Trump/January 6 indictment

Much of the evening’s prime-time cable news content was centered around the Supreme Court’s decision to hear the Trump appeal on presidential immunity, after the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals said he had none. The tone has generally been one of tooth-gnashing and wailing over the timing of the hearing date, April 22nd. Among the left wing commentariat, writer and MSNBC guest Elie Mystal…

New York magazine's Ankush Khardori wrote a detailed fantasized account of Donald Trump's potential imprisonment, suggesting the ex-President could serve his time in Pensacola, Florida—the minimum-security facility is near Trump’s legal residence, Mar-a-Lago. Khardori’s speculation extended to a graphic detailing the prison's buildings and proposed daily activities for Trump. His 3,…

Trump lost an appeal on Tuesday on his claim of presidential immunity against prosecution by special counsel Jack Smith. But Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus let the cat out of bag on their hopes for lawfare to ruin Trump's campaign. Her column was headlined "Slowpoke federal appeals court puts 2024 election in jeopardy." For whom?

Jordan Rubin, MSNBC legal blogger, Politico reporters Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein have expressed frustration over the delay in an immunity appeal that threatens to push the start of the trial against Donald Trump past election day. The trial relates to charges against Trump for allegedly trying to subvert the 2020 election. While most legal experts expect the courts to ultimately reject…

MSNBC legal blog writer Jordan Rubin expresses concern over the delay by the U.S. Court of Appeals in its ruling on Donald Trump's immunity appeal which may delay his J6 trial. Rubin suggests the delay could be due to the judges ensuring the ruling is airtight, given the likely possibility of an appeal. Furthermore, potential dissent amongst the judges could be adding to the delay, with the…

On CNN's State of the Union, Jake Tapper is skeptical that if Donald Trump were impeached by the House for ordering Seal Team Six to assassinate a political rival, a sufficient number of Republican Senators would vote to convict him.

On Morning Joe, snobby Joe Scarborough predicts that Donald Trump's case claiming immunity from criminal prosecution for acts performed during his time as president will be given short shrift, since the case is being decided by "the D.C. Circuit. I mean, this isn't, this isn't some random Circuit out in flyover space." Scarborough paused there. But as Conway began to answer, Joe, presumably…

On Tuesday, CNN reporter Katelyn Polantz gave several reports about a worrying new story: a wave of terrifying violent threats against the Colorado Supreme Court judges whose ruling removed Donald Trump from the state’s ballot. There was just one problem. Polantz herself was forced admit repeatedly that, “no specific threats” actually had been made, and the story essentially amounted to a…

Why is Donald Trump so resilient? As 2023 draws to a close, the ex-president is on track to win the Republican nomination and beat Joe Biden next November. If the election were today, Trump would get his second term. Yet he’s charged with crimes that run a gamut from election interference to mishandling classified information. He’s under gag orders and lost a $5 million civil suit this year.…

CNN's legal analyst Elie Honig asserts that Jack Smith's desperation for a speedy J6 trial of Donald Trump is to obtain a conviction before the 2024 election for political reasons.

On MSNBC, legal analyst Danny Cevallos predicts that a number of the criminal cases against Donald Trump will not begin until 2025, and that if Trump is elected, he will try to pardon himself.

Low-ratings CNN is so desperate for viewers that they now agree with Donald Trump on his request for his federal trials to be televised. Legal analyst Elle Honig dared to say Trump made a "smart move" to back cameras in the courtroom in this case, so he could paint the Biden Justice Department as the camera-phobes depriving the public of information.

On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough falsely accuses Donald Trump of threatening to "institutionalize" special counsel Jack Smith and other DoJ officials.

On Morning Joe, George Conway predicts that Donald Trump will spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted in the Florida documents case and the January 6th case.