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Conservative lawyer George Conway said former Trump aide Hope Hicks’ testimony at former President Trump’s hush money trial “absolutely” corroborates his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen’s story about Trump in the case. “She put in Donald Trump’s mouth, the fact that he understood that those payments were made on his behalf before the election by Michael Cohen,”…

A majority of Americans believe former President Trump is being treated differently than most criminal defendants in his hush money case, according to a new CNN poll. Trump’s hush money trial began last Monday, marking the first criminal trial of a former American president. He has been charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records…

CNN analyst Mark Preston believes that if former President Trump is imprisoned for breaking the gag order in his hush money trial, there would be widespread social upheaval and it would benefit him in the polls. Preston, along with CNN’s Jim Acosta and others, discussed the potential for Judge Juan Merchan to temporarily place the former president in a holding cell after he deliberately disobeyed the expanded gag order, which prohibits Trump from publicly criticizing witnesses, prosecutors, court staff, jurors, and the judge’s family.

Former Governor Jesse Ventura from Minnesota (I) said he could beat both President Biden and former President Trump in a theoretical contest on Thursday. “If I had ballot access in all 50 states and I were allowed to debate, I could beat these two main party candidates,” Ventura said on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront.” Burnett and Ventura…

Former Trump Defense Secretary Mark Esper said former military leaders should not get involved in the debate over presidential immunity as it relates to former President Trump Tuesday. “I would prefer to see retired admirals and generals not get involved in these issues,” Esper said on “CNN This Morning” with anchor Kasie Hunt.  Esper’s comments…

Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y), the highest-ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, stated on Tuesday that he requires “assurances” before consenting to the sale of F-15 fighter jets to Israel during its conflict with Hamas. “I’m waiting for assurances,” Meeks expressed during a “CNN News Central” interview. “When I return to Washington, D.C., I want to ensure that I understand the types of weapons and their intended use.”

Former White House ethics head Norm Eisen criticized a failed effort by former President Trump to delay his New York hush money case. “It was a dead loser from the get-go,” Eisen said Monday on CNN’s “The Situation Room” with host Wolf Blitzer, in a clip highlighted by Mediaite. That same day, an appeals court…

U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton is criticizing former President Trump’s attacks on the judges involved in his criminal cases, most recently his hush money trial, warning that undermining an independent judiciary risks sliding the country toward tyranny. Walton joined CNN’s Kaitlan Collins to discuss Trump’s aggressive remarks about the families of his perceived foes in…

David Axelrod said his old boss, former President Obama, does not want the 2024 presidential race to be a “tag-team match.” “It isn’t that customary for former presidents to be out there, actively campaigning, and Obama has done that because these are extraordinary times,” Axelrod said Thursday in an appearance on CNN’s “Laura Coates” live.…

President Biden and former President Trump are tied in Pennsylvania in a hypothetical rematch of the 2020 election, according to a new CNN poll. The survey found 46 percent of registered voters in the Keystone State say they would support Trump if the presidential election were held today and an equal percentage say they would…