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'Grotesquely hypocritical': McConnell buried by columnist for finally fretting over Trump

Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin took Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to task for recently giving a speech where he took a swipe at Donald Trump "America first" policies he plans to implement after he is sworn in next year. As Rubin explained, "Without minimizing the many factors responsible for reelecting the most unfit presidential candidate in U.S. history, we …

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'He got away with all of it!' Morning Joe panel left shocked by end of Trump prosecutions

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Panelists on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" marveled at the end of another prosecution against Donald Trump after he won re-election to a second term. Special counsel Jack Smith had a motion to dismiss the Jan. 6 election interference case approved Monday, citing the Justice Department directive against prosecuting a sitting president. "The department's internal policy did not allow for them to …

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'More than meets the eye' in new ruling from Trump's hush money judge: MSNBC legal expert

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Moments after New York State Judge Juan Merchan postponed President-elect Donald Trump's sentencing hearing on felony fraud convictions, MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin argued it contained key information. "First of all, in calling off the sentencing, Judge Merchan — I'm reading from my phone because this is so new — that he's ordering that the application for a stay of …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Trump's first move could doom his presidency: WaPo analyst

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Donald Trump has a new dilemma to face as he prepares to start a second term, former conservative turned anti-Trump columnist Jennifer Rubin wrote for The Washington Post — abandon his promises, or let them destroy his fledgling administration. "He could, for example, enact draconian, across-the-board tariffs; begin massive roundups and deportations of law-abiding 'dreamers;' repeal the Affordable Care Act …

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Jack Smith is releasing something Trump doesn't want 'voting public to know about': expert

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On MSNBC's "Morning Joe," NBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin questioned why Donald Trump's lawyers are fighting "tooth and nail" to block the release of documents submitted to Judge Tanya Chutkan by special counsel Jack Smith in the 2020 election interference case. As CNN reported, Trump's legal team argued to Judge Chutkan, “the asymmetric release of charged allegations and related documents …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Legal expert gasps at previously unknown detail in unsealed election interference filing

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New bombshell evidence unsealed Wednesday in former President Donald Trump’s election interference case aroused gasps on MSNBC from a legal analyst stunned by the former president’s cavalier “so what” response to reports that his vice president was facing direct danger on Jan. 6. “I don’t usually gasp at things,” said MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin during an appearance with host …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

'Shocking factual backdrop': Michael Cohen takes long shot Trump case to Supreme Court

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Michael Cohen on Monday took his "unusual" case against former President Donald Trump to the nation's highest court, according to court records and reports. Trump's former fixer demands the Supreme Court take up his appeal of his civil case contending the then-president had him thrown in jail because he had begun to write an unflattering book about his onetime client, …

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3 months ago

'Steel yourself': Jack Smith filing huge brief with 'mountain of evidence' in Trump case

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Special Counsel Jack Smith is soon expected to file an "oversized brief" filled with "sensitive material" in the criminal case Donald Trump faces in D.C. Smith on Saturday submitted a filing to Judge Tanya Chutkan asking for permission to send an oversized brief in the case, which involves allegations that the former president unlawfully attempted to interfere with the election …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

'Looming atrocity': Critics outraged by Trump's promise for a 'bloody' second term

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Experts and political observers are pushing back on Donald Trump's recent promise that, if he's elected, his second term will include a "bloody" plan for immigration. Mother Jones national affairs editor Mark Follman said the media had a "missing headline" from the event: "Trump vows to carry out mass deportation that will be 'bloody.'" Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin said …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Two Trump 'chilling actions' at E. Jean Carroll hearing singled out by legal analyst

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As part of her column explaining why Donald Trump showed up for a hearing at a Manhattan’s federal court where his lawyers made an appeal to a three- judge panel to toss writer E. Jean Carroll’s first civil trial verdict where he was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation, MSNBC's Lisa Rubin noted it started off in a disconcerting …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Federal court deals Trump a blow in hush money case

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For the second time in a week, a federal court has rejected Trump's request to move his Manhattan criminal hush money case to federal court, reported MSNBC legal expert Lisa Rubin. "The Manhattan DA's office hasn't said a word in federal court with respect to Trump's efforts to move the hush money case there," she wrote. "First, they remind him …

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4 months ago

Trump's latest attack on protesters is direct violation of constitution: expert

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Former President Donald Trump is once again doubling down on a flagrantly unconstitutional punishment for protesters, MSNBC legal journalist Jordan Rubin wrote on Thursday. "The Supreme Court addressed the issue in the 1989 case Texas v. Johnson, when conservative icon Antonin Scalia joined the high court majority in deciding that a conviction for burning the flag was unconstitutional" — a …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

'Something is amiss in Georgia': Legal expert flags Trump loyalists' likely unlawful acts

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Donald Trump's loyalists have infiltrated a Georgia election board and are now wreaking havoc, a legal analyst said on Friday. "Georgia's State Election Board, a five-member body controlled by fervent Donald Trump loyalists, adopted a rule allowing local election boards to conduct a 'reasonable inquiry' before certifying election results — a task that, pursuant to Georgia statutory law, has long …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Legal expert highlights 'most problematic' part of Supreme Court's Trump immunity ruling

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Donald Trump's challenge to his criminal hush money case based on the Supreme Court's recent presidential immunity ruling has alarmed a legal expert who warns the decision's "manipulability" could imperil his conviction. "They assert that the Manhattan district attorney’s presentation of evidence included testimony, tweets and even a required government ethics form that are themselves evidence of Trump’s exercise of …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

'Disaster': Legal analyst cites 'big deal' buried on page 18 of Roberts' pro-Trump ruling

