This is a standard admonishment to all criminal defendants. If you blow off your criminal trial you should probably expect to be arrested.

LATEST: Judge Merchan has set a hearing on prosecutors' request to hold former Pres. Trump in contempt for allegedly violating the judge's limited gag order.

Follow live updates on the hush money trial: trib.al/DpGOGWY

When I think, 'Wow, saying that might get me in trouble,' I don't usually then think about Salman Rushdie because if I did, it would make me feel like a gutless weasel. That's a man with cojones.

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Over 3,000 sheriffs nationwide are demanding President Biden stop the sale of a big gun ammunition and primer manufacturer to a foreign buyer with ties to Russia and China. National Sheriffs' Association

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The IDF releases footage showing Israeli Air Force fighter jets downing some of the 170 drones and 30 cruise missiles fired from Iran at Israel overnight.

All the drones and cruise missiles were downed outside of the country’s airspace by the IAF and its allies, including the…

Iran fired more than 300 missiles and drones, and John Kirby on MTP notes that the fact that nearly all of them were successfully shot down is an “extraordinary example of military superiority that Israel demonstrated to the whole world last night.”

Homicides are plummeting.

In all 10 cities with the most 2023 homicides—for which we have data—homicides are falling. The pandemic crime wave is crashing hard.

If these percentage decline numbers were percentage growth numbers, it would be the lede of every cable news show—>

#UPDATE An attacker armed with a knife killed five people Saturday before being shot dead by a policewoman at a busy Sydney shopping centre, police said.

One person was killed and 13 others injured Friday after a man crashed a stolen 18-wheeler truck into a Department of Public Safety office in Brenham, Tex., one day after he was denied a commercial driver’s license in the same building, officials said. wapo.st/3vTRETF

Hunter Biden was not charged under Trump, the judge notes.

'The decision to prosecute Defendant was made by & during the current administration – one headed by Defendant’s father & an A.G. appointed by & serving at the pleasure of Defendant’s father.' documentcloud.org/documents/2454…

NEW: Judge Maryellen Noreika denies Hunter Biden's motions to dismiss his gun case based on (1) his previous diversion agreement, (2) his claims of selective & vindictive prosecution & (3) his claims that special counsel David Weiss was improperly appointed.

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Today, my co-counsel Greg Adler and I filed suit against Fox, Newsmax, Univision, Timcast, Steven Crowder, Owen Shroyer, Simon Ateba, and Hollywood Unlocked for falsely portraying our innocent client as a neo-Nazi mass shooter.

LEGAL ALERT: In response to a Ninth Circuit decision ruling it likely unconstitutional, a California federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against the state's minor firearm advertising ban.

No gun cases from the Supreme Court this morning. We're still waiting on a decision in US v. Rahimi, which will likely further illuminate the Court's view on the Second Amendment.