Some Unwelcome News for a Skulking and Winking Donald Trump

Trump Hush Money Hearing • NBC’s Mess • The Do-Nothing Congress [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Some Unwelcome News for a Skulking and Winking Donald Trump Good morning from the Hive newsroom. Donald Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial (the one where he allegedly falsified business records to hide a potential sex scandal), which was originally supposed to begin this week, has a new start date: April 15. VF’s Dan Adler [was inside]( the Lower Manhattan courtroom Monday when New York Supreme Court justice Juan Merchan rejected calls from the ex-president’s legal team to further delay the case. “About an hour into the back-and-forth over the novelty and relevance of the new materials, Trump started to fidget in his seat, shifting his weight from one side to the other. During a break, he walked out of the courtroom scowling before turning to wink at the crowd.” Of course, Trump’s hush money case is just one of the many ways the presumptive 2024 Republican nominee is potentially legally screwed. To follow along, here’s a [handy guide]( by Bess Levin. In other news, the furor inside NBC over the hiring of former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel is relentless. “Not only was she a hard-core Trump loyalist, she spent the lead-up to the 2020 election helping him plant seeds of distrust in the democratic process and amplified his claims that the contest was marred by fraud,” [writes]( Eric Lutz, after Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski blasted the network’s decision on Monday. Plus, Molly Jong-Fast has [the latest]( on Mike Johnson’s imploding House: “Republicans have let Trump drive the party straight into a ditch.” Thanks for reading. [Image may contain: Donald Trump, People, Person, Accessories, Formal Wear, Tie, American Flag, Flag, Adult, and Crowd]( [Skulking and Winking, Donald Trump Is Told His Criminal Trial Will Start Next Month]( By [Dan Adler]( [After a short delay, which he was hoping to extend, the former president received some unwelcome news on Monday: be back here in April.]( [Read more button](   [A Complete Guide to the Criminal and Civil Cases Against Donald Trump]( By [Bess Levin]( [Is the ex-president legally screwed?]( [Read more button](   [Ronna McDaniel and MSNBC Are a Match Made in Hell]( By [Eric Lutz]( [Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski are just the latest pundits to object to the hiring of the ex-RNC chief, who spent much of her tenure baselessly casting doubt on the results of the 2020 election.]( [Read more button](   [Mike Johnson’s House Is Imploding]( By [Molly Jong-Fast]( [The GOP will soon have just one vote to spare, with members heading for the exits, and the Speakership is again in jeopardy—this time at the hands of Marjorie Taylor Greene.]( [Read more button](   [Olivia Colman Says She’d Be Making “a Fuck of a Lot More” If She Were a Man]( By [Chris Murphy]( [While appearing on CNN’s The Amanpour Hour, the Oscar winner went off on the gender gap in Hollywood: “I know of one pay disparity which is a 12,000% difference.”]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2024 Condé Nast