Trump Corruption

“They’re continuing to talk to banks and insurance companies to try to get that bond, to get it at a reasonable amount of money that he could put up. As of yet, none of his billionaire friends are ponying up money from what I understand. I’ve been asking them. I mean, there are a lot of them. Just generally, Donald …

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner has offered his own solution to the mass bloodshed and displacement in Gaza: some good, old-fashioned real estate development. During an interview with Tarek Masoud, the faculty chair of Harvard’s Middle East Initiative, Kushner proposed moving Palestinians to Israel’s arid desert region to “clean up” Gaza’s “valuable” waterfront. “Gaza’s waterfront property …

The New York Times reports: Peter Navarro, a trade adviser to former President Donald J. Trump, reported to federal prison in Miami on Tuesday, becoming the first senior Trump administration official to serve time over his role in the effort to subvert the results of the 2020 election. At a hastily organized news conference shortly before he was set to …

“Judge Engoron actually wants me to put up Hundreds of Millions of Dollars for the Right to Appeal his ridiculous decision. In other words, he is trying to take my Appellate Rights away from me when I have already won at the Appellate Division, but he refuses to accept their already made decision. “Nobody has ever heard of anything like …

The New York Times reports: Former President Donald J. Trump filed a defamation lawsuit against ABC News on Monday, arguing that the anchor George Stephanopoulos had harmed his reputation by saying multiple times on-air that Mr. Trump had been found liable for raping the writer E. Jean Carroll. A jury in a Manhattan civil case last year found Mr. Trump …

The Washington Post reports: The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s classified-documents case issued an unusual order late Monday regarding jury instructions at the end of the trial — even though she has not yet ruled on when the trial will be held, or a host of other issues. U.S. District Court Judge Aileen M. Cannon instructed lawyers to file proposed jury …

Bloomberg News reports: Donald Trump has ruled out Vivek Ramaswamy as his running mate and is instead eyeing the entrepreneur for a Cabinet job, according to people familiar with the matter, as the Republican presidential nominee sizes up a possible administration. Trump personally told Ramaswamy he won’t be his vice presidential pick, according to people briefed on the discussion, but …

USA Today reports: “Any Jewish person that votes for Democrats hates their religion,” Trump said in an interview with Sebastian Gorka, a former White House aide. “They hate everything about Israel, and they should be ashamed of themselves because Israel will be destroyed.” Trump also falsely claimed Democratic lawmakers who criticize Israel are only seeking votes from people sympathizing with …

Reuters reports: Donald Trump on Monday asked a Georgia judge to allow him to appeal a ruling keeping the lead prosecutor on the state’s criminal case against the former U.S. president over his attempts to overturn his election defeat. The filing by Trump, the Republican presidential challenger, and several of his co-defendants, continues their effort to disqualify Fulton County District …

Posted last night to Trump’s Truth Social account: I built a Magnificent Business, which helped rebuild New York City and State, with Amazing, Unparalleled, Historic Properties and tons of CASH, which Crooked Joe Biden and his Maniac Persecutors are trying to wrongfully and illegally take from me. A bond of the size set by the Democrat Club-controlled Judge, in Corrupt, …

“The Democrat party hates Israel. I really believe they hate Israel and they also see a lot of votes still. Don’t forget, when you see those Palestinian marches, even I– I’m amazed at how many people are in those marches. “And guys like Schumer see that and to him, it’s votes. I think it’s votes more than anything else because …

The Independent reports: The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal trial stemming from hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels has rejected the former president’s attempts to block her testimony. On Monday, New York Judge Juan Merchan also rejected Mr Trump’s attempts to block testimony from Michael Cohen, his former attorney who allegedly supported a scheme to bury compromising …

Politico reports: Peter Navarro, a former trade adviser in Donald Trump’s White House, appears to be heading to jail. Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday turned down Navarro’s emergency motion to stave off his imminent jail sentence — set to begin Tuesday at 2 p.m. in a Miami federal prison — for his defiance of a subpoena from the House …

“At a rally on Saturday, I predicted a bloodbath for our auto industry if Crooked Joe Biden were to win in November. Then immediately, the LIARS in the Fake News & Democrat Party pushed their biggest HOAX of the election. They used edited clips to viciously misquote me. They said that YOU were a dangerous threat to our country.They even …

Fox News reports: The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Monday to reject Navarro’s last-ditch effort to avoid reporting to prison. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar called Navarro’s arguments “meritless” and urged the court to deny his emergency appeal, arguing that his challenge is not likely to result in a reversal of his conviction. Navarro’s “numerous arguments fall into two …

“There have been people that have testified in front of Congress that have said that there were FBI assets put on the ground on January 6. I know that my client said, ‘Go peacefully and patriotically.’ I’m not sure how, when you add those two things up, that means there was an insurrection started by Donald Trump. It sounds to …

CNBC reports: Elon Musk said his March 3 meeting with Donald Trump in Florida was not planned, and that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee did not ask Musk to contribute to his campaign. “I was at a breakfast at a friend’s place, and Donald Trump came by. That’s it,” Musk said in an interview with former CNN anchor Don Lemon. …

Politico Magazine reports: Fifty percent of respondents said that they believe Trump is guilty of the alleged crimes charged in Manhattan. There was a predictable and sizable partisan split, with only 14 percent of Republicans reporting that they believe Trump is guilty, while 86 percent of Democrats held that view. Among independents, 54 percent said that Trump is guilty. By …

Posted this morning to Trump’s Truth Social account: The Fake News Media, and their Democrat Partners in the destruction of our Nation, pretended to be shocked at my use of the word BLOODBATH, even though they fully understood that I was simply referring to imports allowed by Crooked Joe Biden, which are killing the automobile industry. The United Auto Workers, …

The Washington Post reports: Former president Donald Trump is expected to enlist Paul Manafort, the former campaign manager he pardoned, as a campaign adviser later this year, according to four people familiar with the talks. The job discussions have largely centered around the 2024 Republican convention in Milwaukee in July and could include Manafort playing a role in fundraising for …