Trump Corruption

Politico reports: Donald Trump’s political operation had a startling weakness as the general election kicked off this year: He had been spending money almost as quickly as he was raising it, leaving him at a significant cash disadvantage against President Joe Biden. Trump’s cash woes have been well-documented. But a new POLITICO analysis shows just how he got there over …

The Hill reports: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes [photo] confirmed via social media that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani had been served in the state’s 2020 election case against him. “The final defendant was served moments ago. @RudyGiuliani nobody is above the law,” Mayes posted on social media platform X. Mayes was responding to post from Giuliani that …

Mediaite reports: Donald Trump insisted on Friday night that he will demand President Joe Biden take a drug test before they debate each other next month and in September. “I just wanna debate this guy, but you know– and I’m gonna demand a drug test too, by the way,” Trump said as the audience cheered. “I am. No, I really …

The New York Post reports: Rudy Giuliani’s 80th birthday bash in Palm Beach was stormed “like it was Normandy” as the former New York City mayor was served with notice of his Arizona indictment, sources told The Post. In front of nearly 75 guests, two officials with Arizona’s attorney general’s office arrived at the shindig around 11 p.m. to hand …

CBS News reports: Former President Donald Trump will head to Minnesota on a day off from his hush money trial for a Republican fundraiser Friday night in a traditionally Democratic state that he boasts he can carry in November. Trump visited to Minnesota several times in 2020, when Biden beat him by more than 7 points. In the run-up to …

The Meidas Touch reports: John Eastman was the first of the indicted co-conspirators to turn himself in on the state charges in Maricopa County, with Rudy Giuliani, Christina Bobb, and Mark Meadows expected to do so over the next few weeks. After he was arrested and booked, Eastman appeared at his arraignment today with his attorney and entered a not …

NBC News reports: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Friday that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito should recuse himself from cases related to the 2020 election after a new report said an upside-down American flag flew outside his home in the days after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and before President Joe Biden’s inauguration. Some Trump …

“Donald Trump. Now let’s look at public reporting. I’m only going to talk about public reporting. His criminal trial started on April 15th. And here’s a summary of the press reports. On his first day of his trial, Reuters reported that Trump appeared to doze off during jury selection. “On April 16th, it was reported that Trump dropped his head …

Politico Europe reports: After years of secretive negotiations and involvement from Serbia’s political elite, Jared Kushner’s investment firm Affinity Partners has officially secured a 99-year permit to develop a luxury compound in Belgrade. The deal has faced outrage in Serbia, centered mostly around the building’s historical significance — in particular, that a U.S. company would be redeveloping the symbol of …

Phoenix’s NBC affiliate reports: Starting Friday morning, Arizona’s “fake electors” case will get going with the first of the 18 defendants walking into a basement courtroom in downtown Phoenix. One arraignment is scheduled Friday, for John C. Eastman. Eastman is the 64-year-old conservative law professor and former Trump lawyer who was the father of the fake elector scheme, according to …

“People are thinking that Soros backed D.A., Alvin Bragg, who never wanted to bring the Witch Hunt against me in the first place, is going to drop this ridiculous and very unpatriotic ‘CASE’ in order to save lots of money, and also the self respect of his once revered Office. “He would then be able to focus on Violent Crime, …

Reuters reports: Donald Trump’s allies are assembling proposals to curtail the Justice Department’s independence and turn the nation’s top law enforcement body into an attack dog for conservative causes, nine people involved in the effort told Reuters. If successful, the overhaul could represent one of the most consequential actions of a second Trump presidency given the Justice Department’s role in …

“Former President Donald Trump, who just last week, I never thought I’d see this — I’ve heard it, but I’ve never seen it. Donald Trump, just last week, had oil executives convening, talking about his election. “And he openly asked them for $1 billion to roll back the environmental progress of the Biden administration, the environmental progress that we’ve made …

Mediaite reports: Rudy Giuliani is on the brink of losing yet another paycheck just days after being axed from his six-figure WABC radio gig over his inability to stop spewing election conspiracy theories. Several sources at Newsmax said the fate of Giuliani’s show on the conservative network’s streaming platform is up in the air. Top brass, which has raised alarms …

The Guardian reports: A “deal” allegedly offered by Donald Trump to big-oil executives as he sought $1 billion in campaign donations could save the industry $110 billion in tax breaks if he returns to the White House, an analysis suggests. The fundraising dinner held last month at Mar-a-Lago with more than 20 executives, including from Chevron, Exxon and Occidental Petroleum, …

Law & Crime reports: Former President Donald Trump on Thursday outside of the hush-money trial courtroom criticized one of the prosecutors not named Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg (D), in apparent defiance of a gag order restricting such statements. With his defense attorney Todd Blanche looking on and Republican lawmakers, like Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida standing in the background, Trump …

“Crooked Joe Biden does not want RFK Jr. in the debates because Junior’ is far left him and they would be debating over the same territory, like ridiculous Open Borders and the Green New Scam, both of which are killing our Country. He’s also sharper and far more intelligent than Joe, all making for a bad combination of ingredients. I …

The Associated Press reports: Donald Trump is seeking to have New York’s highest court intervene in his fight over a gag order that has seen him fined $10,000 and threatened with jail for violating a ban on commenting about witnesses, jurors and others connected to his hush money criminal trial. The former president’s lawyers filed a notice of appeal late …

ABC News reports: Michael Cohen is set to return to the witness stand Thursday to face a full day of cross-examination in which the defense is expected to question the former Trump attorney’s credibility as the prosecution’s star witness in Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial. Across his two days on the witness stand, Cohen has offered the most incriminating …

“It’s rigged so heavily in Joe Biden’s favor, but everything always is! You’ve got Hollywood against Donald Trump. You’ve got the music industry against Donald Trump. Mainstream media. Despite that and even the judicial system at this point, he is beating Joe Biden in every poll out there. It’s amazing to see. So, if Joe Biden shows up on June …