmakers who are "outraged" on Saturday after Democrats appeared to taunt Greene with Ukrainian flags on the House floor.

The House voted over the weekend to approve a bipartisan foreign aid bill, enraging Greene, who has steadfastly opposed sending help to Ukraine. Raw Story reported that, after the vote, she unloaded on reporters in a swear-filled rant.

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Watch: Marjorie Taylor Greene swears and loses it after House passes Ukraine bill

Moments after the Republican majority House passed a funding bill helping embattled Ukraine, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) first yelled at Democrats on the floor for waving small Ukraine flags and then marched out to the Capitol steps where she launched a furious tirade.

Surrounded by a sea of reporters, the far-right Georgia lawmaker focused most of her ire at House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and complained what had just occurred was "b------t" that was solely his fault.

As part of her non-stop listing of grievances, she also took an odd turn and attacked the FBI for going to Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort to reclaim stolen government documents which she also tied to the House speaker.

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As part of her stream-of-consciousness rant, she told reporters Johnson "betrayed" Republicans for a third time.

"He delivered a two-part omnibus, funded the Department of Justice, 91 federal indictments against president Trump, funded the FBI that raided Mar-a-Lago, gave him a brand new FBI building, funded Joe Biden's open border policies that are killing Americans every single day," she began.

"Then he reauthorized FISA that spied on American citizens, spied on president Trump's campaign. And he voted against the war requirement, the same war requirement that he was for six months ago. And then he did this b------t on the House floor."

After stating she is not ready to proceed with ousting the GOP House speaker, she added, " I do not support Mike Johnson, he's already a lame duck."

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Judge Merchan was 'apoplectic' during warning to Trump about jury comments: insider

During an appearance on MSNBC's "The Alex Witt Show," Guardian reporter Hugo Lowell emphasized how angry Judge Juan Merchan was when Donald Trump made comments that could be overheard by prospective jurors and in the audio feed to the overflow room where reporters were gathered.

Speaking with the host, Lowell said he was in that overflow room due to the volume of reporters covering the Manhattan hush money trial, and that Merchan lost his patience with Trump to an extreme degree.

Asked about the confrontation, Lowell replied, "The incident with the jury intimidation was when a juror was walking out. Trump made a remark that was audible enough to be heard in the overflow room and picked up on the microphones and was also picked up by the judge."

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"And Judge Merchan really went apoplectic, he was basically making the case that he is not going to tolerate any juror intimidation in his courtroom," he added. "This has been a subject that has been an issue for all of Trump's criminal cases for a very long time. Trump likes to make comments about prospective trial witnesses, prospective jurors."

"In fact he has been going on about that on his social media account and that's partly why he is going to be before a contempt hearing on Tuesday to answer for his social media post attacking people like Michael Cohen and leaking and posting articles from the New York Post attacking other trial witnesses," he reported.

"So this is clearly going to be an issue and it's going to be an issue throughout the trial — If Trump can stay seated, if he can stay a proper defendant and adhere by the rules, and keep his thoughts to himself. Otherwise, he will find himself in a great deal of trouble."

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'He can think he's clever': Trump's testing of Judge Merchan's limits will end badly

Donald Trump's defiance of Judge Juan Merchan's gag order will be severely tested next week at a contempt hearing that has become part of the former president's 34-count hush money trial.

According to several legal scholars, the former president appears to be seeing how far he can push the boundaries of the gag order by reposting attacks on the jurors and witnesses made by others which will be central to the hearing which, in turn, could lead to financial sanctions including possible jail time to give him time to reflect on heeding the court's directives.

In an interview with Salon's Tatyana Tandanpolie, Pace University law professor Bennett Gershman stated Trump is, "playing games with the court, the prosecutors and the legal system ... with impunity."

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Noting Trump's persistence, Gershman continued "The prosecutors called Trump’s attacks 'ridiculous.' But it is Trump and his army of followers, including his media toadies, who love him for the way he is 'ridiculing' the legal system," before adding, "Trump is literally, not just legally, showing contempt for the court, the trial, and the law."

Loyola Law School professor Laurie Levenson suggested that Merchan likely anticipated the former president would try and wiggle around the gag order, explaining, "He can think he's clever in using someone else's statements, but he's essentially adopting those and promoting them."

"The problem for Trump is that he's built himself a reputation as a rule breaker," Levenson elaborated. "He hasn't acted in deference to the court. He's basically always been in the attack route, and you can do that until there's a court order, and then it's going to backfire on you."

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