Trump Corruption

CBS News reports: Peter Navarro, an ex-aide to former President Donald Trump, is set to be released from a low security federal correctional facility in South Florida on Wednesday morning. Navarro was found guilty in September of contempt of Congress charges for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. After …

ABC News reports: A company is now selling $299 sneakers showing an image of Donald Trump with streaks of blood on his cheek and pumping his fist in the air after he was the target of an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania. The white high tops are being sold as “FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT High-Tops” for $299 on a website that sells …

“The Radical Left Democrats are desperately trying to ‘Play the Ref’ by calling for an illegal and unConstitutional attack on our SACRED United States Supreme Court. “The reason that these Communists are so despondent is that their unLawful Witch Hunts are failing everywhere. “The Democrats are attempting to interfere in the Presidential Election, and destroy our Justice System, by attacking …

The Mirror reports: Donald Trump’s long-term ally, lawyer, and political fixer Rudy Giuliani was spotted taking a major tumble as he entered the Republican National Convention hall for the second day of the party’s coronation of Donald Trump’s as their presidential nominee. In a televised video from the conference floor, he can be seen bending over before wiping out completely …

CNBC reports: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump repeated false conspiracy theories about childhood vaccinations during a recent call with the third-party presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to a video of the call leaked Tuesday. Trump can be heard saying that, after receiving vaccines to protect infants against life-threatening diseases, “You see the baby all of a sudden starting …

Mediaite reports: Donald Trump Jr. claimed he’s been told he’s “blacklisted” by the network from people who work there. He claimed there were last minute changes to interviews booked after his father, former President Donald Trump, was indicted. He said he’s been told of his supposed blacklisting in “almost explicit” terms. A Fox News spokesperson told Mediaite, “Donald Trump Jr. …

NBC News reports: With the clock ticking to the Republican National Convention last week, Donald Trump met privately to discuss his running mate search with two of his closest advisers: his sons. The conversation quickly turned tense when the former president indicated that he was leaning toward Doug Burgum, until recently the largely unknown governor of North Dakota — but …

Wisconsin Watch reports: On a snowy Tuesday evening in April, Trump made his first visit in four years to Green Bay, delivering a roughly one-hour speech to hundreds of supporters gathered downtown at the KI Convention Center. The city’s costs for the rally totaled nearly $33,400, officials said in a July 2 press release. The costs stemmed from operational, security …

CBS News reports: Former President Donald Trump arrived Monday night at the Republican National Convention, making his first public appearance since he survived an assassination attempt two days earlier. Trump told ABC News earlier Monday that his ear is recovering and that the assassination attempt has had “an impact” on him. He said he hopes the bandage would be off …

The Insider reports: The wife of Corey Comperatore, the man who was killed during the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, told The New York Post in an interview on Monday that the former president had not yet contacted her since the shooting on Saturday. Helen Comperatore told the Post her family did receive a call from President Joe …

Newsweek reports: A video circulating on social media that appears to show former President Donald Trump fall asleep during a speech at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee has gone viral. The clip filmed during Harmeet Dhillon’s speech shows Trump appearing to momentarily drift off while his running mate JD Vance is next to him with his eyes open. …

The Associated Press reports: A federal judge in Florida dismissed the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump on Monday, siding with defense lawyers who said the special counsel who filed the charges was illegally appointed by the Justice Department. Hours later, special counsel Jack Smith’s office said it would appeal the order, which could result in it eventually …

Politico reports: Former President Donald Trump met this morning in Milwaukee with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to discuss the possibility of the independent candidate endorsing the Republican nominee, according to multiple people familiar with the huddle. Asked about the meeting and a potential endorsement, Kennedy denied that he plans to drop out of the race. “Yes, Mr. Kennedy met with …

Mediaite reports: The signal may have been broad, but it was no less clear: Trump told Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner that his solution to illegal immigration was “we’re going to get them out,” which is entirely in line with a massive deportation plan of as many as 12 million people detailed in the controversial Project 2025 plan. Trump sat …

Law & Crime reports: The man formally presenting convicted felon and former President Donald Trump with his nomination as leader of the Republican Party at the Republican National Convention this week will be Michael McDonald, the Nevada GOP chairman who was indicted along with five others for allegedly submitting bogus electoral slates for the 2020 election that declared Trump winner …

“As we move forward in Uniting our Nation after the horrific events on Saturday, this dismissal of the Lawless Indictment in Florida should be just the first step, followed quickly by the dismissal of ALL the Witch Hunts — The January 6th Hoax in Washington, D.C., the Manhattan D.A.’s Zombie Case, the New York A.G. Scam, Fake Claims about a …

The Hill reports: Former President Trump on Sunday said he rewrote his speech for this week’s Republican National Convention to focus on unity following the assassination attempt against him over the weekend. “The speech I was going to give on Thursday was going to be a humdinger,” Trump said in an interview with the Washington Examiner. “Had this not happened, …

Politico reports: Trump’s political operation just sent out its first campaign fundraising appeals since the shooting. The former president’s joint fundraising committee sent an email and text message Sunday afternoon. They linked to a WinRed page that shows a stylized image of Trump raising his fist after he was shot, along with the words: “I am Donald J. Trump and …

“Don’t tell me they didn’t know exactly what they were doing with this crap. Calling my dad a ‘dictator’ and a ‘threat to Democracy’ wasn’t some one off comment. It has been the *MAIN MESSAGE* of the Biden-Kamala campaign and Democrats across the country!!!” – Donald Trump Jr., who recently appeared on the podcast of far-right extremist Tim Pool, whose …

The New York Times reports: Mr. Trump’s allies have followed a two-pronged approach: restricting voting for partisan advantage ahead of Election Day and short-circuiting the process of ratifying the winner afterward, if Mr. Trump loses. The latter strategy involves an ambitious — and legally dubious — attempt to reimagine decades of settled law dictating how results are officially certified in …