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Liz Cheney exposes secret GOP memo that said Trump 'corrupted the political process'

Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney (WY) dropped several bombshells on Monday night.

Speaking to MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, Cheney walked through some of the bombshells in her book, "Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning," which will drop at midnight Tuesday.

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'Clueless' Trump attorneys screw up asking for expedited appeal: legal expert

Former President Donald Trump's lawyers made a pretty big mistake in court again.

Last week, Trump lost multiple cases in which he was trying to claim presidential immunity from prosecution or civil suit. That was compounded on Monday as a series of blunders by his attorneys led to a denial of his ability to appeal the gag order in his civil fraud case in New York — which was only just reinstated after a brief suspension — ahead of the next hearing.

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A judge has finally made it clear that a president can be put in prison: legal expert

Former prosecutor and #SistersInLaw co-host Joyce Vance said that for the first time in all of the cases involving Donald Trump, a judge has made the case that the former president could be sent to prison if convicted.

Among the things in Judge Tanya Chutkan's ruling at the end of the week was the explanation that Trump, like any other person in the United States, can be investigated, indicted, prosecuted, convicted, and face punishment for any of his criminal acts, said MSNBC host Ari Melber.

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Trump would have difficulty convincing SCOTUS he should be able to commit a crime: experts

Donald Trump has made it clear he intends to appeal decisions against him in all of his court cases all the way to the Supreme Court — but legal analysts are saying that it might not work out well for him.

Former prosecutors Mary McCord and Andrew Weissmann looked at the recent ruling from Judge Tanya Chutkan in the Washington, D.C. election interference trial — and explained her ruling is a textual one.

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Gag order obsession is because Trump needs somebody to blame when he loses trial: expert

After a New York appellate judge denied former President Donald Trump's attempt to loosen his gag order Monday, legal analyst Lisa Rubin claimed getting it lifted is so important because he needs somebody to blame.

Regarding the gag order's stipulations, MSNBC's Ali Velshi asked Rubin about Trump and his team's insistence on targeting presiding Judge Arthur Engoron's law clerk, Allison Greenfield, and why her involvement remains relevant.

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Trump has grown so paranoid of leaks he's 'afraid of even his friends': report

Donald Trump is growing increasingly paranoid — even when it comes to talking to people he once confided in, according to a report.

Speaking to MSNBC on Monday, "The Atlantic's" Jeffrey Goldberg and Puck News reporter Tara Palmeri discussed the danger of a second term for Trump in the White House.

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Trump loses bid to re-appeal gag order before his next testimony

Donald Trump will not be free from a judge's gag order when he returns to New York City to testify in his $250 million civil fraud trial next Monday.

In a filing on Monday, attorneys for Trump asked the court for permission to appeal a gag order that had been appealed unsuccessfully once before. Trump was hit with a gag order after he attacked Justice Arthur Engoron's clerk on social media.

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Trump's own expert witness admits real estate values not 'proper' or 'reasonable'

An expert witness called by Donald Trump's defense lawyers testified on Monday that real estate valuations presented by the Trump Organization were not "proper" or "reasonable."

Under cross-examination, real estate expert Frederick Chin was asked about property values claimed by the Trump Organization.

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Trump shares warning that his own re-election will plunge America into dictatorship

Former President Donald Trump promoted a post on Truth Social linking to an article warning that his re-election would create an American dictatorship.

The post was originally made by Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL), a supporter of the former president, and included a link to the Washington Post opinion article, "A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. We should stop pretending."

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Trump's 'genius factor' resulted in inflated value of his properties: fraud trial witness

Donald Trump's "genius factor" could have added billions of dollars to the actual value of his property portfolio, an expert witness told the former president's fraud trial Monday.

Frederick Chin, who was called by the defense as an expert in real estate valuation, said Trump was using the "as if" investment value to put a price on his holdings, and not the "as is" market value, ABC News reported.

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GOP lawmakers are dreading 'challenges' of working with Trump again: report

When Donald Trump recently revived his quest to overturn the Affordable Care Act of 2010, he not only gave Democratic strategists and organizers an issue to use against him in 2024 — he also forced Republicans to have a conversation that many of them were hoping to avoid.

Efforts to overturn the ACA proved to be a major liability for Republicans in 2018 and 2020, and a KFF poll released earlier this year found that 59 percent of Americans had a favorable view of the law.

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Trump will 'continue to hit Ron DeSantis until he is no longer breathing': CNN analyst

A CNN panel discussing Gov. Ron DeSantis' flailing campaign for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination noted that Donald Trump remains relentless in his attacks on the Florida governor.

Speaking with "Inside Politics" host Dana Bash, CNN political analyst Kristen Holmes suggested that the former president seems to want to damage DeSantis' political future irretrievably.

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Trump tries yet again to lift New York gag order — urgent appeal hearing set to start

The New York Supreme Court's Appellate Division is expected to hear arguments on Monday afternoon after Donald Trump asked to appeal a gag order in his $250 million civil fraud trial.

Earlier on Monday, attorneys for Trump requested permission to file for appeal after a lower appeals court reinstated the gag order last week.

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