Trump Corruption

Trump Rages After FBI Seizes Mike Lindell’s Phone

Posted today to Trump’s Truth Social account: Breaking News: Mike Lindell, ‘THE Pillow Guy,’ was just raided by the FBI. We are now officially living in a Weaponized Police State, Rigged Elections, and all. Our Country is a laughing stock all over the World. The majesty of the United States is gone. Can’t let this happen. TAKE BACK AMERICA! From …

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John Durham’s Trump/Russia Probe Fizzles To An End

The New York Times reports: When John H. Durham was assigned by the Justice Department in 2019 to examine the origins of the investigation into the 2016 Trump campaign’s ties to Russia, President Donald J. Trump and his supporters expressed a belief that the inquiry would prove that a “deep state” conspiracy including top Obama-era officials had worked to sabotage …

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House Panel Asks If Trump Still Possesses Stolen Docs

CNN reports: The House Oversight Committee is asking the National Archives for an assessment of whether there are presidential records still unaccounted for and in Donald Trump’s possession, according to a new letter obtained by CNN. The committee’s chairwoman, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, a New York Democrat, also is requesting in the letter that the National Archives and Records Administration, or …

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Wire Fraud Charges Possible Over Trump’s Scam PAC

Greg Sargent writes for the Washington Post: As the Jan. 6 House select committee documented, Trump and his allies raised as much as $250 million with countless texts and emails that were full of lies about the 2020 election. Some missives, which were sent out in the run up to Jan. 6, 2021, called for donations to an “Official Election …

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Trump Shares Photo Showing Him Wearing QAnon Pin

Vice News reports: Former President Donald Trump has now shared his most explicit endorsement of the QAnon conspiracy movement to date. Trump shared a picture of himself wearing a Q lapel pin, overlaid with the QAnon phrases “The Storm is Coming” and “WWG1WGA,” on his Truth Social account on Monday evening. The post had been originally shared on Truth Social …

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Senate Panel To Probe Trump’s Interfering With DOJ

The Daily Beast reports: The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to conduct a congressional inquiry into claims made by a former top federal prosecutor that Donald Trump attempted to meddle with his office, using the Justice Department to protect himself and pursue his detractors. Geoffrey Berman, who was U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York until mid-2020, when he …

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Latest DOJ Subpoenas Target Trump’s Super PAC

The Associated Press reports: Save America PAC is under new legal scrutiny after the Justice Department issued a round of grand jury subpoenas that sought information about the political action committee’s fundraising practices. Much of the money Trump has amassed was raised in the days and weeks after the 2020 election, which he lost to Democrat Joe Biden. That’s when …

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Justice Dept Approves Trump’s Pick For Special Master

The Washington Post reports: The Justice Department filed court papers Monday signaling that it would accept a former chief federal judge in New York as a special master charged with reviewing papers seized by the FBI from former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence and club. U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon must approve Raymond J. Dearie’s appointment for the document …

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RNC Sues North Carolina Over Election Observer Rules

Law & Crime reports: The Republican National Committee and its North Carolina counterpart filed a lawsuit challenging the Tar Heel State’s procedures for allowing election observers and casting absentee ballots. Barbara Deas, the chairwoman of the Clay County Republican Party, is the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit, joined by the RNC and the North Carolina Republican Party. “The NCSBE continues …

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Justice Department Subpoenas 40 Trump Insiders

The New York Times reports: The Justice Department has issued about 40 subpoenas over the past week seeking information about the actions of former President Donald J. Trump and his associates related to the 2020 election and the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, according to people familiar with the situation. Two top Trump advisers, Boris Epshteyn and Mike …

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Trump Lawyers Beg Judge To Keep Special Master Order

Politico reports: Donald Trump urged a federal judge Monday to keep in place her order that blocked the Justice Department from continuing its criminal investigation into the highly sensitive government records stashed in the basement of his Mar-a-Lago estate. The filing, a response to prosecutors’ warning that U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s unorthodox directive— preventing FBI investigators from accessing the …

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BOOK: Trump Vowed To Stay In White House After Loss

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump repeatedly told aides in the days following his 2020 election loss that he would remain in the White House rather than let incoming President Joe Biden take over, according to reporting provided to CNN from a forthcoming book by New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman. “I’m just not going to leave,” Trump told one …

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Hillary: DOJ Should Treat Trump As Any Private Citizen

“He’s not the president, and we do have some special exceptions for someone actually in the office. So, I do think that, just like any American, if there is evidence, that evidence should be pursued. “But I know it’s not an easy call. And so, I don’t want to inject my opinion into that difficult calculation. Because I don’t know …

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Former Pence Aide Roasts Trump’s “Lying” Lawyers

“It’s certainly baffling as to why a lot of those documents are at Mar-a-Lago. It doesn’t seem like it’s the most secure environment. “And I think there’s also a question about why Trump’s lawyers, apparently, were so misleading — potentially lying in the affidavit saying they’d returned all the information. “I think there’s a difference between playing a lawyer on …

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Former Trump Lawyer: He’s Likely Going To Be Indicted

The Hill reports: Ty Cobb, who represented the White House during former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Trump’s 2016 campaign’s contacts with Russia, told CBS News’s “The Takeout” podcast that he believes the former president is likely to face legal consequences for actions related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and his alleged attempts to overturn …

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NYT: Trump’s Lawyers Keep Needing To Get Lawyers

The New York Times reports: A dark joke has begun circulating among lawyers following the many legal travails of former President Donald J. Trump: MAGA actually stands for “making attorneys get attorneys.” Over six years and nine major investigations by Congress, the Justice Department and local prosecutors, as Mr. Trump has managed to avoid removal from the presidency and indictment, …

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Trump Lawyer Cries To Hannity After Losing Hillary Suit

The Daily Beast reports: Trump lawyer Alina Habba ran to Fox News on Friday to complain about how a “Clinton judge” thoroughly dismantled Trump’s racketeering lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and others over what he claimed was a “malicious conspiracy to disseminate patently false and injurious information” regarding his 2016 campaign’s links to Russia. Judge Donald Middlebrooks wrote that his court …

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DOJ Subpoenas Voldemort Over Fake Electors Plot

The New York Times reports: The Justice Department has subpoenaed two former top White House political advisers under President Donald J. Trump as part of a widening investigation related to Mr. Trump’s post-election fund-raising and plans for so-called fake electors, according to people briefed on the matter. Brian Jack, the final White House political director under Mr. Trump, and Stephen …

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Trump Wants DOJ To Share Cost Of Special Master

Politico reports: The Justice Department and former President Donald Trump presented dueling visions Friday night of the process and personnel for an outside review of documents seized from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate last month as part of an FBI investigation into alleged illegal possession of classified documents. Prosecutors and lawyers for Trump each presented two options for potential “special master” candidates …

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Federal Court Tosses Trump’s RICO Suit Against Hillary

Law & Crime reports: A federal judge has dismissed the sprawling archlawsuit filed by Donald Trump against his perceived political enemies during the 2016 election, including Hillary Clinton, opponents, including the Democratic National Committee, James Comey, Lisa Page, Peter Strzok, and Fusion GPS. U.S. District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks dismissed the case “in its entirety” after the myriad defendants asked …

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