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Digging deeper into the Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts' majority ruling that handed Donald Trump a get-out-of-jail-free card, MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin claimed the devil was in the details and the ruling is even worse than was initially reported. Speaking with MSNBC host Katy Tur, Rubin held up a copy of the ruling and bluntly stated, "I want …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump shouldn't celebrate Supreme Court's Jan. 6-related ruling just yet: analysts

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The U.S. Supreme Court handed a victory to some Jan. 6 defendants and demanded that prosecutors demonstrate specific evidence to show how the defendant was obstructing an official proceeding. Speaking to MSNBC about the matter, legal analyst Lisa Rubin found it interesting that Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson joined a number of conservatives, with conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett dissenting. Read …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court's 'blatant procrastination' has already given Trump what he needs: columnist

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The U.S. Supreme Court still hasn't issued a ruling in the Donald Trump immunity case, which has essentially handed a legal win to the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, according to a Washington Post columnist. "Thanks to U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon’s near-comedic stalling of Trump’s Espionage Act case and the Supreme Court’s equally blatant procrastination, Trump may get his …

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6 months ago

Judge gives Steve Bannon glimmer of hope that he could avoid prison: analyst

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Ex-Donald Trump campaign manager Steve Bannon is headed to prison — and his single chance to avoid his fate is to beg the Supreme Court to save him. "The dissenting judge, Trump appointee Justin Walker, said that there is a close question regarding interpretation of the contempt statute," wrote Rubin. "Walker concluded that “because that question may well be material, …

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6 months ago

'Break glass' moment: Judge Cannon info leaks 'almost as big as the news itself'

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Someone close to the Palm Beach court where Judge Aileen Cannon is presiding over Donald Trump's classified documents trial has leaked key details about the judge. According to a New York Times report, the chief judge suggested that Cannon pass off the case to another judge, given she already had a controversial ruling overturned by the 11th Circuit Court of …

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'Stunning': Legal experts react to 'extremely rare' development in Aileen Cannon saga

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Legal experts were left shocked Thursday after a New York Times report revealed that Judge Aileen Cannon, who is presiding over Donald Trump's classified documents case, was told by other judges that she should pass the case off to a more experienced jurist. Read Also: A criminologist explains why Judge Cannon must step away from Trump trial immediately "It is …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Judge Cannon slipped 'sweetener' into order denying Trump's dismissal motion: expert

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A federal judge handed former President Donald Trump a loss Monday by rejecting his motion to dismiss a number of charges in the Mar-a-Lago secret documents case. But the right-wing jurist found a way to slip a small piece of help to Trump in the decision, wrote legal expert Lisa Rubin in a thread on X. Cannon, herself a Trump …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Judge warned Trump will 'take a wrecking ball' to democracy if he's not imprisoned

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Donald Trump has already given New York Justice Juan Merchan ample reason to sentence him to prison for falsifying business records, a columnist wrote Tuesday. Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin argued that many convictions for Class E felonies do result in prison time — and she said Trump's "conduct and character" should be enough to put him behind bars in …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Alina Habba busted over claim Trump judge hid 'smirk' after hearing verdict

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Donald Trump spokeswoman and his former lawyer, Alina Habba, claimed that Judge Juan Merchan was forced to cover his mouth to hide his glee over the conviction of the ex-president — but others in the courtroom are calling the comment untrue. Habba claimed on Fox News that Merchan covered his face and was "probably" smiling after hearing the jury's decision. …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump already 'playing fast and loose' with facts about the jury's verdict: expert

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Donald Trump's allies are parroting his claims that the judge in his hush money trial has allowed jurors to choose which crime to convict of committing, but MSNBC's Lisa Rubin explained how the former president is misleading his followers. The quadruple-indicted ex-president claimed New York justice Juan Merchan "is not requiring a unanimous decision on the fake charges," but, in …

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'Grotesquely hypocritical': McConnell buried by columnist for finally fretting over Trump

'He got away with all of it!' Morning Joe panel left shocked by end of Trump prosecutions

'More than meets the eye' in new ruling from Trump's hush money judge: MSNBC legal expert

Trump's first move could doom his presidency: WaPo analyst

Jack Smith is releasing something Trump doesn't want 'voting public to know about': expert

Legal expert gasps at previously unknown detail in unsealed election interference filing

'Shocking factual backdrop': Michael Cohen takes long shot Trump case to Supreme Court

'Steel yourself': Jack Smith filing huge brief with 'mountain of evidence' in Trump case

'Looming atrocity': Critics outraged by Trump's promise for a 'bloody' second term

Two Trump 'chilling actions' at E. Jean Carroll hearing singled out by legal analyst

Federal court deals Trump a blow in hush money case

Trump's latest attack on protesters is direct violation of constitution: expert

'Something is amiss in Georgia': Legal expert flags Trump loyalists' likely unlawful acts

Legal expert highlights 'most problematic' part of Supreme Court's Trump immunity ruling

'Disaster': Legal analyst cites 'big deal' buried on page 18 of Roberts' pro-Trump ruling

Trump shouldn't celebrate Supreme Court's Jan. 6-related ruling just yet: analysts

Supreme Court's 'blatant procrastination' has already given Trump what he needs: columnist

Judge gives Steve Bannon glimmer of hope that he could avoid prison: analyst

'Break glass' moment: Judge Cannon info leaks 'almost as big as the news itself'

'Stunning': Legal experts react to 'extremely rare' development in Aileen Cannon saga

Judge Cannon slipped 'sweetener' into order denying Trump's dismissal motion: expert

Judge warned Trump will 'take a wrecking ball' to democracy if he's not imprisoned

Alina Habba busted over claim Trump judge hid 'smirk' after hearing verdict

Trump already 'playing fast and loose' with facts about the jury's verdict: expert