Trump Corruption

Giuliani Deletes Seeming Admission To Seeking Pardon

The New York Daily News reports: Rudy Giuliani appeared to have admitted asking for a pardon from former President Donald Trump over his role in the Jan. 6 attack — but then quickly deleted the post on Twitter. Trump’s former personal lawyer wrote on Wednesday that former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson was not truthful when she testified before the …

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Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas Trump Lawyer Pat Cipollone

The Associated Press reports: The House of Representatives panel probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol said on Wednesday it had subpoenaed Pat Cipollone, who was White House counsel for then-President Donald Trump. “The Select Committee’s investigation has revealed evidence that Mr. Cipollone repeatedly raised legal and other concerns about President Trump’s activities on January 6th and …

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Giuliani Crony Lev Parnas Sentenced To 20 Months

CNN reports: Lev Parnas, a former associate of Rudy Giuliani, was sentenced to 20 months in prison Wednesday. Parnas was convicted last fall on six counts related to “influence buying” campaign finance schemes. Jurors found him guilty of scheming with co-conspirators to use a Russian backer’s money to fund political contributions they hoped to trade for political favor for their …

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Coup Plotter Eastman Drops Suit Over Phone Records

Bloomberg News reports: A conservative lawyer who advised former president Donald Trump on ways to overturn the 2020 election dropped his lawsuit challenging the release of his phone records to a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. John Eastman, a former professor at Chapman University School of Law, was seeking a court order prohibiting Verizon Communications Inc. from …

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Secret Service To Dispute “Steering Wheel” Claims

CBS News reports: The U.S. Secret Service will have more to say to the Jan. 6 House select committee after former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony Tuesday regarding former President Trump’s actions related to Jan. 6, 2021. A source close to the Secret Service confirmed to CBS News that special agent Robert Engel and the driver are prepared to …

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Giuliani To “Scumbag” NYC Mayor: “Go Fuck Yourself”

The New York Post reports: Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday that Rudy Giuliani should be investigated for filing a false police report over an alleged assault at a Staten Island supermarket — prompting the former mayor to tell Adams to “go f–k himself.” The mayoral smackdown began when Adams chided Giuliani for his “creativity and sensationalism” in claiming he could …

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Cop Injured By Rioters: “Our Own President Set Us Up”

The Huffington Post reports: After Tuesday’s bombshell hearing investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell said he holds former President Donald Trump personally responsible for the injuries he sustained defending the Capitol. “Our own president set us up,” Gonnell said in an interview with HuffPost. “I just feel betrayed. The president should be doing everything …

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Mulvaney Turns On Trump: It Will Get Worse From Here

The rats are abandoning the traitorous ship: Former White House official Mick Mulvaney is predicting things will “get worse” from here on out for his former boss Donald Trump, after explosive testimony before the January 6 congressional subcommittee on Tuesday. In a string of tweets, Mulvaney offered his own analysis of Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony. The former White House aide alleged …

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NYC Mayor: Rudy Giuliani “Falsely Reported A Crime”

The New York Daily News reports: Mayor Adams suggested Tuesday that former Mayor Rudy Giuliani falsely reported a crime — and that the Staten Island prosecutor probing assault charges against the man Giuliani accused should instead turn his attention to the former mayor. “I think the district attorney should — he has the wrong person,” Adams said at an unrelated …

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Witness: Meadows And Giuliani Both Sought Pardons

Axios reports: Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows sought a presidential pardon in the aftermath of Jan. 6, his former top aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified to the select committee investigating the insurrection on Tuesday. What they’re saying: “Mr. Meadows did seek that pardon, yes ma’am,” Hutchinson said in response to a question from Vice Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.). …

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Trump Hurled Dishes Over Barr’s “No Fraud” Testimony

The Hill reports: Former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified on Tuesday that former President Trump was so upset that then-Attorney General William Barr dismissed claims of widespread election fraud that he threw his lunch at the wall in the West Wing dining room. Hutchinson recalled hearing noise from down the hall shortly after Barr’s interview with the Associated …

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Witness: Trump Physically Grappled With Secret Service Agent, Tried To Grab Steering Wheel To Drive To Capitol

Axios reports: Cassidy Hutchinson, a key aide in Donald Trump’s White House, said President Donald Trump demanded to be taken to Capitol after 1/6 rally and tried to grab the steering wheel from a Secret Service agent. Trump had a “very strong, very angry response” when he learned that he was not going to the Capitol, Hutchinson testified. “I’m the …

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Trump Was Told DC Rally Crowd Was Heavily Armed, Said, “Let My People In, They’re Not Here To Hurt ME”

The Associated Press reports: Cassidy Hutchinson, a key aide in Donald Trump’s White House, told the House committee investigating the violent Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection on Tuesday that Trump was informed that people rallying on the mall that morning had weapons but he told officials to “let my people in” and march to the Capitol. Hutchinson quoted Trump as directing …

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LIVE VIDEO: January 6th Committee Hearing Day Six

CBS News reports: The House Jan. 6 committee unexpectedly announced Monday that it will hold a hearing on Tuesday, June 28. The move comes days after the committee said it would not be holding more hearings until July. The hearing is scheduled to take place at 1 p.m. ET, with the committee saying it plans to “present recently obtained evidence …

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Jan. 6 Committee Zeroes In On Calls By Trump’s Spawn

The Guardian reports: The House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack is closely focused on phone calls and conversations among Donald Trump’s children and top aides captured by a documentary film-maker weeks before the 2020 election, say sources familiar with the matter. The calls among Trump’s children and top aides took place at an invitation-only event at the …

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Senior Aide To Meadows To Testify At Today’s Hearing

NBC News reports: Cassidy Hutchinson, who served as a senior aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, is slated to testify Tuesday at a last-minute hearing scheduled by the Jan. 6 committee, three sources tell NBC News. In recorded testimony presented last week, Hutchinson told investigators that a group of GOP lawmakers had sought presidential pardons following …

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Feds Swarm Coup Plotter Eastman, Seize His Phone

CNN reports: The FBI seized the phone of former President Donald Trump’s election attorney John Eastman last week, according to a new court filing from the lawyer. Eastman disclosed the search and seizure in federal court in a lawsuit that he filed in New Mexico on Monday, calling it improper. About six federal investigators approached the right-wing lawyer in New Mexico …

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Charges Downgraded For Man Who “Assaulted” Giuliani

The New York Post reports: The ShopRite worker arrested for allegedly hitting Rudy Giuliani on the back inside a Staten Island supermarket walked free from court Monday after his charges were downgraded. Daniel Gill, 39, who was still dressed in his ShopRite uniform following his Sunday arrest, kept his head down and refused to answer questions as he left Staten …

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Filmmaker: Eric Trump Was Fine With Inciting Violence

The Independent reports: The British documentarian whose footage of former president Donald Trump and his family in the days leading up to the January 6 insurrection prompted a pause in the House January 6 select committee’s hearings says Mr Trump’s son Eric was unconcerned by the possibility that his father’s supporters would react violently to his lies alleging that the …

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Jan. 6 Committee To Hold Surprise Hearing Tomorrow

ABC News reports: The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol will hold a hearing this Tuesday, June 28, after previously revising its schedule to postpone the hearings for “several weeks.” The hearing will begin at 1 p.m. ET and members will “present recently obtained evidence and receive witness testimony,” the committee said in a release. …

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