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'Never seen Joe Biden move merchandise': Fox News host gushes over Trump's sneaker move

Fox News host Tomi Lahren celebrated Donald Trump's newly unveiled gold sneakers and wondered why President Joe Biden wasn't hawking any merchandise of his own.

The former president debuted the $399 golden shoes at a sneaker conference in Philadelphia, and all 1,000 shoes released have sold out — which Lahren described as proof of his popularity.

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'Stealing from everyone': Expert says 'we are all victims' of Trump's fraud

In defending himself against allegations of committing systematic fraud over the span of decades, former President Donald Trump has made the case that he couldn't have committed fraud because the banks who lent him money were sophisticated investors and not victims.

However, legal analyst Liz Dye makes the case over at the Public Notice blog that Trump's fraud is anything but victimless given the way that it distorts the financial system for his personal benefit.

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Former ethics czar trashes lawyer's claim that Trump fraud ruling is 'illegitimate'

In a 16-page paper, former Ethics Czar, impeachment lawyer and longtime legal analyst Norm Eisen destroyed arguments that Judge Arthur Engoron's verdict and fine for Donald Trump and his company is "illegitimate."

On Friday, Trump was ordered to pay $354.9 million for a decades-long scheme that involved artificially inflating the size and value of properties and other assets, garnering him favorable treatment at banks.

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Trump to be hit by multiple deadlines in big week at court

Now that a firm court date has been set for Donald Trump's criminal case centered on hush-money payments made to adult movie star Stormy Daniels, the ex-president has all four of his criminal cases moving in earnest — and he has some key deadlines coming up this week.

The first comes on Tuesday, when the "motion for leave to file" is due in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case.

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'Worst president in history, Marge': MTG's President's Day wishes to Trump draw blowback

On the day after Fox News infuriated viewers by reporting that Donald Trump ranked dead last among presidents living or dead according to the Presidential Greatness Project, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) leapt into the fray by wishing the embattled ex-president a "Happy Presidents' Day."

"Happy Presidents’ Day to my favorite President and yours, President Donald J. Trump!" she wrote.

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'We are not liable': Fine print says Trump gold sneakers won't ship for months

It will be months before buyers might receive Donald Trump's exclusive line of sneakers.

According to the fine print on the Trump Sneakers website, it could take up to five months for customers to receive their purchases. Some products could take even longer.

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‘Putin’s puppet’: Critics blast Trump for comparing Navalny death to his own legal crisis

Donald Trump made no mention of Russian President Vladimir Putin in his first acknowledgment of Friday's death of Alexei Navalny, but the ex-U.S. president likened the political prisoner's fate to his own legal challenges, and to America itself.

Trump has been under fire for not even mentioning the death – some say assassination – of Navalny, until now. The ex-president has a long history of refusing to openly criticize Vladimir Putin. As president, Trump in a 2018 press conference infamously said he had no reason to believe Russia attacked the 2016 U.S. presidential election, which put him in the White House.

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'Apprentice' winner warns Trump will face more trials: 'Don't expect Donald to change'

A former employee of the Trump Organization — and a winner of "The Apprentice" TV show — says ex-president Donald Trump could be dragged into court again because he won't change his behavior in the wake of being fined $354 million in New York A.G. Letitia James' fraud case against him.

After the verdict was handed down by Judge Arthur Engoron, who also banned Donald Trump from running businesses in New York for three years, Trump called the trial a "witch hunt" and the outcome "illegal."

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Mike Lindell whines after Christian bookstore bans him: 'Every place in the country'

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell resorted to giving away his books for free after he said he was banned by Christian bookstores.

During a Monday appearance on Steve Bannon's War Room, Lindell encouraged the audience to buy products so they could receive his "free" memoir.

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Trump fraud verdict could deal 'devastating' blow to Truth Social: NYT reporter

One byproduct of the massive fraud verdict leveled against former President Donald Trump last week could be a death blow to his Truth Social platform, according to New York Times investigative reporter Susanne Craig.

Appearing on MSNBC on Monday, Craig was asked about Trump potentially paying for the massive fines leveled against him by Judge Arthur Engoron by using equity from Truth Social.

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Trump cites Justice Dept. rule book in effort to quash trials: 'Not allowed'

Former President Donald Trump lashed out at judges hearing his criminal and civil cases in the latest of a series of rants he unleashed Monday. In a post to his Truth Social platform, Trump said prosecutors and judges were radical lunatics.

"All political prosecutions of your favorite president, me, must stop immediately," he wrote.

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Fani Willis unloads at church after court: 'No weapon formed against you shall prosper'

Fulton County District Attorney spoke out over the weekend for the first time after testifying in Fulton County Superior Court.

On Saturday, Willis accepted a Black History Achievement Award at Atlanta Berean Church. The ceremony came just days after Willis testified about an affair she had with Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade.

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Trump-loving trucker quickly backtracks from threat to boycott NYC to protest fraud ruling

Donald Trump-loving trucker "Chicago Ray" has already backed down on his threat to boycott New York City to protest the penalty in the ex-president's fraud trial.

The truck driver posted a TikTok video threatening to refuse deliveries to the city to protest judge Arthur Engoron imposing a $354 million fine against the former president and banning him from doing business in the state for three years, but "Chicago Ray" has now taken down the post.

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