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An argument made by Donald Trump’s attorneys in one of multiple court cases the former president faces serves as a “DEFCON-1 warning” to what his reelection would entail, a new analysis contends.

David Corn, Mother Jones’ D.C. bureau chief, raised the alarm Thursday over arguments presented at Trump’s presidential immunity hearing in his federal election interference case.

President Joe Biden used Donald Trump's recent interview with Lou Dobbs to tout his economic successes after the previous president's defeat in the 2020 election.

“We have an economy that’s so fragile, and the only reason it’s running now is it’s running off the fumes of what we did,” Trump told Dobbs. “It’s just running off the fumes.”

Iowa’s Republican governor has an unverified X account she uses to vent frustration with former President Donald Trump, according to a new New York Times report.

Gov. Kim Reynolds has been linked to the account @Kimberl26890376 which shares memes and posts in support of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Trump’s struggling opponent in the 2024 presidential race, the Times reports.

Appearing on CNN, former prosecutor Karen Friedman Agnifilo suggested Donald Trump's attempt to present the closing argument in his $370 million financial fraud trial playing out in a Manhattan courtroom on Thursday was unprecedented and a sign that he thinks he can do a better job than his three attorneys handling the case.

Speaking with CNN host John Berman, Friedman Agnifilo pointed out that Judge Artur Engoron was right to put limitations on Trump if he was allowed to speak — which Trump and attorney Christopher Kise refused to agree to -- but Trump's demand spoke volumes about Trump's opinion of Kise and fellow Trump attorneys Alina Habba and Clifford Robert.

Stating that should Trump be allowed to speak on the grounds that "there was a lot less risk that a jury pool could be tainted by inappropriate information that could come out in a summation," the former prosecutor claimed she felt Trump is unhappy with his legal representation.

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Former President Donald Trump expressed concern for himself in a courthouse speech moments before attorneys were set to give closing remarks in his $250 million fraud trial.

At a Manhattan courthouse on Thursday, Trump spoke to reporters before entering the courtroom.

After reports that Judge Arthur Engoron received a bomb threat the night before he was expected to hear closing arguments in Donald Trump's now-$370 million financial fraud suit playing out in a Manhattan courtroom, CNN legal analyst Elie Hoenig put the blame on Donald Trump and his extremist rhetoric.

Speaking with in-studio host Kate Bolduan, the former prosecutor ticked off the multiple threats that have been made against judges and prosecutors pursuing the former president for his criminal actions.

Getting right to the point Hoenig bluntly stated, "This happens every time."

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Reacting to new polling showing Donald Trump losing older voters to President Joe Biden by a stunning margin, the panel on MSNBNC's "Morning Joe" suggested the former president is scaring away a key voting block he needs in his third bid for the Oval Office.

Noting that in the new poll, Biden leads 60 percent to 39 percent among voters over 65, the panel agreed that Trump's attacks on Biden's age may be a major factor along with the chaos that always accompanies Trump is scaring off older voters.

The Biden era has seen a great deal of reporting on tensions between right-wing Fox News and former President Donald Trump. In March 2023, for example, Trump angrily railed against Fox News on his Truth Social platform, slamming them as a "group of MAGA hating Globalist RINOS" who were "aiding & abetting the destruction of America."

Trump was especially critical of Fox News' Rupert Murdoch, who reportedly, was enthusiastic about Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as a presidential candidate. But that enthusiasm faded when DeSantis' presidential campaign floundered.

Attorneys representing the Oregon voters who are suing to keep former President Donald Trump off the ballot insisted in court documents filed this week that they don’t need to prove they’d be harmed by Trump running for election.

The Oregon Supreme Court last week asked the voters, who are represented by two Portland attorneys and the national advocacy group Free Speech for People, to file an additional brief explaining whether they had a right to sue in the case and whether Oregon law allows Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade to determine whether a presidential candidate is qualified to serve. With final documents filed late Tuesday, the court can issue its decision on the case at any time.

Reacting to answers Donald Trump gave during a "softball" town hall on Fox News on Wednesday night, the entire "Morning Joe' staff was stunned by what co-host Joe Scarborough called an "incredible political mistake" made by the former president.

After showing a clip of Trump bragging about his part in overturning Roe v. Wade — a political minefield for GOP lawmakers — the hosts said the former president didn't do his third campaign for president any favors.

"He bragged about 'terminating' Roe v. Wade. He said, 'If it weren't for me, that 10-year-old girl in Ohio that an illegal immigrant raped, if it weren't for me, she wouldn't have had to flee the state. If it weren't for me, women wouldn't be, like, dying outside of emergency rooms because doctors are afraid to conduct women's health care,'" Scarborough explained. "He admitted — again, it was such an easy forum, it's not like he was backed into the corner — he admitted he was the one who terminated Roe v. Wade. What did the Biden people do last night? They're just hanging out. They were probably laughing at all the Republican chaos in the debate."

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"He's grown so old and hobbled intellectually, I guess," he added. "He thinks he is running against Barack Obama, he's worried about World War II starting."

"Even in the most gentle of circumstances, he made an incredible political mistake, and he knows it this morning— he knows it," he elaborated. "Incredible political mistake last night. 'I was the one who terminated Roe v. Wade. I was the one, just me, nobody else could have stripped away 50 years of women's rights the way I, Donald Trump, did."'

Shaking his head he added, "The old man did it again."

Donald Trump's legal team will deliver closing arguments Thursday in a New York civil fraud case after the judge barred the former president from using the trial finale as an election campaign grandstand.

Prosecutors are demanding $370 million from the former US president and current White House hopeful over fraud allegations -- and to bar him from conducting business in the state where he made his name as a celebrity real estate tycoon.