Trump Corruption

The Associated Press reports: Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff to President Donald Trump, won’t face voter fraud charges related to his 2020 registration and absentee vote in North Carolina, the state’s attorney general announced Friday. Meadows drew the attention of government attorneys when details that he was simultaneously registered to vote in North Carolina and two …

CNN reports: Then-President Donald Trump wanted to trademark the phrase “Rigged Election!” days after Election Day in 2020, according to emails provided by Jared Kushner to the House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol. On November 9, 2020, then-Trump aide Dan Scavino emailed Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, with the request from Trump. “Hey …

Politico reports: Trump’s returns, which were made public by House Democrats on Friday after a lengthy legal fight, disclosed income from 2015 to 2020 from a wide range of foreign countries, including Canada, Panama, the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom, among others. The former president was known for fusing his …

Crypto news site CoinDesk reports: Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s non-fungible token (NFT) digital trading card collection sold out early Friday, the day after its initial release. According to data from OpenSea, at time of writing, the collection’s trading volume is 900 ETH, or about $1.08 million. Its floor price is about 0.19 ETH, or about $230 – more than …

From the editorial board of the New York Post: When Donald Trump teased a “major announcement” Wednesday, the MAGA boards went crazy with speculation. He’s going to be the next speaker of the House! He’s enlisted Ron DeSantis to be his vice presidential candidate! He’s finally found that voter fraud he’s been promising for two years! But no, it was …

Via press release: Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), senior member of the House Committee on the Judiciary and former impeachment manager today was joined by 40 of colleagues in introducing legislation to bar former President Trump from holding federal office under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution states, “No person shall …

NBC News reports: Former President Donald Trump unloaded Thursday on polling showing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis beating him in a head-to-head matchup for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. “Great polling has just come out on me versus various others, including Biden, but I still have to put up with the same old ‘stuff’ from The Wall Street Journal, which has …

Bloomberg News reports: Justice Department Special Counsel John L. “Jack” Smith’s latest subpoena shows the investigation into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to undermine the 2020 election results is before a newer grand jury in place at least through March 2023. Grand juries operate in secret, but subpoenas provide glimpses behind the scenes. Unlike prosecutors, court …

The Washington Post reports: An arm of the D.C. Bar found Thursday that Rudy Giuliani violated the terms of his license to practice law in the nation’s capital when he filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania trying to block certification of the results in the 2020 presidential election. The preliminary finding by a subcommittee of the D.C. Bar’s Board on Professional …

The Independent reports: Donald Trump has revealed his “major announcement”, which the former president teased with great fanfare on Wednesday. It turns out that Mr Trump is selling digital trading cards of himself. “My official Donald Trump Digital Trading Card collection is here! These limited edition cards feature amazing ART of my Life & Career! Collect all of your favorite …

The New York Post reports: Former President Donald Trump teased an upcoming announcement with a superhero-themed video Wednesday, baiting his Truth Social followers with a promise of a major announcement the following day. Trump’s team didn’t immediately respond to The Post’s inquiries, but speculation swirled on social media about what the announcement might be.  Guesses include Trump announcing a return …

Newsweek reports: A lawyer for Donald Trump has said that Republican candidate for Arizona governor Kari Lake’s election midterm lawsuit might somehow help the former president return to the White House. Attorney Christina Bobb made the remarks during an appearance on Real America on OANN while discussing Lake’s legal attempts to have the Arizona gubernatorial election, which she lost to …

CNN reports: Local officials in Nevada, New Mexico and Georgia have received federal subpoenas for records related to the 2020 election as the Justice Department’s investigation intensifies in battleground states. Special counsel Jack Smith sent the subpoenas to the New Mexico secretary of state’s office and to the Clark County, Nevada, elections division in late November, according to copies of …

Fox News reports: Former President Trump filed a defamation lawsuit on Tuesday against the Pulitzer Prize Board over the 2018 National Reporting prizes given to The New York Times and Washington Post for coverage of “now-debunked theory” of alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Trump’s suit, filed Tuesday in Okeechobee County, Florida, was obtained by Fox News Digital. It states …

CNN reports: The Justice Department has tried to gain access to Republican Rep. Scott Perry’s text messages as part of a criminal investigation into 2020 election interference, facing off with his lawyers in a secret court proceeding after seizing his phone. The investigative work, now overseen by special counsel Jack Smith, is significant given that Perry texted then-White House chief …

The Washington Post reports: The House Oversight Committee sent a letter to the National Archives on Tuesday requesting a review to determine whether former president Donald Trump has retained any additional presidential records at his storage facility in Florida. The request from the committee’s chairwoman, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.), follows a report from The Washington Post that at least …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Election security advocates called for federal investigations Tuesday of a “coordinated plot” by former President Donald Trump’s supporters to copy election software in Georgia, Michigan and Nevada after the 2020 election. The request urged Jack Smith, the U.S. Department of Justice’s special counsel investigating Trump, to pursue the multistate data-copying effort as part of his probe …

Politico reports: Two Chicago aldermen are revisiting a proposal to take down the nearly 3,000-square-foot T-R-U-M-P sign that adorns the former president’s Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago. Gil Villegas has been vexed by Trump since the insurrection. The Chicago alderman had presented an ordinance in 2021 that said sign permits could be revoked if the holders were found …

USA Today reports: Republican support for Donald Trump’s presidential bid in 2024 has cratered, an exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, as the former president is beleaguered by midterm losses and courtroom setbacks. By 2-1, GOP and GOP-leaning voters now say they want Trump’s policies but a different standard-bearer to carry them. While 31% want the former president to run, 61% prefer some other …

Talking Points Memo reports: White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows exchanged text messages with at least 34 Republican members of Congress as they plotted to overturn President Trump’s loss in the 2020 election. Those messages are being fully, publicly documented here for the first time. One message identified as coming from Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) to Meadows on January 17, …