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Mary Trump, who is the niece of former President Trump, said it’s “absurd” to think that her uncle would willingly go to jail if the judge orders him to for breaking the rules of his gag order. “I think that it’s absurd for anybody to think that he would willingly go into jail for even…

Former President Trump made a negative comment about MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell, whom he saw at a New York City courthouse during his first criminal trial and said he looks very bad. “I saw Lawrence O’Donnell, of MSDNC, at the Courthouse today. I haven’t seen him in years,” Trump wrote late Tuesday on his…

Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb believes it's highly unlikely that the federal election case involving former President Trump will go to trial before the November election. He expressed that this would benefit Trump as the case would not be tried before the election.

Former President Trump late Wednesday swiped at his one-time attorney general, Bill Barr, after Barr said he would support the GOP presidential ticket despite his criticisms. “Wow! Former A.G. Bill Barr, who let a lot of great people down by not investigating Voter Fraud in our Country, has just Endorsed me for President despite his past criticisms.”

Alina Habba, an attorney for former President Trump, signaled she does not have high hopes for the former president’s success in the New York hush money trial. “But I don’t have hopes really that high at this moment that the New York courts will do the right thing, that the jury will do the right…

Mary Trump, former President Trump’s niece, joked that she’s concerned narcolepsy runs in the family after rumors of her uncle falling asleep in court this week came to light. The former president seemed to doze off during his first day of the New York hush money criminal trial. The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman reported…

Former President Trump made a new plea for presidential immunity Saturday in a Truth Social post, ahead of arguments at the Supreme Court next week on his immunity claim in his federal election interference case. “IF IMMUNITY IS NOT GRANTED TO A PRESIDENT, EVERY PRESIDENT THAT LEAVES OFFICE WILL BE IMMEDIATELY INDICTED BY THE OPPOSING…

Former White House ethics lawyer Jim Schultz stated that he believes the New York judge in former President Trump's hush money case will still find his social media posts quoting others as violating the gag order.

CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig said on Thursday that he believes additional jurors will be required for former President Trump’s hush money trial, as some may become anxious and wish to be excused. “Jurors become unwell, jurors become anxious. Some of them could be frightened by a social…

Stephen A. Smith criticized the hush money trial against former President Trump in Thursday comments, saying he wants to see him “lose the right way.” As primarily Democratic voter, the sports commentator said he is “utterly disgusted” with Trump’s criminal trial, which kicked off Monday with jury selection. Smith said he sees it as Democrats…