Trump Corruption

The Daily Beast reports: On Friday, watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, demanding an investigation into the alleged cover-up. The complaint cites new allegations from 2016 Trump campaign aide A.J. Delgado, which she lodged in a sworn court declaration earlier this week as part of her ongoing discrimination …

Media Matters has the transcript: STEVE BANNON (HOST): New York Times lead story is you’ve been fired by WABC, John Catsimatidis, your show has been canceled. Any truth? Because the New York Times is full of fake news, is this true? RUDY GIULIANI (GUEST): It’s absolutely true. We’re also the leading show at 3 o’clock in New York, leading Hannity, …

“We have a dual system of justice and we have a very unconstitutional gag order. As his legal spokeswoman, I’m nervous about what I can’t say and that’s also unconstitutional. The fact that they will not let a defendant speak and exercise his First Amendment rights — never mind the leading candidate for president — that is un-American, it violates …

The Daily Mail reports: Barron Trump is declining Florida’s offer to be a delegate to the Republican National Convention this summer, citing ‘prior commitments,’ according to his mother’s office. Melania Trump’s office made a statement to DailyMail.com on behalf of her son. ‘While Barron is honored to have been chosen as a delegate by the Florida Republican Party, he regretfully …

The Daily Beast reports: In a turn that is oh-so-meta, a brand new hush money deal is now at the center of attention in Donald Trump’s ongoing hush money trial: $750,000 that prosecutors say the business mogul is dangling above Allen Weisselberg’s head to keep him testifying against his former boss. For the first time on Friday, prosecutors disclosed the …

The New York Times reports: Rudolph W. Giuliani was suspended by WABC radio on Friday and his daily talk show was canceled after he violated station policy by trying to discuss discredited claims about the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election on air. John Catsimatidis, the billionaire who is a major Republican donor and owns the station, said he had …

The New Jersey Advance reports: The Republican presidential hopeful’s campaign paid $54,200 to Wildwood for the May 11 rally being held on the beach between a set of amusement piers, according to records obtained by NJ Advance Media through the Open Public Records Act. The campaign’s payments Wildwood were made in two parts a week apart: $54,000 on April 16 …

“He’s a smart one…he’s a great guy. He’s a little on the tall side. I will tell you, he’s a tall one, but he is a good-looking guy. And he’s really been a great student. And he does like politics. “It’s sort of funny. He’ll tell me sometimes, ‘Dad, this is what you have to do.’ So, anyway, he’s a …

Law & Crime reports: Peter Navarro, Steve Bannon’s self-professed co-orchestrator of the bogus voter fraud strategy known as the “Green Bay Sweep,” has asked a federal judge to release him from prison and let him serve out the remainder of his contempt of Congress sentence on supervised release for 30 days. According to an emergency motion for resentencing filed late …

NBC News reports: Michael Cohen will begin his testimony in the Trump hush money trial Monday, NBC News has learned through multiple sources. He is expected to be on the stand for several days. Cohen is at the center of the case as the one who paid Stormy Daniels the $130,000 hush money to keep her quiet about her alleged …

The Washington Post reports: After pleading guilty to money laundering and obstruction of justice, Paul Manafort, the globe-trotting political consultant and former campaign chairman for Donald Trump, asked for leniency in his sentencing, telling a federal judge five years ago that he was nearly 70 years old, struggling with health concerns and remorseful for his actions. The judge rejected his …

NBC News reports: Trump misstated the age of his youngest son in an interview that aired Thursday, saying Barron Trump was 17 years old — even though he turned 18 in March. The mistake came when Trump reacted to his son’s entering the political arena as a delegate from Florida for the Republican National Convention. “He’s pretty young, I will …

“It’s pretty obvious that Donald Trump does accept election results even despite the fact that it was a very questionable election in 2020 because Joe Biden is, unfortunately, sitting in the Oval Office today. What Donald Trump has said – and I think he’s exactly right – is that we should have free, fair, and transparent elections. And unfortunately, Eric, …

The Daily Beast reports: Stormy Daniels couldn’t resist taking another swipe at Donald Trump after her bombshell testimony in his hush-money trial after his defense team sought a change in his gag order to allow him to speak publicly about the porn star. After Judge Juan Merchan on Thursday rejected the request to amend the order—which was imposed to prevent …

The Meidas Touch reports: Madeline Westerhout was called next by the prosecution. She was Donald Trump’s Executive Assistant in the White House. She said that Trump’s former golf caddie Dan Scavino was also always around to help Trump with his twitter account. She said Scavino and Trump were the only people who had access to his twitter account. She said …

The Hill reports: Former President Trump’s hush money judge rejected the former president’s request to narrow his gag order so he can speak publicly about porn actor Stormy Daniels now that she has completed her testimony in Trump’s ongoing criminal trial. Trump’s gag order limits his attacks against witnesses, among others, forcing the former president to stop pummeling some of …

“RFK Jr. is a Democrat plant. A radical left liberal who’s been put in place in order to help Crooked Joe Biden, the worst president in the History of the United States get reelected. A lot of people think Junior is a conservative. He’s not. A vote for Junior would be a wasted protest vote. “Republicans, get it out of …

“What Biden is doing with respect to Israel is disgraceful. If any Jewish person voted for Joe Biden, they should be ashamed of themselves. He’s totally abandoned Israel and nobody can believe it. I guess he feels good about it because he did it as a political decision. You have to do the right decision, not the political decision. But …

The New York Times reports: Stormy Daniels, who received $130,000 on the eve of the 2016 election to keep silent about a one-night sexual encounter she said she’d had with Donald J. Trump, is back on the witness stand in the former president’s criminal trial, facing more questions from his lawyers. Ms. Daniels described on Tuesday — sometimes nervously, sometimes …

The Washington Post reports: As Donald Trump sat with some of the country’s top oil executives at his Mar-a-Lago Club last month, one executive complained about how they continued to face burdensome environmental regulations despite spending $400 million to lobby the Biden administration in the last year. Trump’s response stunned several of the executives in the room overlooking the ocean: …