Trump Corruption

Mediaite reports: Donald Trump once again attacked Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over the former president’s criminal trial in Manhattan. This time, he urged those watching to “take a look at where” the Colombia-born Merchan “comes from.” “The judge hates Donald Trump,” the former president insisted. “Just take a look. Take a look at him. Take a look at …

NBC News reports: Smartmatic alleges that Newsmax has destroyed evidence in the voting machine company’s lawsuit against the right-wing news channel over false claims that Smartmatic helped “rig” the 2020 election, according to court documents made public this week. Lawyers for Florida-based Smartmatic allege that Newsmax engaged in a “cover-up” by destroying texts and emails of key executives that would …

Axios reports: Former President Trump’s attorneys found classified documents in his bedroom four months after the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago, per court documents unsealed Tuesday. The judge wrote in an 87-page opinion that, “Notably, no excuse is provided as to how the former president could miss the classified-marked documents found in his own bedroom at Mar-a-Lago.” A witness scanned the contents …

“Why would you justify this insanity? Look at the clowns that they put on there — you don’t subject yourself to that nonsense. You are going into a kangaroo court. There’s nothing more. Nothing less. There’d be absolutely no reason, no justification to do that whatsoever.” – Donald Trump Jr., responding to MSNBC reporter Vaughn Hillyard asking why Trump has …

The New York Times reports: Tomorrow’s private luncheon to benefit MAGA Inc., a pro-Trump super PAC, comes about a month after Mr. Trump hosted energy executives over dinner at Mar-a-Lago, his resort in Florida. He asked them to donate $1 billion to his campaign so that he could retake the White House and dismantle Mr. Biden’s climate regulations, including the …

“Donald Trump today doubled down on his promise to leave ‘everything up to the states,’ suggesting he would allow states to have different policies on birth control and emergency contraception bans. “When a local Pittsburgh station asked Trump if he would support restrictions around contraception, he said, ‘Things really do have a lot to do with the states and some …

CBS News reports: The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York is hearing arguments from both sides about what instructions he should give jurors before they begin deliberating next week. Justice Juan Merchan will craft what’s known as the jury “charge,” laying out the legal issues that jurors must consider to reach a verdict. Prosecutors and …

A classic Trump exchange with a Pittsburgh news anchor: DONALD TRUMP: We had Covid. They used Covid to cheat. And that’s one of those things. And everybody knows it. And most of the people in Pennsylvania know too. It’s going to be much harder for them to cheat, but they will try. It’s a sad thing. It’s a sad commentary …

ABC News reports: Special counsel Jack Smith appears to have suspected additional efforts by former President Donald Trump to obstruct the government’s investigation of his handling of classified documents, a newly unsealed court filing revealed Tuesday. The opinion was released as an exhibit in filings responding to Trump’s efforts to have the case dismissed, ahead of two hearings Wednesday related …

Semafor reports: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell would be gone in the first 100 days of a second Donald Trump term that would also include mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, Peter Navarro told Semafor from the federal prison where he is serving a four-month sentence for refusing to cooperate with a congressional probe into the Jan. 6 riots at the …

The New York Times reports: The arraignments of Rudolph W. Giuliani and 10 other allies of Donald J. Trump were underway on Tuesday morning in an Arizona criminal case that charges them with trying to keep Mr. Trump in power after he lost the 2020 presidential election. A total of 50 people — including Mr. Trump, who has locked up …

CNBC reports: Defense lawyers for Donald Trump rested their case at his criminal hush money trial Tuesday without calling the former president to testify. Trump’s decision not to take the witness stand was not a surprise, as testifying carries serious risks for any criminal defendant, particularly for one with a tendency to speak off the cuff and undercut his prior …

“The crowds outside, we can’t – it’s not a really big thing for us. We don’t really care that much but people want to get out there and you only have all police. The only people allowed out there are radical left lunatics and they put our people four or five blocks away. There are a lot of them too! …

Law & Crime reports: In an aggressive move, a couple of weeks after Rudy Giuliani announced that he was fired from his radio show, bankruptcy lawyers revealed they intend to serve a subpoena on Republican billionaire and WABC owner John Catsimatidis for documents. Bankruptcy lawyers are now hoping to use the public blow-up over the firing against Giuliani in court. …

The Hill reports: Former President Trump’s reelection campaign plans to sue the filmmakers behind the new biopic film, “The Apprentice,” which follows the former president’s early years in the real estate business, for including what it calls “blatantly false assertions.” “We will be filing a lawsuit to address the blatantly false assertions from these pretend filmmakers,” Trump campaign spokesperson Steven …

The New York Times reports: Former President Donald J. Trump posted a video on Monday afternoon that features images of hypothetical newspaper articles celebrating a 2024 victory for him and referring to “the creation of a unified Reich” under the headline “What’s next for America?” The 30-second video, which Mr. Trump posted on his social media site, Truth Social, features …

The Guardian reports: Trump Media and Technology Group, the owner of Donald Trump’s social networking site Truth Social, lost more than $300 million last quarter, according to its first earnings report as a publicly traded company. For the three-month period that ended 31 March, the company posted a loss of $327.6 million, which it said included $311 million in non-cash …

Axios reports: The judge overseeing former President Trump’s New York hush money trial admonished defense witness Robert Costello Monday for his reactions while on the stand. It was one of the most dramatic moments of the ongoing Trump criminal trial, which is now in its sixth week, and led the judge to temporarily clear the courtroom. “I want to discuss …

USA Today reports: The prosecution rested its case in former President Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial in Manhattan on Monday after former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen returned to the stand for more questioning. It was defense team’s last chance to undermine the credibility of Cohen, the prosecution’s star witness. Trump lawyer Todd Blanche got Cohen to admit that he …

Forbes reports: Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers are expected to start presenting their defense in his criminal trial this week after prosecutors rest their case, but it still remains to be seen whether the ex-president will take the stand and testify himself. Trump attorney Alina Habba told Fox News Monday the ex-president “has to listen to his attorneys” and that …