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Formerly TwitterAaron Rupar
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"Trump has been talking a big game about testifying in his own defense, but it’s hard to believe he’d actually subject himself to days of withering cross-examination. Given that the trial is expected to last several weeks, he has time to decide. Meanwhile, he just has to try to…
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Aaron Rupar
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"Perhaps worst of all for Trump, even his most diehard fans don’t seem all that interested in trekking to NYC. Journalists attending the trial have said there have been days where the teeming number of MAGA faithful can be measured in single digits." www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-criminal-hush-money-trial-pecker-stormy
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Kaitlan Collins
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Some takeaways from the first day of the third week of Trump's criminal trial:
1) Trump ensured that several of his political aides, allies and even a member of his family were in the room after he was sensitive to reporting last week that, with the exception of his defense…
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Kaitlan Collins
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Whoa. In his gag order ruling, Judge Merchan laments that Trump can’t be fined more than $1,000 for his violations. “While $1,000 may suffice in most instances to protect the dignity of the judicial system…it unfortunately will not achieve the desired result in those instances…
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