Jimmy Kimmel shot back at Donald Trump on Monday night after he heard that the former president attacked him at a rally over the weekend.
Kimmel explained that all of a sudden his wife's phone started to blow up with people asking if they'd seen what Trump said. According to the 2020 election loser, Kimmel and the other late-night comedians are "dead" because they don't have Trump to make fun of anymore. Trump hasn't disappeared from the world, however. He simply isn't in the Oval Office anymore.
"That's right, our show is dead," Kimmel said with a smirk. "Our show is so dead he's going to bury it on the golf course next to one of his ex-wives." It is a reference to the bizarre decision of Trump to bury his ex-wife at one of his resorts despite being married to someone else.
"You know what's dead? I'll tell you what's dead. All those endangered animals your chinless son shot. That's what's dead. You know what's dead? The look in your wife's eyes when you beg her for sex on your birthday," Kimmel said.
"And I will say," he continued. "In January our show will have been on for 20 years, you got kicked out after four, okay?"
The court rulings around Donald Trump's document scandal reveal that there was a crime committed, and that's the reason that the court agreed to breach attorney-client privilege. It's a point that Los Angele Times legal columnist Harry Litman said shouldn't be ignored.
"We are talking about the subpoena and the false declaration that is a crime in itself, very possibly," said Litman about the information in the classified documents scandal. "And the only reason you could find a crime-fraud exception here is because the actual communications between [Trump lawyer Evan] Corcoran and Trump are themselves evidence of a crime. Stop and think about that. What is the least it could be? This is one Corcoran is preparing to, well, actually tell Christina Bobb, 'sign this, it will be okay. We've done a diligent search and we have turned over everything.' That was a lie. That is a serious lie. And in sort of prosecutorial terms, a very clean one."
He went on to say that it isn't just words that are involved in this case, but the invoices as well.
"We have tantalizing personal audio recordings," Litman explained. "Clearly, it is almost — the least it could be is very strong evidence of Trump participating in a clear violation with that subpoena and the false declaration. It could be the centerpiece of this Mar-a-Lago case. And it seems possible that it is close to the final nail in the case he is building."
On MSNBC, former federal prosecutor Barbara McQuade agreed, saying that it's rare that the Justice Department would make such a move.
"It is sacrosanct. The Justice Department respects it," said McQuade. "I can't remember in 20 years at the U.S. attorney's office — one time when we did seek that high-level approval to pierce the attorney-client privilege. It was because the attorney was working with the client in a conspiracy. They were both in on it. But we went through all of the steps, the judge review the material, and then determined that yes, because of the evidence, there was a crime here. But never, to answer your question, have I seen a situation where the client was trying to use the lawyer as a — that may be what is happening here."
Gwyneth Paltrow may be comfortable being in front of the camera while she’s doing her day job, but apparently not so much when she’s the defendant in a civil case.
Patlrow through her attorney on Wednesday argued for the removal of a still photographer during the actress’ lawsuit over a 2016 ski accident in Park City, Utah, The Daily Beast reports.
Retired optometrist Terry Sanderson alleges the Academy Award winner of injuring him while she was skiing recklessly on the slopes and is suing her for $300,000. Paltrow is countersuing for a symbolic $1, plus legal expenses.
Paltrow’s attorney, Steve Owens, during Wednesday’s proceeding complained that a photographer was transmitting photos of his celebrity client.
“I’m mad,” Owens said. “I want it to stop.”
Judge Kent Holmberg ordered the camera seized and warned the reporter they would be removed if it happened again, CNN reports.
Former President Donald Trump is like a "sinister Ferris Bueller," getting away with antics and enraging his opponents on a nonstop basis, said CNN commentator Van Jones on "OutFront" Wednesday.
He appears to be finally suffering a major consequence as an indictment in New York appears imminent. However, Jones noted, in yet another test of the limits of what he can get away with, he even appears to be capitalizing on that financially.
"Trump, obviously, is raising money off of all this," said anchor Erin Burnett. "You know, there's reporting that he wants to be handcuffed. He thinks this is all great for him. At least he's pretending he thinks that it's all great for him if they don't indict, obviously that's a win for him... Is it a win-win?"
"You know, that means it's Wednesday," said Jones. "In other words, like, that's the Donald Trump phenomenon, like whatever happens, he's figured out some way to make it work for him. He's like — he's like a sinister Ferris Bueller. He just gets away with stuff, and it just drives people nuts."
This idea, Jones continued, is taken to the extreme with the fundraising attempt, which is tantamount to "false advertising."
"He says. I'm going to get arrested on Tuesday, send me money," said Jones. "Everybody sending the money. He's not arrested. I mean, he's just he's unbelievable. The stuff he gets away with."
