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Good morning from the line to get into the Manhattan criminal courthouse, where Michael Cohen is expected to testify. It was crowded at 5:15 AM, when I took this photo….

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TPM’s Joshua Kovensky made it in despite the limited access and heavy demand for seats. His liveblog is already up and running this morning. I’d put it up against anyone’s live coverage, including the bigs and their teams of reports. Check it out.

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It’s Showtime! Star Witness Michael Cohen To Testify Against Trump->Long lines this morning to get into the Manhattan courthouse where longtime Trump fixer Michael Cohen is testifying against his old boss.
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Trump’s former lawyer and “fixer,” Michael Cohen, is expected to testify Monday. Josh Kovensky will be reporting live for TPM from the courthouse. Follow along here.
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Throughout her time on the stand, Madeleine Westerhout went out of her way to profess loyalty to the man she was testifying against. She made a show of explaining how the Stormy Daniels allegations must have caused Trump to worry about his family, while holding back from any…

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One can only imagine the thrashing Trump gave his lawyers after hearing Merchan question their approach to such a key witness who had so much embarrassing testimony to offer.

Judge Strafes Trump’s Legal Team After Stormy Daniels Testimony Ends->After Stormy Daniels completed her testimony and the jury had left the courtroom late yesterday, Judge Juan Merchan heard arguments on another Trump motion for a mistrial.
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The defense tried to undermine Stormy Daniels, questioning her motive in the Trump case.
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Only an extraordinary cocktail of strategic delay, judicial scale-thumbing and good old fashioned bungling could leave just one of four Donald Trump felony indictment cases likely to conclude (and quite possibly even to start) before Election Day.
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A new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast is live! This week, Kate Riga and Josh Marshall discuss Kristi Noem’s epic self-immolation, presidential polling and the latest in Trump’s many trials. Head to TPM to listen now!
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The Republicans are getting the “Stop The Steal” band back together ahead of this year’s presidential race.
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After one day of testimony that was by turns seamy and grim, Stormy Daniels returns to the stand Thursday to be cross-examined by Trump’s lawyers.
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Good morning from a very crowded Manhattan criminal court, where Stormy Daniels is expected to resume testimony. Here is the golden ticket to get in

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The rule of law isn’t supposed to be dependent on who wins or loses the presidency. It’s not supposed to turn in the wind like a vane. It is supposed to be lasting, immutable, and consistent.

It would be pedantic to say there’s no truth to that, but at the same time it turns the rule of the law on its head for it be susceptible to the results of any one election. No one prosecutor, no one case, no one election should be able to determine the fate of the rule of law.

Don’t Blame Jack Smith For The Erosion Of The Rule Of Law->Aileen Cannon indefinitely postponing the MAL trial set off a new round of recriminations over various tactical decisions the special counsel made in bringing the classified docs case.

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