Various political pundits have tried to scare people into staying tuned in by insisting that the Manhattan criminal case against Donald Trump is “weak” or a “long shot” or based on a “tortured legal theory” or “too dependent on Michael Cohen.” But former prosecutor Nick Akerman appeared on MSNBC on Monday evening and pointed out…
Donald Trump has just been criminally indicted in the first of what is very likely to end up being three jurisdictions. He’ll have three different criminal trials, on a total of too many charges to count. And if he’s convicted of any felonies, he’ll end up sentenced to prison. Michael Cohen appeared on the Ari…
Now that career criminal Donald Trump is being arrested, he’s searching for whatever allies he can find who are willing to defend him. Thus far he’s got people like Lindsey Graham going on television and crying while urging everyone to send Trump donations. Now Trump is scraping the bottom of the barrel in a different…
If you’re old enough to have lived through the OJ Simpson saga, you’ll remember when he and an associate took off in a white Ford Bronco while television cameras followed them for hours. The stakes were higher then, with OJ threatening self harm and the possibility that he might have been fleeing. But in his…
Donald Trump is now less than 24 hours from his arrest and arraignment, during which time he’ll learn what pretrial restrictions the judge is initially placing on him. There’s no way to know what the judge is going to do, but Trump’s camp has now decided that a gag order is definitely happening. It’s not…
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ national rollout in March went so poorly, his 2024 Republican primary polling numbers dropped by about half in under a month. DeSantis also faced the humiliation of getting outsmarted in his war against Disney. Now DeSantis is making a panic move in response: If Ron DeSantis had any sense at all,…
Even as Donald Trump surrenders himself for arrest and processing in New York tomorrow, his legal troubles continue to multiply. DOJ Special Counsel Jack Smith is reportedly having Secret Service agents testify against Trump to the grand jury this week. This reporting comes from Bret Baier of Fox News, and normally we don’t just take…
Donald Trump tried to hype his trip today from Mar-a-Lago to Manhattan, in an apparent attempt at whipping up sympathy (and fundraising dollars) ahead of his arrest. But here’s the thing. It turns out Trump does NOT want the TV cameras on him when he’s being arraigned. MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace reported on air just now…
Donald Trump has been criminally indicted in Manhattan on thirty-four counts related to campaign finance fraud and corporate fraud, and really, his entire life has been one big fraud. The people at Fox News, who are also frauds, are well aware that Trump is a fraud, they just don’t want to admit it to their…
Donald Trump tried to hype his Monday trip to New York City for his Tuesday arrest, in the apparent hope that his supporters would turn out in droves, and that his support levels would rise. But that’s not happening. Instead Trump’s trip is turning out to be a cathartic exercise for the many millions of…
It’s bad enough for Donald Trump that he’s been indicted in Manhattan on thirty-four criminal counts and is being forced to surrender himself tomorrow for arrest and processing. Trump was hoping there would be a silver lining in there in which this made him more popular. But hat’s not the case. New polling from CNN…
Donald Trump really, really wants his crappy private plane to be known as “Trump Force One.” But as with so many things these days, that’s just not going Trump’s way. As Trump flew to New York today to surrender himself for arrest and arraignment, a new nickname surfaced: Perp Force One. Here are some of…