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Taxpayers will pay for Donald Trump’s ‘Emoluments’ lawsuit defense According to a New York Times story, the U.S. taxpayer will be picking up the tab for Donald Trump’s Emoluments Clause defense. Officials announced Monday that the Justice Department will defend Donald Trump from the lawsuit that was filed on Monday accusing the President of violating the Constitution’s Emoluments clause. The New York Times quoted a spokesperson from the Justice Department as saying, “The department is reviewing the complaint and will respond as appropriate.” The Constitution’s Emoluments clause prevents federal officeholders from accepting gifts or payments from foreign governments. And ethics...

WATCH: Seth Meyers consoles Donald Trump about his tiny crowd size On Monday night, Late Night host Seth Meyers consoled Donald Trump about his tiny crowd size. Meyers told the President, “Don’t worry, you’re still the most popular president—since Obama.” Then he asked, “imagine being so disliked that people are willing to go outside and protest you in Antarctica.” “Now we know Donald Trump doesn’t care that much about the sizes of things, especially crowds, so it was a little surprising to hear him complain about the media coverage,” Meyers said. Then Meyers showed footage of Trump ranting about the media coverage of...

Donald Trump used his first meeting with congressional leaders to bring back his lie about “millions of illegals” voting in the 2016 election and costing him the popular vote. According to a story in the Washington Post, “Trump spent about 10 minutes at the start of the bipartisan gathering rehashing the campaign. He also told them that between 3 million and 5 million illegal votes caused him to lose the popular vote.” Hillary Clinton, of course, won the popular vote by more than 2.8 million...