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Eric Trump breaks judge's rules by attacking witness Michael Cohen from courtroom

Eric Trump was seen using his cell phone in a Manhattan courtroom after New York Justice Juan Merchan forbade using mobile devices.

NBC News reported that Eric Trump was sitting behind his father when he wrote a message on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

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Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman test judge's order by interviewing together about 2020

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and suspended attorney John Eastman appeared on a podcast this week and discussed the 2020 election.

During a panel with right-wing podcast host Steve Bannon on Monday, both men suggested the 2020 election had been stolen from former President Donald Trump.

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Johnson would contest 2024 election results under the same ‘circumstances’

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson says he has a "duty" and "responsibility" to contest the results of the presidential election if there is a question about the process complying with the U.S. Constitution and vowed to do so again this year as he did in 2020, if the same "circumstances were presented." The U.S. Supreme Court refused to take up the 2020 case with Johnson's claims, and his argument was dismissed by a constitutional expert as being on "the far-right fringes of American legal thought."

Johnson joined an increasing number of top GOP lawmakers this past week who were asked if they will accept the results of the 2024 election, especially if the presumptive Republican nominee, Donald Trump, loses. Up until the 2020 election amid Donald Trump's interference, the United States had enjoyed the regular, peaceful transfer of power for more than 200 years.

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Trump worried 'a lot of women' would come forward after campaign announcement: Cohen

Donald Trump's former personal "fixer" testified Monday that the former president told him that "a lot of women" would come forward after he announced his candidacy for president in 2016.

Cohen made the remarks during his first day of testimony in Trump's trial for allegedly falsifying business records after paying hush money to an adult film actress.

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'Yes ma'am': Michael Cohen admits he lied for Trump

Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, began his testimony Monday by admitting that he lied for his boss.

Trump is on trial for 34 felonies that involve the falsification of business records to conceal a payment to actress and director Stormy Daniels, who alleged they'd had a sexual encounter back in 2006.

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'Looks like he's in a mood': CNN's Jake Tapper describes Trump awaiting Cohen in court

Donald Trump started Monday in court with his former lawyer and current nemesis Michael Cohen taking the stand in the hush money trial — and his emotion was evident.

CNN's Jake Tapper observed that Trump appeared to be "in a mood" already as first photos from the courthouse came out.

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Hush money judge's ruling nixes testimony from Trump's convicted accountant

Former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg will not participate in Donald Trump's hush money trial after a judge's ruling on Monday.

At the first hearing of the week, New York Justice Juan Merchan said he wanted to address Weisselberg's separation agreement from the Trump Organization. Prosecutors had asked to enter the agreement into evidence because it included a non-disclosure agreement forbidding Weisselberg from discussing the terms of his separation.

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Michael Cohen 'will exceed expectations': attorney who grilled him

Hours before former Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen takes the stand as a prosecution witness in the former president's multi-felony hush money triall, an attorney who has already had Cohen under oath claimed he may surprise his detractors once he is sworn in on Monday.

In a column for CNN, attorney Norm Eisen, who was part of the legal team that made the case for one of Donald Trump's impeachments, wrote that he "grilled" Cohen and found him to be a compelling witness.

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Trump prosecutors may bring 'new documentary evidence' never before seen: CNN's Gangel

CNN's Jamie Gangel said on Monday that prosecutors in former President Donald Trump's hush-money trial are bringing in fresh material to show jurors during Trump "fixer" Michael Cohen's testimony on Monday.

During a panel discussion on Cohen's upcoming testimony, Gangel spilled details about what she's heard about the prosecution's planned presentation on Monday.

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'Stark raving mad': Questions remain about Trump wanting convicted felon at RNC

Paul Manafort is backing off his plan to help manage the Republican National Convention, but a columnist said it's crazy that Donald Trump wanted the convicted felon to take part in the first place.

The decision came just one day after the Washington Post revealed that Manafort had been engaging in foreign business dealings in China, Japan, South Korea and Latin America, and MSNBC columnist Steve Benen wondered why the ex-president was so determined to have his scandal-plagued former campaign chairman return to his orbit.

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'Give me a frigging break': Morning Joe snaps at fake 'masculine' pro-Trump GOP lawmakers

Early Monday morning, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough went on an epic rant attacking Republican Party lawmakers who talk a big game about the non-existent "war on masculinity" and then roll over on to their backs whenever Donald Trump looks sideways at them.

Making pointed comments aimed at Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Tim Scott (R-SC), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), the "Morning Joe" host went off after noting a report on the number of GOP lawmakers who have waffled over whether they will accept the 2024 presidential results if Trump doesn't win.

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GOP insider flags Trump's 'under-the-radar' strategy to 'rig' the election process

As part of an analysis on the way Donald Trump strong-armed the Republican Party after his 2020 presidential election loss to set up a third run 2024, one GOP insider suggested any other GOP lawmaker who felt they could compete with him never had a chance.

According to the Guardian's Richard Luscombe, the sheer number of extended Trump family members who will be representing Florida at the Republican party convention this summer is indicative of how the former president has taken over state parties and shut everyone else out.

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Trump criminal trial braces for Michael Cohen testimony

Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York was expected to hear his former lawyer turned tormentor Michael Cohen testify Monday about his role in what prosecutors say was a cover up of payments to hide an affair.

Cohen's testimony follows a bruising week for Trump in which adult film star Stormy Daniels gave toe-curling detail about their alleged sexual encounter which is at the heart of the case -- and bitterly denied by the presidential hopeful.

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