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'Couldn't have come at a worse time': Analyst says Colorado ruling has Trump foes reeling

When the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald Trump is ineligible for the state's 2024 Republican presidential primary ballot, the other candidates were quick to rush to his defense.

The justices, in a 4-3 decision, ruled that he is disqualified from running for president in the state under Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment. Section 3 states that an "officer" who has engaged in "insurrection" cannot run for office, and the justices believe he did that when he tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election results despite the fact that now-President Joe Biden clearly won.

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RNC head Ronna McDaniel could face bribery charges related to 2020 election: legal expert

Reacting to reports that Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniels was on the phone call that Donald Trump made to election officials in Michigan to pressure them to not certify the 2020 election results, one law professor claimed she could be investigated for bribery for promising legal help if they complied.

Based on the recently unearthed phone call the former president made to officials Monica Palmer and William Hartmann, imploring them not to sign the election document, the RNC head is heard chiming in with, "If you can go home tonight, do not sign it. ... We will get you attorneys."

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Georgia election officials alert FBI after ominous emails sent by pro-Trump activist

Georgia election board officials have asked the FBI to investigate a Texas activist who sent a series of emails demanding an investigation into the state's 2020 election, The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported.

Activists Kevin Moncla and Joe Rossi previously filed a claim saying there were errors in Fulton County's recount of the 2020 election ballots. During a hearing Tuesday, the State Election Board delayed taking up the case, which angered the activists and supporters of Donald Trump.

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'Knocking out subpoenas right now': Expert says Jack Smith scrambling to get Michigan call

The new recording of Donald Trump apparently pressuring Michigan canvassers not to certify the state’s 2020 election result is bombshell evidence that Jack Smith will waste no time grabbing, CNN legal expert Elie Honig said Friday.

“If prosecutors have not already done this, I assure you they’re knocking out subpoenas right now,” he said.

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Trump team 'frustrated' Jack Smith has been handed another gift: CNN

A newly unearthed phone call that Donald Trump made to Michigan officials in an attempt to get them to refuse to certify the 2020 presidential election is causing no small amount of grief within the former president's inner circle because they have a new fire to put out.

Late Thursday the Detroit News reported it had obtained a recording of the call where Trump and RNC head Ronna McDaniel proposed undermining the election results with McDaniel suggesting they would supply lawyers if needed.

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'Staggering': CNN reporter says Trump further implicated himself in Michigan call

Donald Trump made a "staggering" admission of wrongdoing with a seemingly throwaway comment made on the bombshell recording of a call in which he apparently pressures Michigan canvassers to not certify the results of the 2020 election, a CNN analyst said Friday.

Reporter Marshall Cohen highlighted a section of the recording, unearthed Thursday in a Detroit News report, in which Trump and Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel are heard telling canvassers not to sign the certification of Michigan’s election result.

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There's more than one way to boot Trump off the ballot: Former Maine GOP lawmaker

Appearing on CNN on Friday morning, former Republican Maine State Senator Tom Saviello made the case that his state has every right to keep Donald Trump off the 2024 ballot because there is no doubt he was responsible for the riot at the Capitol.

Speaking with host Phil Mattingly, the Maine Republican said the case in his state is different than the Colorado situation where the state Supreme Court made the determination before the move was made.

"He's not been criminally charged nor convicted of insurrection, what do you say to those who argue that?" the CNN host pressed.

"Well, if you read the 14th Amendment it doesn't say anything about convicted. it just says it created an insurrection against the state," Savielleo shot back. "That's why I don't believe we need to have a conviction to go forward."

Building on that point he added, "I think ultimately, the ultimate decision will be made by the U.S. Supreme Court, but I think we have to have a placeholder out there."

"I believe in our state our statutes allow us to do this because we charged the secretary of state," he added. "That is probably one of the big differences in Maine. All the other cases have gone to court, ours is not in court. It's in front of our Maine secretary of state and that's a huge difference. She could make a decision and then move forward into the courts. At the end of the day, I really do believe that the U.S. Supreme Court will make the final decision."

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'So humiliating'; Morning Joe panel laughs at Giuliani's desperate cash-making 'grift'

During a report on Rudy Giulaini's decision to file bankruptcy on Thursday in response to a $148 million judgment in the Georgia election employees defamation lawsuit, the entire "Morning Joe" panel couldn't contain their laughter at one of the ways he is attempting to rake in much-needed cash.

At issue is a decision by the man formerly known as "America's mayor" to do Cameo videos for pay, one of which was shown by the hosts where he recited the "I'm a little teapot" children's nursery rhyme to make a few dollars.

As former White House director of communications Jennifer Palmieri explained, it's not surprising Giuliani, who appears to be broke, found a way to "grift" like many in Donald Trump's orbit.

"I think that if you don't have deep exposure to the sort of Trump and MAGA world, you might not appreciate how much the grift helps to prop up former president Trump and his whole operation," she stated before later adding," The teapot, I mean, [MSNBC host] Sam [Stein]said it in the 5:00 AM. hour, you can't make it up, I can't add to that."

With the entire panel laughing, regular contributor Katty Kay offered, "It is so humiliating, so humiliating. I mean, how the mighty have fallen. You know, I hope that none of us are ever in a position where we are so desperate for money, that we have to go on television to people in New Zealand and say, 'I'm a teapot, short and stout.'"

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'Nightmare': How 'two Trump curveballs' may be 'decisive chapter' for SCOTUS’ 'legitimacy'

In a Thursday, December 21 report from Politico Global Editor-in-Chief John F. Harris and senior legal affairs reporter Josh Gerstein, the pair highlight the fact that the two lingering Donald Trump cases going into 2024 place a spotlight on US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts' leadership.

During his almost two decades as chief justice, Harris and Gerstein note that "it's become steadily more common to believe that the institution Roberts leads is fundamentally not on the level." Meaning, it's not "committed to interpreting and applying the law in a principled and dispassionate way."

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'It's all trash': Trump fans furious at conservative outlet over surprising poll report

Donald Trump's allies and supporters are outraged that a conservative news outlet published a poll showing that Americans largely approve of him being removed from the primary ballot in Colorado.

The New York Post reported on the online YouGov survey, which seems to show 54% of respondents either “strongly” or “somewhat” approve of the court’s ruling, while 35% said they either “strongly” or “somewhat” disapproved.

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Megyn Kelly schools far-right blogger who said women should be 'traditionally feminine'

Former Fox News host Megyn Kelly on Thursday took a fellow conservative to task on "traditional femininity" issues.

Matt Walsh, who has been referred to as a "wingnut" who says the quiet part out loud, on Thursday responded to a viral video in which a self-proclaimed feminist said she was amazed and impressed when a man she went on a date with paid for everything.

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New Hampshire man sent graphically violent threats to 3 Republican candidates: DOJ

A New Hampshire man has been indicted by federal prosecutors for sending death threats to three Republican political candidates, reported The Daily Beast on Thursday.

"Tyler Anderson, 30, now faces three counts of transmitting in interstate commerce a threat to injure the person of another — federal charges that could send him to prison for up to five years if convicted," reported. "Anderson was arrested last week, initially on allegations that he’d sent messages that threatened the life of entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. Further investigation revealed that he’d fired off disturbing messages to two other candidates as well — Chris Christie, according to The New York Times, as well as another unnamed candidate."

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