CNN legal analyst Joey Jackson recently told Jim Acosta that the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial should put him in jail for violating a gag order via Mediaite. It has been noted that on Wednesday, the Republican nominee blasted potential jurors in his New York criminal trial, despite a gag order from Judge Juan Merchan prohibiting Trump from making public statements against them and other members of the court. In a post to Truth Social, Trump quoted Fox News anchor Jesse Waters, who spoke about the potential jurors on Wednesday night: Jack ..read more

During a Senate oversight committee meeting on Wednesday, Senator John Kennedy questioned Attorney General Merrick Garland about the Department of Justice’s approach to alleged tax crimes committed by Hunter Biden, particularly regarding income from Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings. The discussion turned tense as Kennedy directed the conversation towards Hunter Biden’s case, alleging that Biden failed to pay taxes on $1 million in 2014 and 2015, reportedly using the funds for extravagant expenses such as “hookers, a Lamborghini, strip clubs, sex clubs, and porn website memberships.” K ..read more

Judge Juan Merchan is overseeing former president Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York City. Merchan has now criticized the press for reporting on identifying information about the jurors in the case on Thursday via Mediaite. Merchan and the parties are going through the arduous work of constructing a fair jury this week. It has been noted that as many as seven of 18 jurors had been selected after proceedings on Monday and Tuesday, but one of those seven was dismissed over fairness concerns early on Thursday morning. Following juror’s dismissal, Merchan addressed the press directly aspe ..read more

The White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, confirmed on Thursday that President Joe Biden’s maternal uncle, Ambrose Finnegan, died in a plane crash in the Pacific Ocean during World War II and was not eaten by cannibals, as Biden implied on two separate occasions on Wednesday. Jean-Pierre stated that Biden was merely expressing his pride in his uncle’s service when he suggested that natives in New Guinea had eaten Finnegan in 1944. Jean-Pierre noted that the 81-year-old president was emotional while visiting a war memorial bearing his uncle’s name in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and spoke ..read more

Jimmy Kimmel recently took shots back at former President Donald Trump after the former president targeted the comedian in a Truth Social rant riddled with errors over Kimmel’s hosting of the Oscars this year via Mediaite. In Trump’s post, he called Kimmel “stupid” and said there was a “ratings drop” when he hosted the Oscars. He also referenced Kimmel reading a Truth Social message about him from Trump during the Oscars telecast and claimed Kimmel “stumbled” when announcing Best Picture. On Wednesday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, Kimmel noted some problems with Trump’s message ..read more

Former President and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump weighed in on the debate over providing additional aid to Ukraine on Thursday, questioning why Europe is not contributing more financially to the cause. Trump expressed his views on Truth Social, asking why the United States has committed over $100 billion to Ukraine’s war effort while European countries have not matched that level of support, despite being geographically closer to the conflict. He emphasized that Ukrainian survival and strength should be of greater concern to Europe than to the United States, yet it ..read more

Tensions came to a boil in the House Republican conference with one congressman calling Rep. Matt Gaetz “tubby,” according to new reports. NBC News initially reported the intense exchange. Correspondent Julie Tsirkin noted that a group of Republicans approached House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) regarding a financial aid package for Ukraine, urging a delay in its House vote until aid for Israel passed in both the House and Senate. Johnson faced criticism from his party over a proposed $100 billion foreign aid package for countries such as Ukraine and Israel. In response, he separated the aid re ..read more

Day three of former President Donald Trump’s “hush-money” trial commenced on Thursday as Trump’s legal team attempted to serve a subpoena to key witness Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford. The case focuses on allegations that Trump made a $130,000 payment to former lawyer Michael Cohen, who then paid Daniels to remain silent about an alleged affair with Trump. Trump denies the allegations and has pleaded not guilty to the charges of falsifying business records to cover up the payment. According to court papers, a process server approached Daniels with a subpoena relating to ..read more

Hunter Biden’s lawyers are set to take their “immunity” arguments to an appeals panel after a district judge dismissed their motion to drop Biden’s gun-related charges in Delaware, according to an appeal notice filed with a district court on Wednesday. After the unfavorable ruling on April 12, Biden submitted a notice of interlocutory appeal to the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware on April 17. The filing indicates Biden’s intention to present the same arguments to an appellate panel at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. The appeal notice specifies that Biden is ch ..read more

It has been noted that the prosecutors accused former President Trump on Thursday of repeatedly violating the gag order the judge placed on him in his New York hush money case via Axios. Trump has found himself in trouble for blasting potential witnesses Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen, with prosecutors moving earlier this week to hold him in contempt of violating the gag order. It has been noted that Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the case, had previously scheduled a hearing for next Tuesday over prosecutors’ request to hold Trump in contempt for alleged gag order ..read more