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The Daily Beast reports: “Ron DeSantis loves sticking his fingers where they don’t belong,” the ad, which aired during Fox & Friends on Friday morning, says as a man in a suit sits down to eat pudding with three of his fingers. “And we’re not just talking about pudding. DeSantis has his dirty fingers all over senior entitlements. Like cutting …

The New York Times reports: Donald J. Trump is set to be questioned under oath on Thursday in a civil fraud lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, the latest in a series of legal predicaments entangling the former president, who also faces a separate 34-count criminal indictment unsealed last week. Ms. James’s civil case, which was filed …

Mediaite has the transcript: Top of the line. Top line. They’re all top of the line. Are our guys not top of the line? Never was. These are top of the line people at the top of their game. President Xi is a brilliant man. If you went all over Hollywood to look for somebody to play the role of …

“They were incredible. When I went to the courthouse which is also a prison in a sense, they signed me in and I’ll tell you people were crying. People that work there. Professionally work there that have no problems putting in murderers and they see everybody. It’s a tough, tough place and they were crying. They were actually crying. They …

Roll Call reports: Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer announced plans to offer a resolution next week that condemns a call from former President Donald Trump to defund the Justice Department and the FBI. The former president, who was indicted on 34 state charges of falsifying business records and is under investigation by the Justice Department and state prosecutors in …

The Hill reports: Senate Republicans, including members of leadership and even Trump allies, say former President Trump should stay out of the 2024 Senate primaries, hoping to avoid a repeat of last year’s disappointing midterm elections. They view Trump as becoming more of a political liability in next year’s Senate races as his legal problems mount. Senate Republican Whip John …

“I don’t think most elections, in my experience, are won on the past. They are won or lost on the future. That’s gonna be his problem when the primary comes, because the smart primary candidate will be talking about the future and ignoring Donald Trump except for when he pops up. I think Donald Trump is the only Republican [Biden] …

The New York Daily News reports: NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” opened its latest episode with an Easter-themed sketch that had former President Donald Trump crashing The Last Supper and comparing his recent indictment to the persecution of Jesus. “Alas, one of you will betray me,” said Jesus, played by Mikey Day. “It is foretold. And though I have committed no …

Mediaite reports: A purported “artist’s rendering of Trump’s penis” was included in a parody ad for a coin commemorating ex-President Donald Trump’s indictment that aired on the CBS television network. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert opened with a gag commercial pegged to the idea of Trump raising money off of the arrest, and included a joke based on Stormy …

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump told police he weighs 240 pounds and stands at 6 feet, 2 inches when he was arraigned at a lower Manhattan courthouse this week, Mediaite has learned. Perps are required to provide certain personal information to police during arraignments, including their height, weight, and occupation. That information is recorded alongside the names of their …

Politico reports: Donald Trump is moving to undercut what’s expected to be a major point of strength for rival Republican Ron DeSantis — reaching out to the Florida governor’s donors directly in an effort to steal some of his top backers. In a memo to DeSantis’ donors obtained by POLITICO, Trump’s campaign on Tuesday evening sought to paint the former …

The Hill reports: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and his top deputies stayed silent Tuesday as former President Trump plead not guilty to 34 felony counts, signaling how far they have diverged from their former ally. Many Republican senators blame Trump for the loss of the Senate majority and the disappointing performance of Senate Republicans last year. McConnell, who …

Mediaite reports: Judge Juan Merchan said he would not issue a gag order at this time, but warned Trump not to incite violence. Fox News’s Bryan Llenas interviewed Fox legal producer Jake Gibson, who was in the courtroom during the arraignment, about some of the details regarding the proceedings. “The prosecution brought up all of the social media posts that …

The Daily Mail reports: Donald Trump has demanded that the Stormy Daniels hush money case be moved from Manhattan to the more Republican-friendly Staten Island. The former president tore into the judge’s supposed anti-Trump sentiment on Truth Social and said the new location would be ‘very fair and secure’, as protesters and the world’s media swarmed the Manhattan court where …

ABC News reports: Former President Donald Trump has been processed as a criminal defendant, including having his fingerprints taken. Trump then entered a Manhattan courtroom for an unprecedented arraignment. Trump didn’t speak to the press as he headed into the courtroom at 2:28 p.m., nearly one hour after he entered the courthouse at 1:23 p.m. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg …

Mediate reports: The maximum sentences for the 34 felony counts former President Donald Trump reportedly faces add up to a staggering 136 years in prison — although he’s not likely to face anything near that number. Yahoo! News Chief investigative correspondent Michael Isikoff attributed his reporting to “a source who has been briefed on the procedures for the arraignment of …

Florida Politics reports: A new poll shows Ron DeSantis with a slight edge over Donald Trump in a hypothetical 2024 Presidential Primary in Florida. DeSantis is at 44% support, 5 points ahead of Trump’s 39%, and 41 points ahead of former United Nations envoy Nikki Haley, who musters just 3% support. An additional 12% of the 507 respondents were undecided. …

Posted last night to Trump’s Truth Social account: Wow! District Attorney Bragg just illegally LEAKED the various points, and complete information, on the pathetic Indictment against me. I know the reporter and so, unfortunately, does he. This means that he MUST BE IMMEDIATELY INDICTED. Now, if he wants to really clean up his reputation, he will do the honorable thing …

Forbes reports: The former president’s fortune dropped from an estimated $3.2 billion last fall to $2.5 billion today. The biggest reason? His social media business, once hyped to the moon, has come crashing down, erasing $550 million from his net worth—so far. In December 2021, a group of big-money investors promised to inject $1 billion in cash into the venture—but …

“I think the entire world will be watching just how strong and just how fervent he is that we must continue this Make America Great Again movement because you can’t have Trump policies without President Trump. Nobody wants to go see the tribute band when the Rolling Stones are still playing. They’re here for President Trump and the Republican Party …