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Mediaite reports: Donald Trump once again attacked Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over the former president’s criminal trial in Manhattan. This time, he urged those watching to “take a look at where” the Colombia-born Merchan “comes from.” “The judge hates Donald Trump,” the former president insisted. “Just take a look. Take a look at him. Take a look at …

Axios reports: Former President Trump’s attorneys found classified documents in his bedroom four months after the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago, per court documents unsealed Tuesday. The judge wrote in an 87-page opinion that, “Notably, no excuse is provided as to how the former president could miss the classified-marked documents found in his own bedroom at Mar-a-Lago.” A witness scanned the contents …

“Why would you justify this insanity? Look at the clowns that they put on there — you don’t subject yourself to that nonsense. You are going into a kangaroo court. There’s nothing more. Nothing less. There’d be absolutely no reason, no justification to do that whatsoever.” – Donald Trump Jr., responding to MSNBC reporter Vaughn Hillyard asking why Trump has …

“Donald Trump today doubled down on his promise to leave ‘everything up to the states,’ suggesting he would allow states to have different policies on birth control and emergency contraception bans. “When a local Pittsburgh station asked Trump if he would support restrictions around contraception, he said, ‘Things really do have a lot to do with the states and some …

CBS News reports: The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York is hearing arguments from both sides about what instructions he should give jurors before they begin deliberating next week. Justice Juan Merchan will craft what’s known as the jury “charge,” laying out the legal issues that jurors must consider to reach a verdict. Prosecutors and …

A classic Trump exchange with a Pittsburgh news anchor: DONALD TRUMP: We had Covid. They used Covid to cheat. And that’s one of those things. And everybody knows it. And most of the people in Pennsylvania know too. It’s going to be much harder for them to cheat, but they will try. It’s a sad thing. It’s a sad commentary …

CNBC reports: Defense lawyers for Donald Trump rested their case at his criminal hush money trial Tuesday without calling the former president to testify. Trump’s decision not to take the witness stand was not a surprise, as testifying carries serious risks for any criminal defendant, particularly for one with a tendency to speak off the cuff and undercut his prior …

“The crowds outside, we can’t – it’s not a really big thing for us. We don’t really care that much but people want to get out there and you only have all police. The only people allowed out there are radical left lunatics and they put our people four or five blocks away. There are a lot of them too! …

The Hill reports: Former President Trump’s reelection campaign plans to sue the filmmakers behind the new biopic film, “The Apprentice,” which follows the former president’s early years in the real estate business, for including what it calls “blatantly false assertions.” “We will be filing a lawsuit to address the blatantly false assertions from these pretend filmmakers,” Trump campaign spokesperson Steven …

The New York Times reports: Former President Donald J. Trump posted a video on Monday afternoon that features images of hypothetical newspaper articles celebrating a 2024 victory for him and referring to “the creation of a unified Reich” under the headline “What’s next for America?” The 30-second video, which Mr. Trump posted on his social media site, Truth Social, features …

Axios reports: The judge overseeing former President Trump’s New York hush money trial admonished defense witness Robert Costello Monday for his reactions while on the stand. It was one of the most dramatic moments of the ongoing Trump criminal trial, which is now in its sixth week, and led the judge to temporarily clear the courtroom. “I want to discuss …

USA Today reports: The prosecution rested its case in former President Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial in Manhattan on Monday after former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen returned to the stand for more questioning. It was defense team’s last chance to undermine the credibility of Cohen, the prosecution’s star witness. Trump lawyer Todd Blanche got Cohen to admit that he …

The New York Times reports: An entourage of more than a dozen supporters who joined President Donald J. Trump in a Manhattan courthouse on Monday included a former president of an outlaw motorcycle gang in New York City who spent years in prison on drug charges. The man, Chuck Zito, helped found in the early 1980s the New York Nomads …

The Hill reports: “Outside looks like it’s supposed to be Fort Knox. There are more police than I’ve ever seen anywhere because they don’t want to have anybody come down. There’s not a civilian within three blocks of the courthouse,” Trump said Monday morning. Fort Knox is a military installation in Kentucky, known for its extensive security because it is …

Reuters reports: Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen testified on Monday that he stole money from Trump’s company, an admission that could chip away at his credibility as a star witness at the former U.S. president’s hush money trial. Questioned by Trump’s lawyer Todd Blanche, Cohen acknowledged stealing from the Trump Organization by including a reimbursement to a technology company …

Reuters reports: For weeks, Donald Trump has sat silently in a New York courtroom while former employees and associates have testified in his criminal hush money trial. On Monday, the former U.S. president might seize the chance to tell his side of the story. If he chooses to testify, Trump will have the opportunity to convince jurors that he was …

The Daily Beast reports: Airing from “his new home, the barricades outside of a Manhattan courthouse,” Trump confessed to his supporters that he hasn’t been loving the past few weeks. “They say very mean things about me while I’m trying to sleep,” he complained, before insisting that he would love to testify in court himself. “I’m not afraid to testify …

Politico reports: Former President Donald Trump on Saturday floated the idea of a third term if he wins in November. “You know, FDR 16 years — almost 16 years — he was four terms. I don’t know, are we going to be considered three-term? Or two-term?” Trump quipped at the National Rifle Association annual meeting, speaking before a crowd of …

The Wall Street Journal reports: Donald Trump will face one of the most consequential decisions of the year — if not his career — when he chooses whether to testify in his own criminal trial in New York. Politically, taking the stand might offer Trump the chance to project strength and defiance in the face of a prosecution he has …

NBC News reports: President Joe Biden’s campaign rejected two additional debates on Friday that former President Donald Trump’s campaign says it agreed to do. One was a proposal for a presidential debate hosted by NBC News and Telemundo. The other was for a vice presidential debate hosted by Fox News at Virginia State University, a historically Black college. “The debate …