Trump Corruption

Giuliani: I “Could Have Been Killed” By That Back Slap

Mediaite reports: Rudy Giuliani addressed the alleged assault he suffered during a campaign appearance on behalf of his son at a Staten Island ShopRite and insisted that the so-called assailant should be prosecuted. “This has to stop!” The former Mayor of New York appeared on Facebook stream and insisted that he “could have been killed” had he fallen, claiming that …

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Grand Jury Subpoenas Board Behind Truth Social

Axios reports: A federal grand jury in New York has issued subpoenas to each board director of the blank check company that has agreed to take Donald Trump’s social media startup, Truth Social, public. Why it matters: This is in addition to previously disclosed investigations into the blank-check company by both the SEC and Justice Department, thus intensifying questions about …

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Man Arrested For Assaulting Giuliani In Grocery Store

The New York Post reports: Rudy Giuliani was slapped by a worker at a ShopRite on Staten Island on Sunday while campaigning for his son, leaving the 78-year-old former New York City mayor shaken, the ex-pol told The Post. Giuliani said he had just gotten out of the men’s room at the store on Veteran’s Road and was being greeted …

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DeSantis Adviser: Donors Are Sick Of Trump’s Shitshow

Politico reports: As the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riots lays out Donald Trump’s obsessive efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, