Tag Archives: Trump corruption

Special Counsel’s Target Letter Cites Three Statutes: Conspiracy, Witness Tampering, Deprivation Of Rights

NBC News reports: The letter that former President Donald Trump received from special counsel Jack Smith informing him that he is a target of the federal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election mentions three federal statutes related to the deprivation of rights, conspiracy to defraud the U.S., and tampering with a witness. Those three federal statutes were …

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Trump: My Lawyers Are “Either Fools Or Great Patriots”

Posted today to Trump’s Trump Social account: These vicious Communists, Marxists, Fascists, and Radical Left Democrats have attacked my lawyers at a level never seen before, and yet I keep on winning. Any attorney that represents me is either a fool, or a Great American Patriot that History will love and cherish! Followed by this: THESE LUNATICS AND THUGS ARE …

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Trump Praises China’s Xi For Ruling “With An Iron Fist”

“Think of President Xi. Central casting, brilliant guy. You know, when I say he’s brilliant, everyone says, ‘Oh that’s terrible.’ Well, he runs 1.4 billion people with an iron fist. Smart, brilliant, everything perfect. There’s nobody in Hollywood like this guy. I got them to pay us $28 billion because they screwed our farmers for years.” – Donald Trump, in …

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Docs Judge Appears Unlikely To Grant Trump Delay

The New York Times reports: The federal judge overseeing former President Donald J. Trump’s classified documents case expressed skepticism on Tuesday about the government’s request to go to trial as early as December, but she also seemed disinclined to accede to Mr. Trump’s desire to have the trial put off until after the 2024 election. Appearing for the first time …

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BREAKING: Trump Gets Target Letter In Jan 6 Probe

ABC News reports: Special counsel Jack Smith has informed former President Donald Trump by letter that he is a target in his investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News. The letter, which sources said was transmitted to Trump’s attorneys in recent days, indicates that yet another indictment of the former president …

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TODAY: Trump Lawyers To Appear In Florida Docs Case

Reuters reports: Tuesday’s hearing in federal court in the city of Fort Pierce, scheduled for 2 p.m. EST (1800 GMT), will be overseen by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who was appointed to the bench by Trump during his presidency and is expected to preside over the remainder of the case. Among the logistical issues Trump’s lawyers and prosecutors are …

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Trump Won’t Return Israeli Antiquities At Mar-A-Lago

Haaretz reports: Antiquities belonging to Israel have been kept for the past several months at former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, and senior Israeli figures have unsuccessfully tried to have them returned to Israel. Among the antiquities are ancient ceramic candles which are part of Israel’s national treasures collection. They were sent to the U.S. in 2019 with the …

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GA Supreme Court Boots Trump’s Bid To Quash Probe

CNN reports: The Georgia Supreme Court has dismissed a longshot legal bid from former President Donald Trump to essentially shut down the Fulton County criminal probe into his attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in the state. The court said in a five-page ruling issued Monday that its decision was unanimous. Trump has other legal challenges related to the …

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Trump Plots Massive Expansion Of Presidential Powers

The New York Times reports: Donald J. Trump and his allies are planning a sweeping expansion of presidential power over the machinery of government if voters return him to the White House in 2025, reshaping the structure of the executive branch to concentrate far greater authority directly in his hands. Mr. Trump intends to bring independent agencies — like the …

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Trump Jr: “I Don’t Snort Cocaine, It’s Not My Thing”

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump Jr. on Sunday continued the Turning Point Action Conference’s extended riff on the cocaine found at the White House. “My guys who I stayed in touch with—many of them just dear friends—they’re like, ‘Hey dude, there’s no way you would’ve gotten away with that,’” he animatedly told the crowd. “I go, ‘I know!’ Luckily, …

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VP Derby: Trump Praises Ramaswarmy And Tim Scott

The Hill reports: Former President Trump in a new interview said he would consider some of his 2024 GOP primary rivals as potential running mates or Cabinet members if he wins back the White House. Trump on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures” singled out entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) for praise, though he did not specify whom …

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Trump Lies That He Removed DC’s “Homeless Tents”

Raw Story reports: Donald Trump on Saturday claimed that he had homeless encampment “tents” removed regularly when he was in office, as the former president called for a full federal government takeover of Washington, D.C. “I kept it beautiful,” he said. “If I saw one tent or two tents or three tents as I was coming in from the airport, …

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Trump Asks Georgia Supreme Court To Disqualify DA

CNBC reports: Former President Donald Trump asked two courts in Georgia to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from investigating him and quash the special grand jury report that recommended criminal charges in Willis’ 2020 election interference probe. The requests came in court documents filed overnight in Georgia Supreme Court and Fulton County Superior Court. In both, Trump’s attorneys …

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Hunter Biden Lawyer Warns Trump Over False Claims

ABC News reports: An attorney for Hunter Biden sent a cease-and-desist letter on Thursday to former President Donald Trump’s legal team, claiming that Trump’s rhetoric on social media and elsewhere “could lead to [Hunter Biden’s] or his family’s injury.” “This is not a false alarm,” Abbe Lowell wrote. “We are just one such social media message away from another incident, …

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Feds Asked Kushner If Trump Ever Acknowledged Loss

The New York Times reports: Federal prosecutors investigating former President Donald J. Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election have questioned multiple witnesses in recent weeks — including Mr. Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner — about whether Mr. Trump had privately acknowledged in the days after the 2020 election that he had lost, according to four people briefed on the matter. …

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Melania Was Paid $155,000 To Speak At Mar-A-Lago

The New York Times reports: A super PAC aligned with former President Donald J. Trump paid Melania Trump $155,000 in late 2021, an unusual payment that was not visible in the group’s initial federal reports and came to light only in a new filing by Mr. Trump on Thursday. The money was listed as pay for a “speaking engagement” by …

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Ex-Trump Aide Cassidy Hutchinson Signs Book Deal

The Hill reports: Cassidy Hutchinson, a former Trump White House aide who testified before the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, has signed a deal to release a book in September. The book, entitled “Enough,” will be published by Simon & Schuster and share Hutchinson’s experiences leading up to her time in the national spotlight testifying …

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Trump Claims Biden Is Being “Pumped” With Cocaine

Republic World reports: Donald Trump claims that the secret ingredient to President Joe Biden’s big speeches is the “cocaine” that is supposedly being “pumped” into him. In an interview with conspiracy theorist Wayne Allyn Root on Wednesday, the 77-year-old said that “I think they pump him up, absolutely,” but casually left out who he was precisely referring to with the …

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Trump: Hunter Biden Deserved “A Death Sentence”

Rolling Stone reports: Donald Trump is once again mad online, this time because a federal prosecutor he appointed struck a plea deal with Hunter Biden that didn’t involved the president’s son being put to death. “Weiss is a COWARD, a smaller version of Bill Barr, who never had the courage to do what everyone knows should have been done,” the …

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Grand Jury Selection Begins In Georgia’s Trump Case

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: The selection of two Fulton County grand juries will be made Tuesday, with one of the panels expected to decide whether to hand up an indictment for alleged criminal interference in the 2020 presidential election. One set of jurors is likely to be asked to bring formal charges against former President Donald Trump and other well-known …

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