Trump Corruption

DOJ Appeals Trump Judge’s Ruling For Special Master

CNBC reports: The Department of Justice said Thursday it is appealing a federal judge’s ruling to authorize a special master to review documents that the FBI seized from former President Donald Trump’s home Mar-a-Lago. The move came three days after Judge Aileen Cannon approved Trump’s request for that outside watchdog to sift through the seized materials to identify personal items …

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Steve Bannon Now In Custody Of New York Authorities

The New York Times reports: Stephen K. Bannon, who once served as top adviser to former President Donald J. Trump, surrendered to the Manhattan district attorney’s office on Thursday and was expected to face charges later in the day. The precise charges against Mr. Bannon were unknown, and the indictment against him is sealed. But they are expected to be …

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Trump Vows To Sue Fox News Over Lincoln Project Ads

Posted today to Trump’s Truth Social account: The Perverts and Lowlifes of the Lincoln Project are back on, where else, Fox News. I thought they ran away to the asylum after their last catastrophic campaign, with charges made against them that were big time sleaze, and me getting many millions more votes in 2020 than I got in 2016. The …

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Federal Grand Jury Investigates Trump PAC Fundraising

ABC News reports: A federal grand jury investigating the activities leading up the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and the push by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the result of the 2020 election has expanded its probe to include seeking information about Trump’s leadership PAC, Save America, sources with direct knowledge tell ABC News. …

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Bill Barr: DOJ “Very Close” To Indicting Trump [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: Former Attorney General William Barr said on Wednesday that he believes the Justice Department is “getting very close” to having enough evidence to indict former President Trump. He said on Fox News that government investigators need to consider if they will be able to make a “technical” case against Trump for his handling of sensitive documents the …

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Trump: I’m An “Absolutely Perfect Physical Specimen”

Posted today to Trump’s Truth Social account: Not only did the FBI steal my Passports in the FBI Raid and Break-In of my home, Mar-a-Lago, but it has just been learned through court filings that they also improperly took my complete and highly confidential medical file and history, with all the bells and whistles (at least they’ll see that I’m …

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Top Secret Nuclear Docs Found In Mar-A-Lago Search

The Washington Post reports: A document describing a foreign government’s military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities, was found by FBI agents who searched former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence and private club last month, according to people familiar with the matter, underscoring concerns among U.S. intelligence officials about classified material stashed in the Florida property. Some of the seized documents …

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Bill Barr Roasts Trump Judge On Special Master Ruling

Mediaite reports: Former Attorney General Bill Barr blasted a ruling by a judge to appoint a special master in the case involving Donald Trump’s improper retention of government documents. The ruling has been derided by legal experts. Appearing on Tuesday’s The Story with Martha MacCallum, Barr added his name to that list. “The opinion, I think, was wrong and I …

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Hillary: Trump Led “Seditious Conspiracy” Against US

The Hill reports: Hillary Clinton said in a new interview that she believes former President Trump encouraged and led a seditious conspiracy that culminated in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack. “I would not be honest if I didn’t say I think there was a seditious conspiracy against the government of the United States, and that’s a crime,” Clinton told …

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Judge Approves Special Master To Review Seized Docs

CNN reports: A federal judge has granted former President Donald Trump’s request to appoint a “special master” to review materials that the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago last month. The decision, from Trump-appointed District Judge Aileen Cannon, is a significant victory for the former president. It orders a third-party attorney, from outside the government, be brought in to review the materials …

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BOOK: Trump Once Tried To Pay Lawyer With A Horse

The Guardian reports: Donald Trump once tried to pay a lawyer he owed $2 million with a deed to a horse. The bizarre scene is described in Servants of the Damned: Giant Law Firms, Donald Trump and the Corruption of Justice, a book by David Enrich of the New York Times that will be published next week. Enrich reports that …

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Trump Offers To Help CNN Beat Fox News In Ratings

The Insider reports: Former President Donald Trump tore into Fox News on Sunday, accusing the network of amplifying a Democratic agenda and going harder on Republicans than Democrats. While criticizing Fox News on Sunday, Trump also said that if the network’s cable-news competitor CNN adopted a conservative approach, he would support it. “If ‘low ratings’ CNN ever went Conservative, they …

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Trump: John Fetterman Uses “Heroin And Crystal Meth”

The Insider reports: Former President Donald Trump baselessly accused Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman of using drugs and disparaged his clothing while speaking at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on Saturday night. In his speech, Trump claimed without evidence that Fetterman supports “taxpayer-funded drug dens and the complete decriminalization of illegal drugs including heroin, cocaine and crystal meth and ultra-lethal …

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Trump Calls Biden “An Enemy Of The State” [VIDEO]

ABC News reports: And though Saturday’s rally was in support of his Pennsylvania candidates, Trump spent the vast majority of his speech focused on his own issues– mainly with the FBI, the Department of Justice, fellow Republicans and Joe Biden. “Joe Biden came to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to give the most vicious, hateful and divisive speech ever delivered by an American …

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Meadows Turned Over More Texts After FBI Search

CNN reports: Within a week of the FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows handed over texts and emails to the National Archives that he had not previously turned over from his time in the administration, sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. Meadows’ submission to the Archives was part …

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Barr: Trump’s Special Master Bid Is A “Crock Of Shit”

The New York Times reports: “As more information comes out, the actions of the department look more understandable,” Mr. Barr told The New York Times in a phone interview, speaking of the decision by the current attorney general, Merrick B. Garland, to seek a search warrant of the complex at Mar-a-Lago. “It seems to me they were driven by concern …

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Trump Predictably Attacks “Pathetic RINO” Bill Barr

The Insider reports: Former President Donald Trump lashed out at his one-time ally Bill Barr on Friday after the former attorney general defended the DOJ’s raid on Mar-a-Lago. In an interview with Fox News on Friday, Barr dismissed arguments that the DOJ’s decision to raid Mar-a-Lago was an overstep. “I personally think, for them to have taken things to the …

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Ex-Trump Lawyers Appear Before Jan. 6 Grand Jury

The Washington Post reports: Former Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone and his deputy Pat Philbin appeared before a federal grand jury investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, Friday — spending about four hours behind closed doors with jurors and prosecutors. Cipollone became the highest-ranking White House aide known to appear before the grand jury in …

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Bill Barr: The DOJ “Probably Has Pretty Good Evidence”

The Independent reports: Trump’s attorney general Bill Barr offered some harsh words against his former boss as new details were released about documents seized from Mar-a-Lago by the FBI. “I think for them to take things to the current point they probably have pretty good evidence. People say this was unprecedented.” “Well, it’s also unprecedented for a POTUS to take …

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NYT: Trump Has Gone Full QAnon On Truth Social

The New York Times reports: Mr. Trump has spent more than a decade on social media attacking enemies, cozying up to far-right ideas and sharing false information. He used Twitter to perpetuate the lie that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States and later deemed one investigation after another partisan witch hunts. But, as his legal exposure …

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