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When former President Donald Trump comes to Milwaukee, Wisconsin for next week's Republican National Convention (RNC), he may come in contact with several criminal defendants tied to alleged crimes he has yet to stand trial for. Legal experts are now saying the ex-president could run afoul of the law if he has encounters with them at the RNC.

Even though the 45th president of the United States has already been convicted of 34 felonies in New York, he's still facing dozens more felony charges in both state and federal jurisdictions. And because some RNC delegates are fake electors currently facing criminal charges, Trump may be in violation of his bail agreement if he has any contact with them. Politico legal correspondent Kyle Cheney reported that Trump has "sworn not to communicate with" any number of the "dozens of witnesses and alleged co-conspirators in his criminal cases" who will likely be among the RNC's estimated 50,000 attendees.

A proposal by U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Tanya Chutkan that she might be willing to postpone her European vacation so that she can proceed with what is being called a 'mini-trial" of Donald Trump to satisfy a ruling from the Supreme Court is bad news for the ex-president who already has multiple felony convictions hovering over him like a dark cloud.

That is the opinion of State Attorney for Palm Beach County Dave Aronberg who appeared on MSNBC's "The Weekend" on Saturday morning.

With the Supreme Court punting their presidential immunity ruling back to the lower courts which must define what constitutes official presidential duties and what does not, Chutkan has an opening to give the evidence about his conduct before and during the Jan. 6 insurrection a public airing.

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Calling it a "silver lining," Aronberg told the hosts, "In Washington, D.C., I think Judge Chutkan is going to hold a mini-trial and is going to be able to just present evidence and to show the world Donald Trump's activities before, during and after January 6th."

"Trump does not want that to happen," he asserted. "That mini-trial will expose his conduct, even though there will not be a trial before the election. "

He later added, "I don't know the exact date, but she said she would be willing to cancel her European vacation to get this thing going, so I think it will happen before the election. She doesn't want to be played for a fool, she doesn't want to be used as a tool for delay. I think she wants something to be out there."

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On MSNBC on Saturday morning, a political analyst laughed at Donald Trump and called him a "slumlord" over recent comments he made when attacking President Joe Biden.

Speaking with the co-hosts of "The Weekend," MSNBC's Richard Stengel compared Biden meeting with NATO leaders while the former president hosted Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán at his Mar-a-Lago luxury resort in Florida.

The rivalry between Marco Rubio and Donald Trump was one of the most contentious and personal in recent political history. As the 2016 Republican primary campaign intensified, Rubio became one of Trump's most vocal and persistent critics, launching a barrage of attacks that went well beyond policy disagreements.

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A leading expert on far-right, oppressive governments around the world is warning that former President Donald Trump would usher in fascism in the United States if he wins a second term this fall.

In a detailed interview with Guardian reporter Alice Herman, scholar and author Ruth Ben-Ghiat — a professor of history and Italian studies at New York University whose work focuses on fascism — said November's election represents a "democratic emergency" with Trump as the GOP's presumptive nominee. She said his openly stated plans to be a "dictator" on "day one" combined with the Supreme Court's recent ruling guaranteeing presidents absolute criminal immunity for "official acts" is a recipe for authoritarianism.

On Saturday morning, MSNBC host Michael Steele called out Democrats who want President Joe Biden to step aside as the party's presidential nominee and noted the elephant in the room they seem to be ignoring with their demands.

Steele, the former RNC head who has remained a staunch supporter of Biden despite his presidential debate debacle, used his perch on MSNBC's "The Weekend" to put the Biden-dumping Democrats on the spot for their seeming aversion to declaring their full-throated support for Vice President Kamala Harris should Biden step down.

Speaking with his co-hosts, he explained, "You have all of these people out here flapping their lips about Joe Biden getting out of the race but I don't hear any of them talking about elevating the vice president to replace him. It makes you wonder, what is that all about?"

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"I was talking to a couple of Democrats who were saying that chatter was, 'Well, we can probably — we will negotiate that later.' Negotiate what?" he exclaimed. "How do you negotiate that later? There is no later in this thing."

"So what do you think is going on here, where folks just think they are just going to still be able to bypass, if they are successful in getting the president out, which it does not look like that will happen because he has drawn a line in the sand, and no one has met him there so far," he added. "Let's play it out and say they do, what do they think happens next?"

J.D. Vance, the author of the acclaimed memoir "Hillbilly Elegy," has had a complex and evolving relationship with former President Donald Trump.

Initially, Vance was a staunch critic of Trump, warning that his presidency would be disastrous for the Republican Party. However, in a surprising turn of events, Vance has since become a vocal supporter of the former president, even being considered as a potential running mate for Trump's 2024 campaign.

Donald Trump, famed for his unpredictable and inflammatory outbursts, is opting for self-censorship in a bid to expand his electorate to more moderate voters ahead of the US presidential election.

The 78-year-old billionaire appears to be dialing back his rhetoric on key issues such as immigration and abortion -- a tactic that analysts say is buoyed by his confidence in the loyalty of his conservative base ahead of November's vote.

Meta said Friday it was lifting restrictions on US presidential candidate Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts, ending measures put in place after his supporters violently stormed the US Capitol in 2021.

It said that "former President Trump, as the nominee of the Republican Party, will no longer be subject to the heightened suspension penalties."

The Republican National Convention (RNC) kicks off in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Monday, and the GOP is still unsure how to make its presumptive 2024 nominee palpable to mainstream American voters.

According to the Washington Post, the RNC's planners are sticking to a carefully "scripted" convention next week. This means featuring speakers aimed at broadening the Republican Party's voter base beyond the far-right MAGA movement. However, this is reportedly proving difficult given former President Donald Trump's considerable baggage and extreme rhetoric.