Trump Corruption

The BBC reports: One of Donald Trump’s lawyers has told the BBC “nothing will change” his fight for the White House – despite being convicted following an historic trial in New York. Alina Habba has told Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg the former president is a “victim of political, selective prosecution”. Ms Habba, 40, sat alongside Mr Trump during the trial …

British tabloid The Mirror reports: Stormy Daniels today implores Melania Trump to leave her crooked husband – not because he slept with the porn star but because he’s now a convicted felon. During the ex-president’s six-week trial, the former First Lady was conspicuously absent from his side, never once appearing in court. Now Stormy, the woman who the businessman, 77, …

“The ‘Sentencing’ for not having done anything wrong will be, conveniently for the Fascists, 4 days before the Republican National Convention. A Radical Left Soros backed D.A., who ran on a platform of ‘I will get Trump,’ reporting to an “Acting” Local Judge, appointed by the Democrats, who is HIGHLY CONFLICTED, will make a decision which will determine the future …

CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale reports: Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed in a new interview that he didn’t make a “lock her up” call for the imprisonment of his Democratic opponent of the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton. During campaign rallies in 2016, Trump sometimes paused his remarks as his supporters engaged in chants of “lock her up,” giving the …

Mediaite reports: Jesus did not take the wheel. A parked empty bus covered in signs supporting Donald Trump reportedly rolled down an incline and crashed into a utility pole on Staten Island, shortly before a rally for the former president in the New York borough on Saturday. Reportedly, no one was injured. “It was parked by the CVS and it …

Reuters reports: Within hours of joining TikTok, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump had attracted over 2 million followers on the short video social media platform that he tried to ban as president on national security grounds. Trump posted a launch video on his account, which has the address @realdonaldtrump, on Saturday night. The video, which has more than 34 million …

The Hill reports: Former President Trump said he would be “okay” with being sentenced to either house arrest or jail time after he was convicted last week on 34 felony counts in New York. When asked on Fox News’s “Fox and Friends” how he deals with the prospect of being sentenced to house arrest or jail, Trump said, “I’m OK …

Trump lawyer Will Scharf: “This case in New York? It was called the zombie case. It sat and sat and sat. It could have been brought at any point after 2020. And then suddenly, when President Trump announced his campaign for president, it was dusted off, rushed in front of a grand jury and then rushed into court. “You want …

“The swing of independent voters after this conviction has been unbelievable because no one believes it. And you know, they’re literally feeding him, you know, certain segments of the population that he might not have had in 2016 and 2020 because for the first time, they realize that the system’s coming down, that he’s the victim. He’s the victim that …

“Well, first, in terms of Lara Trump’s interview, and her complaining about the case being tried in New York before New York jury, if you don’t want to be tried in front of a New York jury, then maybe don’t commit so many crimes in New York City. It’s pretty simple. “And that jury was selected in part by Donald …

“I beat her. It’s easier when you win. And they always said lock her up, and I felt — and I could have done it, but I felt it would have been a terrible thing. And then this happened to me. Hillary Clinton — I didn’t say lock her up, but the people said lock her up, lock her up. …

The New York Times reports: State lawmakers are looking to revive a push to strip Mr. Trump of one of his few remaining monuments: Donald J. Trump State Park. Mr. Trump donated the 436-acre plot to the State of New York in 2006 after plans to develop it into a luxurious private golf course fell apart. He had purchased the …

The Seattle Times reports: It turns out Washington has a law on the books against convicted felons running for office. It was first established back when Washington was a territory, in 1865, that anyone convicted of “infamous crimes” could be blocked from holding elected office. That was modified in 1959, and then again more recently, to the scheme we have …

“I think a lot of people yesterday when that verdict came down — I’m among them — my first reaction was, wow, they’ll actually hurt us. They would execute us — me — I’ll just say that speaking for myself. And there would be an MSNBC panel of former federal prosecutors telling their audience that I deserved it and they’d …

Newsweek reports: Attorney Alan Dershowitz believes former President Donald Trump’s conviction in his criminal hush money case will not be overturned due to the New York legal system and judges not wanting to be held “responsible” for such decisions. Dershowitz said the former president “has to appeal first through the New York system, and the New York system are all …

The right wing National Review reports: Forty-nine percent of independents think former president Donald Trump should end his presidential campaign in the wake of his felony conviction, according to a new poll. The poll, from Morning Consult, found that 15 percent of Republicans believe Trump should drop out of the race now that he’s been convicted on 34 felony counts …

The New York Times reports: Mr. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, is banking on the jury not having the final word on the case. He has already outlined a plan to appeal a verdict that on Friday he labeled “a scam.” But even if the former — and possibly future — president could persuade voters to ignore his conviction, the …

CNBC reports: The Florida federal judge overseeing the criminal classified documents case against former President Donald Trump has been the target of more than 1,000 complaints in just one week this month raising allegations of her handling of the case, a top appeals court judge revealed in an order. Many of the complaints” against Cannon filed with the 11th Circuit …

Reuters reports: Ten percent of Republican registered voters say they are less likely to vote for Donald Trump following his felony conviction for falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Friday. The two-day poll, conducted in the hours after the Republican presidential candidate’s conviction by …

The Washington Post reports: The D.C. board that oversees attorney discipline recommended Friday that Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor and personal attorney to former president Donald Trump, not be allowed to practice law in the nation’s capital. In announcing its recommendation, which will now head to the D.C. Court of Appeals, the board referenced arguments during the hearings …