Trump Corruption

The Washington Post reports: President Donald Trump’s crackdown on lawyers is having a chilling effect on his opponents’ ability to defend themselves or challenge his actions in court, according to people who say they are struggling to find legal representation as a result of his challenges. Biden-era officials said they’re having trouble finding lawyers willing to defend them. The volunteers …

The Denver Post reports: President Donald Trump’s official portrait in the Colorado Capitol was taken down Monday night after the president took to social media to complain about what he claimed was a “purposefully distorted” portrayal. In a statement, House Democratic spokesman Jarrett Freedman said Republican leadership had asked that the portrait be removed. “If the GOP wants to spend time …

Mediaite reports: The challenge for politicians in our digital age is that it’s all too easy for digital sleuths to dig up video clips of their past selves and smack them with charges of hypocrisy. Such is the tale of National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, who accidentally added a reporter on a group chat discussing secret war plans but less …

Time Magazine reports: Louis DeJoy has resigned from his role as Postmaster General of the U.S. Postal Service, according to a source familiar with the matter. On Monday, he told the USPS Board of Governors that it would be his last day on the job. He named Deputy Postmaster General Doug Tulino to take over until the Board names a …

Forbes reports: A government contractor and lobbyist who served in President Donald Trump’s first administration bought Vice President JD Vance’s Virginia home in an above-market deal, a sale his spokesperson says was based on the market. A company registered in Nevada named 9 EDR LLC, with Christopher Garcia listed as its managing member, purchased Vance’s home in Alexandria, Virginia on …

The Washington Post reports: Several top officials in the Trump administration discussed highly sensitive military plans using an unclassified chat application that inadvertently included a journalist, the White House acknowledged Monday, a development that swiftly drew criticism from Washington’s national security establishment. Brian Hughes, a spokesman for the White House National Security Council, said the message thread revealed in an …

Newsweek reports: President Donald Trump reacted after reports surfaced that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accidentally included a journalist in a group chat in which sensitive U.S. military plans for strikes against Yemen were discussed. Asked about Monday’s story by The Atlantic that top cabinet officials and aides used Signal to text war plans to a reporter, Trump said, “I don’t …

The Hill reports: Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.), a military veteran, on Monday called for a congressional hearing following a news report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth texted The Atlantic’s top editor key details of the U.S. plan to bomb Houthi targets, just two hours ahead of the attacks. “Only one word for this: FUBAR,” Ryan wrote in a post on …

“This is friendliness, not provocation. We’re dealing with a lot of people from Greenland that would like to see something happen with respect to their being properly protected and properly taken care of. “They’re calling us. We’re not calling them. And we were invited over there, and I thought it would be great. But we’ve been invited, and they really …

Axios reports: Members of Congress in both parties exploded in anger Monday after the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic revealed he was inadvertently included in a highly-sensitive Trump administration Signal chat on airstrikes in Yemen.  “This is an outrageous national security breach and heads should roll,” Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.), a member of the Armed Services Committee, said in a statement …

Mediaite reports: President Donald Trump praised Kansas City Chiefs Quarterback Patrick Mahomes’s MAGA family members and told OutKick founder and conservative radio host Clay Travis he’s invited the Super Bowl losers to the White House. Over the weekend, Travis scored an exclusive sit-down interview with Trump aboard Air Force One that featured plenty of questions you probably wouldn’t hear in …

CNN reports: President Donald Trump said Monday that he will impose tariffs of 25% on any nation that purchases oil from Venezuela. “Venezuela has been very hostile to the United States and the Freedoms which we espouse. Therefore, any Country that purchases Oil and/or Gas from Venezuela will be forced to pay a Tariff of 25% to the United States on …

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump Jr. is headlining a group of conservative gun activists joining the board of online firearms retailer GrabAGun as it plans to go public later this year, the company announced Monday. GrabAGun is in the process of merging with a holding company led by businessman Omeed Malik, whose conservative-leaning venture fund 1789 Capital has invested …

Agence France-Presse reports: Greenland’s prime minister, Mute Egede, accused Washington on Monday of interfering in its political affairs by sending a US delegation to the Danish territory, which is coveted by US President Donald Trump. Egede said US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz would visit Greenland this week, along with Usha Vance, the wife of US Vice President JD Vance. …

NBC News reports: A federal appeals court panel of three judges will hear arguments today over the Trump administration’s deportation of five Venezuelans under the Alien Enemies Act. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia will listen to arguments by both sides on the government’s request to reverse U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s temporary restraining order, …

“Why would the now highly discredited 60 Minutes be doing a total ‘puff piece’ on George Clooney, a second rate movie ‘star,”’and failed political pundit. He fought hard for Sleepy Joe’s election and then, right after the Debate, dumped him like a dog. “Later, I assume under orders from the Obama camp, pushed all out for ‘Kamala,’ only to soon …

“Nobody likes a bad picture or painting of themselves, but the one in Colorado, in the State Capitol, put up by the Governor, along with all other Presidents, was purposefully distorted to a level that even I, perhaps, have never seen before. “The artist also did President Obama, and he looks wonderful, but the one on me is truly the …

USA Today reports: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he believes the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy was carried out by Lee Harvey Oswald but asked if the gunman had help. When asked if he believes Oswald killed JFK, Trump responded, “I do. And I’ve always held that, of course he was, was he helped?” Trump told …

The Intercept reports: President Donald Trump’s administration wants to force people in the U.S. applying for green cards or citizenship to fork over their social media handles, in a move with far-reaching implications as the government cracks down on pro-Palestine activists. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, or USCIS, which oversees naturalization and immigration, earlier this month proposed requesting social media …

The Washington Post reports: When Vladimir Putin heard Donald Trump had been shot in the ear at a rally in Pennsylvania last year, the Russian president said he went to his local church, met with his priest and prayed, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said Friday in an interview with Tucker Carlson. Putin, according to Witkoff’s conversation with the man, …