The "hush money" case against Donald Trump — which our resident lawyer could prove that Trump is the victim of extortion — began Monday, and we're hearing that Judge Juan Merchan has ordered Trump to appear in the courtroom every day for the duration of the trial or face arrest.

That's one way to keep Trump off the campaign trail. Over an alleged misdemeanor that was raised to the level of a felony.

They must be really worried about Joe Biden's poll numbers. As someone said above, this show trial isn't going to sit well with flyover country. Nothing political …