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'Pot. Kettle.' Marjorie Taylor Greene called out as hypocrite for latest Biden attack

Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene received some pushback on Thursday when she criticized President Joe Biden's decision not to participate in a primary debate.

Greene, who recently attacked her fellow Republicans over a funding deal that she said was a "huge win for Democrats," implied that Biden's refusal to debate meant that he wasn't cognitively qualified to do so.

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Philly GOP organizers fear Trump nomination will be a regional 'bloodbath' for Republicans

Pennsylvania is going to be one of the most closely watched swing states in the 2024 election. President Joe Biden's reelection campaign views Pennsylvania as a must-win state, and polls have indicated that former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley would be the most difficult for Biden to defeat in the Keystone State if she is the nominee.

GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, however, is way of ahead of Haley in polls — a fact that worries some of the Philadelphia-area Republican leaders who gathered for a debate watch party on Wednesday night, December 6, including Philadelphia Republican Party Chair Vince Fenerty.

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Trump financial docs likened to a pack of cigarettes by his own witness: legal analyst

Trump Organization financial records are much like a pack of cigarettes, Donald Trump’s expert witness reportedly testified Thursday.

Eli Bartov compared the company's statements of financial condition — at the heart of Letitia James’ $250 million fraud lawsuit against the former president — to the nation’s leading cause of preventable disease, disability and death, according to legal analyst Lisa Rubin.

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'I think I need to lose some weight': Trump shares revelation with courtroom sketch artist

Donald Trump had some comments upon seeing the work of a courtroom sketch artist in the New York fraud trial on Thursday.

Speaking to MSNBC outside the courtroom, reporter Yasmin Vossoughian said that Trump walked by the artists on the way out of the court and commented that the drawing was "good." But when he came back, he had some criticism.

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Jack Smith will ram Trump’s witness attacks ‘down his throat’ at trial: legal expert

Donald Trump’s personal social media attacks will come back to bite him when he faces off against special counsel Jack Smith in his federal election interference trial next year, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance predicts.

“Smith is going to ram Trump’s attacks on people involved in the cases against him, and especially witnesses, right back down his throat at trial,” Vance writes.

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Court rulings deal Trump a pair of losses — and 'both are likely to be upheld': experts

A pair of court rulings dealt Donald Trump devastating losses in two separate cases and could impact future presidents, as well.

The rulings answered important questions about executive branch accountability that the U.S. Supreme Court has never addressed because no other president has acted so brazenly, and legal experts explained their impact to Vice News.

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'I'm not allowed to name names': Don Jr. melts down over 'communist' gag order

Donald Trump Jr. lashed out at the New York Supreme Court after Justice Arthur Engoron slapped his family with a gag order in a $250 million fraud trial.

During a Thursday interview with right-wing podcast host Charlie Kirk, Trump accused the United States of being a communist country because of the gag order, which was put in place after his father attacked court staff on social media.

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'You ought to be ashamed': Trump witness snaps at fraud trial lawyer

The drama increased on Thursday as former President Donald Trump appeared in court for the New York fraud trial in which his defense team is battling to keep expected fines as low as possible.

MSNBC's legal analyst Lisa Rubin and Law360's Stewart Bishop revealed that an unexpected spat broke out between lawyers before the lunch break.

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N.Y. appeals court upholds Judge Engoron’s ruling that Trump committed 'widespread fraud'

Former President Donald Trump was dealt a major blow by the New York Court of Appeals on Thursday in the midst of his ongoing civil fraud trial in the Empire State.

On Thursday afternoon, MSNBC legal reporter Lisa Rubin tweeted that appellate judges denied Trump's request to stay (or halt) Judge Arthur Engoron's ruling in favor of New York Attorney General Letitia James, who won a summary judgment in September in her initial claim that Trump committed "pervasive, widespread fraud in financial statements." She linked to a copy of the appellate judges' ruling in the initial post.

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DOJ now has 'compelling' evidence that a defeated Trump pleaded for 'violence': expert

A redacted portion of a Jack Smith filing submitted to Judge Tanya Chutkan hints that the Department of Justice has "compelling" evidence that links Donald Trump to the 2020 election violence.

Citing the notice the special counsel had to file under the Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b) that previews evidence the DOJ will bring to trial, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance noted the redacted portion that follows the disclosure of an "agent" of Trump, also described as an unnamed campaign official who was in contact with a campaign lawyer in Detroit encouraging "rioting and other obstruction at the TCF Center where the vote count was taking place."

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Trump lawyers to appeal 'presidential immunity' strike-down in election case

Former President Donald Trump's legal team is appealing after Judge Tanya Chutkan struck down his claim that he had "absolute immunity" from all crimes due to being president.

Chutkan struck down the defense in the federal election interference case last week — and legal analysts immediately predicted it would ultimately end in an appeal to the D.C. court.

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'No question' Trump Tower penthouse price was inflated: defense witness

An expert witness for Donald Trump in his $250 million fraud trial Thursday testified there was “no question” about the swollen valuation of former president’s Manhattan triplex, according to reports.

Accounting expert Eli Bartov told the court Trump had added about $100 million to the value of his Trump Tower triplex in statements of financial condition between 2011 and 2012, ABC News reports.

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How a 2020 debate comment could come back to haunt Trump at trial: analysis

Special counsel Jack Smith made a pivotal 9-page filing to U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Tanya Chutkan this week where he delineated accusations of Donald Trump's wrongdoing that, as yet, the former president has not been indicted for.

Of note, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance explained, was Smith's inclusion of a glib comment made by Donald Trump during a 2020 debate performance that could come into play when his D.C. trial related to his attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election convenes.

As Vance noted on her Substack platform, "The [Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b)rule] tells prosecutors they can’t offer evidence that a defendant committed bad acts or crimes beyond what’s charged in the indictment to try and show that the defendant has a propensity to commit crimes, that he’s a bad guy. But the rule permits prosecutors to use the evidence for other purposes."

With that in mind, the legal expert noted that a key component of Smith's case against the former president centers on his attorneys asserting he was acting in good faith when he contested the election results.

According to Vance, Smith cited an instance in 2020 where a debate moderator reminded the former president about "the American tradition of a peaceful transfer of power" and asked him if he would adhere to it, to which he responded, "What I’m saying is that I will tell you at the time. I’ll keep you in suspense. OK?”

That, she pointed out, could be used to show a jury that Trump's mindset with regard to the legitimacy of the election could be described as "If I win, it’s a fair election, but if I lose it’s fraud” long before the Jan. 6 insurrection.

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