Trump Corruption

Axios reports: In a shocking moment during President Trump’s meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday, Trump requested for videos to be displayed purporting to show evidence of violence against white people in the country. Trump, who cut all foreign assistance to South Africa, has embraced the false accusations of genocide against white South Africans as justification for …

“What are you talking about? You ought to get out of here. What does this have to do with the Qatari jet? They’re giving the United States Air Force a jet and it’s a great thing. They also gave $5.1 trillion in investment in addition to the jet. It’s NBC trying to get off the subject. You are a terrible …

CBS News reports: The Defense Department said Wednesday it has accepted a Boeing jet from Qatar that will be retrofitted and used to transport President Trump. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell [photo]said in a statement that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth accepted the Boeing 747 “in accordance with all federal rules and regulations.” “The Department of Defense will work to ensure …

Rolling Stone reports: President Donald Trump has a lot on his plate. He hasn’t been able to end any of the wars, Congress can’t get his “big, beautiful bill” passed, and the courts keep stalling his governance-by-executive-order agenda. But for days now, the president has been obsessing over Bruce Springsteen. On Wednesday — as Republicans in Congress slogged through an …

Reuters reports: U.S. President Donald Trump’s eldest son Donald Trump Jr said in Qatar on Wednesday that he could maybe run for president one day, adding “that calling is there.” “So the answer is I don’t know, maybe one day. You know, that calling is there. I’ll always be very active in terms of being a vocal proponent of these …

“Joe Biden was not for Open Borders, he never talked about Open Borders, where criminals of all kinds, shapes, and sizes, can flow into our Country at will. It wasn’t his idea to Open the Border, and almost destroy our Country, and cost us Hundreds of Billions of Dollars to get criminals out of our Country, and go through the …

The New York Times reports: The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation of Andrew M. Cuomo, a front-runner in the New York City mayoral race, after Republicans accused him of lying to Congress about decisions he made during the coronavirus pandemic as governor, according to two people familiar with the matter. The inquiry comes after senior Justice Department officials …

Mediaite reports: During a conference in Qatar, Musk was asked if he intended to be a big spender on future campaigns. “I think, in terms of political spending,” Musk began, “I’m going to do a lot less in the future.” Asked how he came to that conclusion, Musk said, “I think I’ve done enough.” The interviewer then asked if the …

Axios reports: President Trump warned congressional Republicans on Tuesday not to “f**k around” with Medicaid, a stark pushback to conservative lawmakers demanding steeper cuts to the program in “one big, beautiful bill.” Trump is already floating political retribution for Republican holdouts who don’t get in line. He also tore into Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who has been a firm “no” …

Ynet News reports: During the year leading up to the U.S. presidential election, only 10% of lobbying efforts by agents working on behalf of Qatar were directed at conservative-leaning media. However, after Donald Trump’s victory, this focus shifted dramatically: over half of their outreach was aimed at outlets like Fox News, the New York Post, and the Daily Mail. Qatar’s …

Politico reports: The outgoing chief of the U.S. Capitol Police issued an unusual public statement Monday criticizing a reported settlement between Justice Department and the family of Ashli Babbitt, who was shot and killed on Jan. 6, 2021, by an officer guarding the House chamber. “I am extremely disappointed and disagree with this settlement,” Chief Thomas Manger said, noting that …

“We got the Olympics and then we got through Gianni, he’s the boss, he’s a friend of mine, we got the World Cup. I got them both and I said, ‘Man, I won’t be president. I got the Olympics and the World Cup and I won’t be president and they’re gonna forget that I got them, nobody’s gonna mention it.’ …

CNN reports: The Trump administration first approached Qatar to inquire about acquiring a Boeing 747 that could be used as Air Force One by President Donald Trump, four sources familiar with the discussions told CNN. That’s contrary to the narrative from the president that Qatar reached out and offered the jet as a “gift” to him. After Trump took office …

The New Jersey Monitor reports: Acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba said Monday she is charging Rep. LaMonica McIver with “assaulting, impeding and interfering with law enforcement” during the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka outside a migrant jail in Newark 10 days ago. Habba also announced her office is dropping Baraka’s misdemeanor trespassing charge “for the sake of moving forward.” …

“I think that if you take a look, it’s the same doctor that said that Joe was cognitively fine. There are things going on that the public wasn’t informed of. And I think somebody’s gonna have to speak to his doctor if it’s the same, or even if it’s two separate doctors. Why wasn’t the cognitive ability– why wasn’t that …

ABC News reports: It’s crunch time in the House, where the next 48 hours will test Speaker Mike Johnson’s leadership like never before as he scrambles to secure the needed votes to pass a megabill aimed at advancing President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda. And now the president is set to attend the House GOP conference on Capitol Hill Tuesday morning, …

The Washington Post reports: The gala dinner at the Trump National Golf Club on Thursday will link the president to an unusual collection of deep-pocketed crypto players from around the world, some of whom have told The Washington Post they hope to influence his views on how their industry is regulated or otherwise capitalize on the presidential access. The identities …

The Hill reports: At least 50 Venezuelan men who were sent to a notorious Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration had immigrated to the U.S. legally, a review by the Libertarian Cato Institute found. The Monday report reviewed data for just a fraction of the men sent to the prison for whom immigration records are available. “The government calls them …

Bloomberg News reports: From its New York headquarters on Trump Tower’s 22nd floor, Dominari Holdings operates a tiny investment bank that, less than three years ago, pivoted from developing cancer therapies into finance. Since then it has lost about $US70 million. One of its senior executives was named in a now-settled complaint alleging “Boiler Room” style business practices at an …

Reuters reports: US Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on Monday introduced a bill that would prevent any foreign aircraft from being used as Air Force One, the aircraft that transports the US president. Schumer introduced the “Presidential Airlift Security Act” after news last week that President Donald Trump planned to accept a $400 million airplane from Qatar, which legal experts said …