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The Hill reports: More than two-thirds of voters believe a guilty verdict for former President Trump in his criminal hush money trial would not impact their vote, according to a survey published Thursday. The Marist poll found that 67 percent of respondents say a guilty verdict in the case would not affect their vote, while 17 percent of people said …

NBC News reports: False reports about the jury instructions in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial have been spreading across right-wing media, leading to threats against the judge overseeing the case. Several conservative news personalities, including some affiliated with Fox News, falsely claimed that Judge Juan Merchan, as one Fox News anchor put it in a viral post on …

Bill Pruitt writes for Slate: I was one of four producers involved in the first two seasons. During that time, I signed an expansive nondisclosure agreement that promised a fine of $5 million and even jail time if I were to ever divulge what actually happened. It expired this year. “I think Kwame [Jackson] would be a great addition to …

NBC News reports: Court reconvenes at 9:30 this morning, and some of the first orders of business will be related to jury requests from yesterday. Jurors yesterday afternoon requested to rehear parts of witness testimony, including three portions of David Pecker’s testimony and a section of Michael Cohen’s testimony. Amid deliberations, the jury requested to rehear portions of witness testimony, …

“I never knew Shannon Bream was so ‘naïve.’ In her interview with my Representative, Alina Habba, Shannon just suggested that Crooked Joe Biden was not involved in my Show Trial. “HOW STUPID! Not only is he involved, he is virtually leading it, and all of the other Trials as well – Meaning, his people, because he’s not mentally sharp enough …

In a scene lifted right out of the 2011 state funeral for North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il, father of current dictator Kim Jong-Un, a group of female Trump supporters this afternoon sobbed, prayed and sang as they piously waved Trump flags, MAGA flags, American flags, and “Never Surrender” placards bearing Glorious Leader’s mugshot. But it’s not a cult. Near the …

“Congratulations to United States Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for showing the INTELLIGENCE, COURAGE, and ‘GUTS’ to refuse stepping aside from making a decision on anything January 6th related. All U.S. Judges, Justices, and Leaders should have such GRIT – Our Country would be far more advanced than its current status as A BADLY FAILING NATION, headed by the Worst …

Mediaite reports: Just minutes after lowering expectations for acquittal, former President Donald Trump took to Truth Social and offered a unique defense in his hush money trial: ignorance of what the charges are. “I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE CHARGES ARE IN THIS RIGGED CASE — I AM ENTITLED TO SPECIFICITY JUST LIKE ANYONE ELSE. THERE IS NO CRIME!” It’s …

“I would say in listening to the judges from the judges, as, you know, very conflicted and corrupt because of the conflict and very, very clearly, Mother Theresa could not beat these charges. These charges are rigged. The whole thing is rigged. The whole country is a mess between the borders and fake elections. And you have a trial like …

The New York Times reports: Now is the time for their deliberations to begin. The jurors will retreat behind closed doors on Wednesday and start to debate whether the first president to be criminally prosecuted has committed felony crimes. The first juror selected is serving as the foreperson and will likely lead the jury’s discussions during deliberations. His or her …

Law & Crime reports: Former Donald Trump White House strategist Steve Bannon — who is currently issuing a call for a purge within the Justice Department and FBI should the former president win the 2024 election — has been scheduled to appear in federal court next week where he may learn whether he will be sent to prison now that …

“I never knew how small, both mentally and physically, Wacko Former Actor Robert De Niro was. Today, De Niro, who suffers from an incurable case of TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, commonly known in the medical community as TDS, was met, outside the Courthouse, with a force far greater than the Radical Left – MAGA. Robert, whose movies, artistry, and brand have …

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump boasted about having sex with adult film star Stormy Daniels at the 2006 golf tournament where the two met, a celebrity athlete who played the tournament has said. The celebrity athlete, who spoke to The Daily Beast on condition of anonymity, citing fear of harassment or retaliation, said he was close to Trump and …

The New York Times reports: Jurors in Donald J. Trump’s criminal trial will begin deliberations on Wednesday after hearing hours of closing arguments that portrayed the case in stark and irreconcilable terms. It could take hours, days or even weeks for the 12 New Yorkers to reach a verdict in the first criminal trial of an American president. And before …

Media Matters has the transcript: CLAY CLARK (GUEST): I didn’t tell Kim Clement to give this prophecy, but God has called America’s Mayor for such a time as this. And I encourage everybody to put your prayers behind, and really put your prayers out there for Mayor Giuliani today. And as you’re watching this clip, just know that God has …

“The best that Biden can do is roll out a washed-up actor — and don’t worry, my remarks will be shorter than The Irishman, I won’t make you suffer for three hours — but the best they can do is roll out a washed-up actor. “Last week, President Trump spoke in the Bronx. Right? Over 25,000 people show up to …

The Washington Post reports: When Donald Trump met some of the country’s top donors at a luxurious New York hotel earlier this month, he told the group that a businessman had recently offered $1 million to his presidential effort and wanted to have lunch. “I’m not having lunch,” Trump said he responded, according to donors who attended. “You’ve got to …

Politico reports: Washington, D.C.’s left-leaning politics has no bearing on its residents’ ability to be fair jurors in trials of those who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. Two former President Donald Trump appointees from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals joined an appointee of former President Barack Obama in a unanimous three-judge …

Axios reports: Former Trump White House attorney Ty Cobb said Tuesday that he believes former President Trump is likely to be found guilty in his criminal hush money trial this week. “I expect a ‘GUILTY’ verdict, but only because the jury instructions as urged by the [district attorney] and adopted by the judge, over strenuous and well-founded defense objections, virtually …

“It will really be done with local police. Do you know, the respect has been taken away, the honor has been taken away from our police forces. They’re not allowed to do anything, and whether it’s libertarian or not libertarian, people have to have, you have to have law and order. “You can’t have 500 people walking into a department …