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CNN reports: Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg admitted on Monday to testifying falsely to the New York attorney general about his knowledge of the size of Donald Trump’s apartment triplex and how the value of that apartment was inflated on Trump’s financial statements for years based on the incorrect square footage. Weisselberg was charged with five counts of perjury, …

The Guardian reports: Dozens of fake, artificial intelligence-generated photos showing Donald Trump with Black people are being spread by his supporters, according to a new investigation. BBC Panorama reported that the images appear to be created by supporters themselves. There is no evidence tying the photos to Trump’s campaign. One photo was created by the Florida-based conservative radio show host …

Axios reports: President Biden, during a rare Oval Office interview, told the New Yorker‘s Evan Osnos that he doesn’t think former President Trump will concede if he loses in November. “Losers who are losers are never graceful,” Biden says in the 14,000-word profile, “The Last Campaign,” which the magazine posted Monday morning. “I just think that he’ll do anything to …

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump’s undefeated run in Republican primary races came to an end Sunday with Nikki Haley’s victory in Washington, D.C., but the former president claimed to be unfazed by the defeat, which—according to him—was simply part of the plan. “I purposely stayed away from the D.C. Vote because it is the ‘Swamp,’ with very few delegates, …

The Washington Post reports: The Supreme Court is set to announce at least one opinion Monday morning, leading to speculation the justices could rule on Donald Trump’s eligibility for the Colorado ballot the day before Super Tuesday — when presidential primary elections are held in that state and more than a dozen others. The high court took the unusual step …

Raw Story reports: Donald Trump had several verbal slip-ups at his rally in North Carolina on Saturday, prompting the internet to go wild There were several instances in which the former reality TV star flubbed his lines, glitched, or otherwise slurred through his standard stump speech. Conservative columnist Tom Nichols said the people in Trump’s audience “mostly know he’s beyond …

The Meidas Touch reports: Trump rally in Greensboro, NC opened up with the typical Trump-worshiping prayer. Then it was on to the National Anthem, except the singer forgot the words. Then it came time for the “great MAGA patriots” to do the Pledge of Allegiance in Richmond, Virginia. They screwed that up too. If you are going to wrap yourself …

“Look, the whole thing with our borders, the whole thing with them bringing these people in so that they could vote in November because they need 10 million more illegal votes to beat Trump. “They need more than that. Frankly, this is all by design, and it’s not about keeping us safe. New Yorkers are not safe. America is not …

NBC News reports: Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Friday that she doesn’t know whether Donald Trump would follow the Constitution if elected president again. “I don’t know. I mean, you always want to think someone will, but I don’t know,” Haley said. Citing Trump’s remarks over the course of his campaign about using …

NBC News reports: Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said that all of former President Donald Trump’s legal cases should be “dealt with” before the presidential election. “I think all of the cases should be dealt with before November,” she said Thursday in an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker in Falls Church, Virginia, where voters will …

Mediaite has the transcript: SEAN HANNITY: I don’t believe he [Biden] would be capable of sitting down to do an interview like this. DONALD TRUMP: (crosstalk) SEAN HANNITY: I debated Gavin Newsom, I said the problem is, the guy that you are bragging about could not have this exchange. DONALD TRUMP: He could not do this interview. He couldn’t do …

“The abortion issue, now, I’m for the exceptions like Ronald Reagan was for the exceptions. I think it’s a very important thing the exceptions. I also think that they are the radicals, because they will kill the baby in eight months, nine months. Under Roe v. Wade, they had the right to kill the baby after birth. I mean, literally, …

Axios reports: Special counsel Jack Smith in a filing on Thursday requested a July 8 trial start date in the federal criminal case over former President Trump’s handling of classified documents. Smith’s filing comes before the judge overseeing the case is set to hold a hearing Friday on issues including the trial schedule, which is currently slated to begin in …

The Washington Post reports: The co-founders of former president Donald Trump’s media company filed a lawsuit Wednesday, claiming that Trump and other leaders had schemed to deprive them of a stake in the company that could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The case could complicate a long-delayed bid by Trump Media & Technology Group, owner of the social …

The Washington Post reports: The Supreme Court will review Donald Trump’s unprecedented claim that he is shielded from prosecution for actions taken while in office, further delaying the former president’s federal trial in the nation’s capital on charges of conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss to remain in power. The justices set argument for the week of April 22 …

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump must come up with the full bond amount to cover the $454 million verdict in the civil fraud trial, an appeals court judge ruled Wednesday. Associate Justice Anil Singh, however, lifted a ban on Trump’s ability to obtain loans from a New York bank, which could allow him to access the equity in his …

NBC News reports: Judge Arthur Engoron, who handed down a $355 million ruling against former President Donald Trump in his civil fraud trial, was sent an envelope containing white powder on Wednesday, causing an emergency response at his New York City courthouse, a source with direct knowledge of the incident confirmed to NBC News. The judge and his staff were …

The New York Times reports: Donald J. Trump offered a New York appeals court on Wednesday a bond of only $100 million to pause the more than $450 million judgment he faces in his civil fraud case, saying that he might need to sell some of his properties unless he gets relief. It was a stunning acknowledgment that Mr. Trump, …

ABC News reports: Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are seeking to pause the enforcement of the penalties in his civil fraud trial, telling the court that he intends to post a bond of only $100 million — well short of the $464 million judgment ordered by Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron. Engoron’s judgment ordered Trump to pay a …

Axios reports: Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley slammed former President Trump in a Wall Street Journal interview published Tuesday, warning that if he clinches the nomination, the GOP could lose in November. “This may be his survival mode to pay his legal fees and get out of some sort of legal peril, but this is like suicide for our country,” …