Trump Corruption

Raw Story reports: “I’m supposed to be in New Hampshire,” Trump said to reporters after emerging from the courthouse. “I’ve been here all day.” The former president reiterated that he believes the trial against him, for business record fraud to allegedly cover up an affair with an adult film star ahead of the 2016 election, is “very unfair.” He waved …

CNN reports: Judge Juan Merchan said a jury has been seated in the Trump trial. The court is now selecting alternates. Both sides in the courtroom used all their peremptory strikes on potential jurors. The jurors for the Trump hush money criminal trial are coming into the courtroom. Twelve jurors and one alternate have been seated. A potential juror who …

The Daily Beast reports: The second juror, Watters described, is “a nurse from the Upper East Side with a Masters degree.” “She’s not married, has no kids and lives with her fiancé who works in finance,” Watters said, chuckling for some reason. “She gets her news from The New York Times, Google and CNN.” Two items in this juror’s questionnaire …

Raw Story reports: A juror seated in Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial was the second to be dismissed on Thursday. As jurors returned to the courtroom for the third day of trial, one woman said she had “concerns about her ability to be fair.” Soon after, prosecutors said another juror, a man, had not disclosed that he had been arrested …

CNN reports: After a paneled juror expressed concerns in court about her ability to serve, Judge Juan Merchan addressed the press in court, telling them “there’s a reason this is an anonymous jury.” “I’m directing that the press simply apply common sense and refrain from writing about anything that has to do with physical descriptions, it’s just not necessary, it …

Politico reports: In a letter received by Republican digital vendors this week, the Trump campaign is asking for down-ballot candidates who use his name, image and likeness in fundraising appeals to give at least 5 percent of the proceeds to the campaign. They add: “Any split that is higher than 5% will be seen favorably by the RNC and President …

Deadline Hollywood reports: Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t planning to host the Oscars next year. But now he might. The ABC late-night host was responding to comments from former President Donald Trump on Truth Social. Trump said that Kimmel was “made to look like a FOOL, which he is, and at the same time go down in Television History as the WORST …

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump appeared to violate the clear gag order set forth by Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the New York trial over hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels. On Wednesday, Trump took to Truth Social and quoted Fox News host Jesse Watters. “They are catching undercover Liberal Activists lying to the Judge …

The Associate Press reports: Donald Trump’s legal team says it tried serving Stormy Daniels a subpoena as she arrived for an event at a bar in Brooklyn last month, but the porn actor, who is expected to be a witness at the former president’s criminal trial, refused to take it and walked away. A process server working for Trump’s lawyers …

CNN reports: Thursday morning, a new panel of 96 jurors, already sworn in, will return to the courtroom. The judge will ask two broad questions: whether any juror feels they can’t be fair or impartial, and whether they are unable to serve on the trial for another reason. The trial is expected to last at least six weeks. The remaining …

The Hill reports: If former President Trump chooses to testify in his hush money trial, New York prosecutors want to cross-examine him about his various civil lawsuits. In court papers signed last month but not made public until Wednesday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s (D) office said it would seek to question Trump about 13 court rulings against him or …

The Meidas Touch reports: Trump visited a Harlem bodega to highlight his campaign’s emphasis on crime. In coverage of the event, New Yorkers could be seen cheering, singing, and chanting for Trump. Pro-Trump, right wing media and MAGA Republicans have used clips of the crowd as evidence that Black and Hispanic voters are turning to Trump in heavily Democratic areas. …

“Stupid Jimmy Kimmel, who still hasn’t recovered from his horrendous performance and big ratings drop as Host of The Academy Awards, especially when he showed he suffered from TDS, commonly known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, to the entire World by reading on air my TRUTH about how bad a job he was doing that night, right before he stumbled through …

The Washington Post reports: Former president Donald Trump repeatedly ranted about wind power during a fundraising dinner with oil and gas industry executives last week, claiming that the renewable-energy source is unreliable, unattractive and bad for the environment. “I hate wind,” Trump told the executives over a meal of chopped steak at his Mar-a-Lago Club and resort in Florida, according …

From the transcript of today’s Fox appearance: MARTHA MACCALLUM: I just have a second. But, you know, there are two reports, both days, of him falling asleep in court. Any reaction to that, is he tired as you just been running around a lot or and any thoughts on that? ALINA HABBA: If anything, he’s probably brutally bored. I mean, …

Politico reports: Donald Trump could have cleared up confusion and hastened the arrival of National Guard troops to quell the Capitol riot if he’d called Pentagon leaders on Jan. 6, 2021, according to recent closed-door congressional testimony by two former leaders of the D.C. guard. Michael Brooks, the senior enlisted leader of the D.C. guard at the time of the …

“I thought STRIKES were supposed to be ‘unlimited’ when we were picking our jury? I was then told we only had 10, not nearly enough when we were purposely given the 2nd Worst Venue in the Country. Don’t worry, we have the First Worst also, as the Witch Hunt continues! ELECTION INTERFERENCE!” – Trump, posting today to Truth Social. Under …

The Washington Post reports: Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy apologized and asked for leniency in 2015 after he said a gun he kept in his vehicle for bear protection fell and discharged, striking him in his right forearm in Glacier National Park, according to new National Park Service documents released through a Freedom of Information Act request. The new documents, …

“I am wondering if some of them are a little unhappy with the amount of information that is being made public about them. Now, this is not the fault of the media. I wanna be very clear about this. Responsibility to guard all of the very specific information that we’re learning resides with the D.A.’s office and with the judge. …

“I think that we’re seeing a painful, unfortunately, jury selection because we’re in the state of New York, which is definitely by design. “There is no question that Bragg bringing this in New York – look at the Fulton County D.A., and so on and so forth, Washington, D.C., – these venues are selected exactly for this reason. “Judges admonishing …