Dumpster Fires

Bloomberg reports: President Donald Trump demanded that the New York Times reveal the identity of a senior official who wrote an anonymous op-ed in the newspaper claiming that key members of the administration were secretly working against him. In a Wednesday night tweet, Trump lashed out at the Times over the article’s publication, questioning whether the author even existed and …

The Toronto Star reports: High-stakes trade negotiations between Canada and the U.S. were dramatically upended on Friday morning by inflammatory secret remarks from President Donald Trump, after the remarks were obtained by the Toronto Star. In remarks Trump wanted to be “off the record,” Trump told Bloomberg News reporters on Thursday, according to a source, that he is not making …

The New York Times reports: Federal investigators have provided ample evidence that President Trump was involved in deals to pay two women to keep them from speaking publicly before the 2016 election about affairs that they said they had with him. But it turns out that Mr. Trump wanted to go even further. He and his lawyer at the time, …

“Michael was very good at certain things and one of the things he was very good at, and we have now seen it, is intimidating people. I didn’t like to work with Michael, I didn’t like to interact with Michael, and that’s why he had no role in the campaign, even when he wanted one. I was very clear when …

Politico reports: One Republican lawyer close to the White House worried that Cohen – with his unique access to Trump’s history of business dealings and scandalous personal entanglements – could ultimately prove more damaging to Trump, and give Democrats fodder for impeachment if they take the House in November. “It’s the only excuse they’ll need,” the lawyer said. “And believe …

The Week reports: The traditional reward for acts of unimaginable bravery is a Purple Heart — but apparently eight felony convictions works in a pinch. President Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was convicted on eight counts of felony financial crimes Tuesday. The president has consistently defended Manafort both in person and on Twitter. He added to his online flattery …

Newsweek reports: Michael Cohen’s lawyer, Lanny Davis, has pleaded for donations to a new fund set up to help pay the legal fees associated with Cohen’s case. The “Michael Cohen Truth Fund” on GoFundMe has a $500,000 goal. As of early this morning, more than $21,000 had been donated. “On July 2, 2018, Michael Cohen declared his independence from Donald …

The Independent reports: Michael Cohen’s lawyer has said his client will refuse any pardon from Donald Trump, branding the US president a “criminal”. Lanny Davis, who was hired by Mr Cohen last month, told National Public Radio Mr Trump’s former attorney would “never” accept a pardon from “a man that he considers to be a corrupt and a dangerous person”. …

The Huffington Post reports: Eric Trump, son of President Donald Trump and executive vice president of the family’s company, fired off a complaint on Twitter about “disloyal people.” Trump was likely referring to Omarosa Manigault Newman, the former “Apprentice” villain and fired White House aide who’s been promoting her new tell-all book with secretly recorded audio. But critics on Twitter …

Mediaite reports: On Monday evening, Pierson appeared on Fox News and when Ed Henry challenged Pierson on Omarosa’s account that she had admitted the N-word tape existed, she said that this account “was absolutely not true.” Cut to Tuesday morning and Omarosa shared a recording of a conversation about the alleged “n-word” tape in which Pierson appears to confirm it’s …

The Associated Press reports: White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders says she cannot guarantee that President Donald Trump has never used a racial slur. Sanders said, “I haven’t been in every single room,” when asked if she can say with certainty that Trump has never used the N-word. Ex-Trump aide Omarosa Manigault Newman has alleged she has heard Trump on …

The New York Daily News reports: Ousted White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman claimed Tuesday that President Trump was well aware that emails stolen from his rival’s campaign were going to be released to the public during the 2016 campaign. “Absolutely,” Manigault Newman stated matter-of-factly when asked by MSNBC’s Katie Tur if Trump knew about the release before it happened. …

ABC News reports: A senior Trump campaign official confirms to ABC News, the campaign has filed arbitration against Omarosa Manigault-Newman Tuesday morning in New York for allegations that she violated her non-disclosure agreement with the Trump campaign. In a statement to ABC News, the official says: “Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. has filed an arbitration against Manigault-Newman with the …

CBS News reports: President Trump says former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault-Newman lied when she called him a racist who has said the N-word on tape. The president tweeted Monday night, “I don’t have that word in my vocabulary and never have. She made it up.” But a new recording, obtained by CBS News overnight, seems to back up Omarosa’s …

Yahoo News reports: President Donald Trump fired back at claims of racism made by former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman late Monday, saying no tape exists of him using the N-word and referring to himself as a “true champion of civil rights.” Trump blasted Manigault, who served as Director of Communications for the Office of Public Liaison until her firing in …

The New York Daily News reports: President Trump blasted his firstborn son as a “f–kup” after learning he had released emails about a controversial Trump Tower meeting attended by a Kremlin-connected lawyer who had promised dirt on Hillary Clinton, according to Omarosa Manigault Newman’s forthcoming book. Manigault Newman, who was unceremoniously fired from the White House last December, says the …

NBC News reports: Omarosa Manigault Newman, the former “Apprentice” contestant who became a White House aide, has provided an audio recording that she says is from 2017 and on which President Donald Trump expresses surprise that she’d been fired from his administration. The tape, which was played exclusively Monday on “Today,” appears to show Trump having no idea that Newman …

ABC News reports: Omarosa Manigault Newman’s former White House colleagues are looking into legal options to stop her from releasing more tapes and to punish her for secretly recording her conversation with Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly, White House officials tell ABC News. “The very idea a staff member would sneak a recording device into the White House Situation …

“Instead of telling the truth about all the good President Trump and his administration are doing to make America safe and prosperous, this book is riddled with lies and false accusations. It’s sad that a disgruntled former White House employee is trying to profit off these false attacks, and even worse that the media would now give her a platform, …

NBC News reports: Scott Pruitt’s polarizing tenure as head of the Environmental Protection Agency has come to an end. President Donald Trump tweeted on Thursday that he has accepted Pruitt’s resignation. The departure follows months of scrutiny that gathered momentum following reports that Pruitt had rented a Capitol Hill condominium linked to an energy lobbyist on favorable terms. The revelation …