Trump Corruption

Lawyer: Trump’s Appeal To Challenge Fraud Definition

Newsweek reports: Donald Trump is to challenge Judge Arthur Engoron’s definition of fraud that led to a $355 million judgment in the former president’s New York trial. “The case raises serious legal and constitutional questions regarding ‘fraud’ claims/findings without any actual fraud,” Chris Kise, Trump’s principal lawyer in the case, told Newsweek. Asked about the timing of the appeal, Kise …

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Habba: Trump Is “Prepared To Pay The Full Amount”

“The only person who did nothing wrong but will still get persecuted and prosecuted, is President Trump because they can’t beat him in November. So I want to use their words against them and invite them to show me how no one is actually above the law. “There will be no mayhem for the Trump Organization. I know that’s probably …

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NY Gov: Honest NYC Businesses Have Nothing To Fear

“I think that this is really an extraordinary, unusual circumstance that the law-abiding and rule-following New Yorkers who are business people have nothing to worry about, because they’re very different than Donald Trump and his behavior. By and large, they are honest people and they’re not trying to hide their assets and they’re following the rules. And so this judge …

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Trump Compares Death Of Aleksei Navalny To Himself

“The sudden death of Alexei Navalny has made me more and more aware of what is happening in our Country. It is a slow, steady progression, with CROOKED, Radical Left Politicians, Prosecutors, and Judges leading us down a path to destruction. “Open Borders, Rigged Elections, and Grossly Unfair Courtroom Decisions are DESTROYING AMERICA. WE ARE A NATION IN DECLINE, A …

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Liz Cheney: Trump Will Do What Putin Did To Navalny

“Donald Trump, as you pointed out, said just a few days ago that, he had he had told the NATO ally that he would encourage Putin to do whatever he needed to do whatever he wanted to do. “He basically made clear that, under a Trump administration, the United States is unlikely to keep its NATO commitments. And I think …

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Hillary Clinton: Take Trump’s NATO Threats “Literally”

NBC News reports: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Saturday that former President Donald Trump will seek to withdraw the U.S. from NATO if he wins a second term in the White House. In remarks during a lunchtime panel at the Munich Security Conference, Clinton urged delegates to take Trump “literally and seriously” as he seeks re-election. “We have …

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Trump Places Last In New Ranking Of US Presidents

The New York Times reports: A new poll of historians coming out on Presidents’ Day weekend ranks Mr. Biden as the 14th-best president in American history, just ahead of Woodrow Wilson, Ronald Reagan and Ulysses S. Grant. While that may not get Mr. Biden a spot on Mount Rushmore, it certainly puts him well ahead of Mr. Trump, who places …

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Trump Hails “Great Patriots” For NYC Trucker Boycott

In several Truth Social posts this morning, Trump has promoted the supposed trucker boycott of New York City, writing, “Such an honor to have so many Great Patriots on the side of FREEDOM! Joe Biden’s Unfair and Dangerous Weaponization of Law Enforcement is a serious threat to Democracy. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump goes on to post a supportive tweet …

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NYT: Trump-Branded NYC Condos Plummet In Value

The New York Times reports: Up and down the spine of Manhattan, condominiums in high-rise buildings emblazoned with Mr. Trump’s name have underperformed, according to sales data from two real estate tracking firms, and an analysis of the data by the Columbia University economist Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh. Even the Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue saw the average price per square …

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Cohen: Trump Will Have To “Start Liquidating Assets”

“There is a now a judgment against him for over $500 million, not including the $88.6 million he’s going to owe to E. Jean Carroll. It’s an enormous amount of money that he does not have. “I don’t care what anybody wants to write in any newspaper, regardless of what their credentials may be, unless he’s going to show you …

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Cultists Call For Trucker Boycott Of New York City

The New York Post reports: Trump-supporting truckers are saying they are refusing to drive to New York City after the former president was slapped with a $355 million fine in his fraud case last week. A conservative social media influencer and trucker who goes by Chicago Ray posted a video clip in which he claims that some of his colleagues …

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Trump Shows At Philly Sneaker Convention To Launch $399 Metallic Gold “Never Surrender” Trump Sneakers

The Pennsylvania Capital-Star reports: On Saturday, former President Donald Trump made what appeared to be a last-minute visit to Philadelphia to speak at Sneaker Con. Before Trump took the stage at the Philadelphia Convention Center, people in the crowd waved signs reading “Sneakerheads love Trump” with a URL to a site offering “President Trump’s official sneaker,” gold high-tops with American …

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Alina Habba: They’re Not Going To Get Away With This

“I think the biggest message I can give the American people tonight is that he [Judge Engoron] is not gonna get away with it. Letitia James is not gonna get away with it. The Biden administration is not gonna get away with it. “We have the order now and I’m free to speak and let me just say as someone who …

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Politico: What If Trump Refuses Or Can’t Pay Judgment?

Politico reports: What happens if he resists paying? In the civil fraud case, which is in New York state court, if Trump can’t post the funds or get a bond, then the judgment would take effect immediately and a sheriff could begin seizing Trump’s assets. Can Trump delay payment by appealing the verdicts? No. He has to put money in …

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Eric Trump Rants: “My Father Built The Skyline Of NYC”

“We just didn’t have a chance in New York because it’s a rigged system. And you could not have a better real estate company than ours. You could not have a more professional real estate company than ours. You have a company like ours that have paid over $300 million in taxes to a city. My father built the skyline …

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New York AG Letitia James Spikes The Ball [VIDEO]

CNN reports: Attorney General Letitia James celebrated today’s civil fraud ruling in remarks from New York, saying the court ruled “in favor of every hard-working American who plays by the rules.” “After 11 weeks of trial we showed the staggering extent of his fraud, and exactly how Donald Trump and the other defendants deceived banks, insurance companies, and other financial …

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Trump Wails About “Partisan, Deluded, Biased” Judge

Posted just now to Trump’s Truth Social account: A Crooked New York State Judge, working with a totally Corrupt Attorney General who ran on the basis of “I will get Trump,” before knowing anything about me or my company, has just fined me $355 Million based on nothing other than having built a GREAT COMPANY. ELECTION INTERFERENCE. WITCH HUNT. The …

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New York Judge Engoran: Trump’s “Complete Lack Of Contrition And Remorse Borders On The Pathological”

“The English poet Alexander Pope (1688-1744) first declared, ‘To err is human, to forgive is divine.’ Defendants apparently are of a different mind. “After some four years of investigation and litigation, the only error (‘inadvertent,’ of course) that they acknowledge is the tripling of the size of the Trump Tower Penthouse, which cannot be gainsaid. “Their complete lack of contrition …

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Trump: “Despicable People” Are Making Me Appear Fat

This is Trump’s first public comment since the ruling: Donald Trump lashed out at A.I.-generated photos of himself golfing on Friday just minutes after a judge ordered him to pay more than $350 million and banned him from doing business in New York for three years. Trump chalked A.I. photos making him look fatter to “fake news” and called people …

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Trump Lawyer Rages: “This Is A Manifest Injustice”

“This verdict is a manifest injustice – plain and simple. It is the culmination of a multi-year, politically fuelled witch hunt that was designed to ‘take down Donald Trump,’ before Letitia James ever stepped foot into the Attorney General’s office. Given the grave stakes, we trust that the Appellate Division will overturn this egregious verdict and end this relentless persecution …

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