Trump Corruption

The Hill reports: Former President Trump opened the door to the possibility of giving Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a role in his administration if he wins. Trump, the party’s nominee, praised the independent candidate on Tuesday amid growing speculation that Kennedy might drop out of the race and offer his endorsement. “He’s a brilliant guy. He’s a very smart guy. …

The Daily Beast reports: Not even a week after telling the crowd at a North Carolina rally that Kamala Harris was copying him, Donald Trump’s campaign spokesperson released a video of the former president deboarding his plane using Harris’ campaign song, Beyoncé’s “Freedom.” Beyoncé gave Harris permission to use the song from her album 2016 album Lemonade, at the end …

“An angry and ranting Speech full of LIES, Biden took credit for everything done during the Trump Administration, even continuing to say that he was better on Inflation and Jobs. He never mentioned the Afghanistan Disaster and all the Wars he got us into, or the fact that far more people died from COVID during the Biden years than the …

Bloomberg News reports: Next month the former president will be able to start selling bits and pieces of his $2.6 billion ownership in Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., whose share price has fluctuated wildly since going public through a special-purpose acquisition company merger in March. Trump has not indicated any intention to sell shares in Trump Media. And, doing …

The Telegraph reports: The late Queen found Donald Trump “very rude”, according to a biography of the former monarch. Elizabeth II is said to have “particularly disliked” the way the former US president, whom she hosted twice during her reign, looked over her shoulder as if he was “in search of others more interesting”. She also suggested the billionaire politician …

The Washington Post reports: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Monday questioned whether Democrats knew where Vice President Kamala Harris “came from,” reprising a tactic that he has previously used against other Democrats, including former president Barack Obama and women of color in Congress. Trump also freshly described Harris’s policy positions as a “regulatory jihad,” without explanation, using a loaded …

“Comrade Kamala Harris has just informed us that she will NOT do the FoxNews Debate on September 4th. I am not surprised by this development because I feel that she knows it is very difficult, at best, for her to defend her record setting Flip-Flopping on absolutely everything she once believed in, including her statements that THERE WILL BE NO …

USA Today reports: Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md. spoke Monday at the first night of the Democratic National Convention, highlighting former President Donald Trump’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021 riots at the U.S. Capitol. “Make no mistake, a man who uses fraud, theft and violence to take power will commit any crime to keep it,” Raskin told cheering delegates. “We’re …

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump posted an extraordinarily crass video that makes sexually explicit allusions about Vice President Kamala Harris and pushes long-debunked claims about the 2020 election being stolen. The video opens with a mock up image of Harris holding a sign that reads “I am a moron.” Then, a parody version of the Alanis Morissette song “Ironic” …

Reuters reports: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Monday he would consider ending a $7,500 tax credit for electric-vehicle purchases. “Tax credits and tax incentives are not generally a very good thing,” Trump told Reuters in an interview after a campaign event in York, Pennsylvania, when asked about the EV credit. He added that he would rescind the Biden …

“The Radical Left protesters in Chicago are going after the Democrat Party because the know they are weak and ready to break into a full blown party of Socialism or, if they really do their job, and with a little bit of luck, the Communist Party of the United States of America. They are already very close and, having a …

New York Magazine reports: Over the weekend, Donald Trump expressed in a speech his belief that public criticism of judges and Supreme Court justices who rule in Trump’s favor should be illegal. “I really think it’s illegal what they do, with judges and justices. They’re playing the ref. Remember the term. Playing the ref with our judges and justices should …

ABC News reports: Prosecutors in New York are taking no position on former President Donald Trump’s request to delay sentencing of his “hush money” conviction until after the November election. Instead, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said in a letter Monday it would defer to Judge Juan Merchan. Trump is currently scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 18 after a jury …

CNN reports: Former Trump chief of staff and retired Marine Gen. John Kelly rejected former President Donald Trump’s comments that the Presidential Medal of Freedom that honors civilians was “much better” than the Medal of Honor given to service members, telling CNN that the two honors are “Not even close. No equivalency of any kind.” The Presidential Medal of Freedom …

Law & Crime reports: Pro-Donald Trump defamation attorney L. Lin Wood must pay three of his former law partners a combined $4.5 million after he was found liable for defaming them on social media, a jury on Friday determined. In March, a federal judge ruled in the plaintiffs’ favor on a motion for summary judgment — finding Wood liable but …

The Washington Post reports: “This was an overthrow of a president. This was an overthrow,” Trump said at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on Saturday, referring to Harris replacing Biden on the ticket. He later added: “They deposed a president. It was a coup of a president. This was a coup.” “This is Donald Trump’s playbook: ‘There’s a deep state, …

“We had to turn away lots of people yesterday in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, but Comrade Kamala Harris’ Social Media Operation showed empty seats, long before the Rally started, early in the afternoon when, in actuality, we had to turn away 11,500 people! “She’s a Crooked Radical Left Politician, and always will be! Everything she touches turns bad, just like California, and …

The New York Daily News reports: “The Kamala campaign is starting to panic now that Swifties for Trump is starting to gain some momentum,” one X user with 294,000 followers posted as that word combination trended. “Yes, you can be a swiftie and a Trump supporter,” wrote an X user who goes by @trumpswiftie. “And don’t judge me.” Swift endorsed …

From a 2020 report by FactCheck.org: Some viral social media posts misleadingly suggest that piles of bricks are being staged ahead of the protests over the death of George Floyd to incite violence. We reviewed five social media posts making such claims and found no evidence of staging. In many cases, the bricks had been delivered for construction projects, or …

“Donald Trump is despicable. He doesn’t deserve to be commander in chief. And certainly those remarks are consistent with where he’s always been. He thinks that we’re suckers and losers. “Do voters want a five-time draft dodger who denigrates military men and women and our veterans and calls us suckers and losers, who doesn’t want to have his picture taken …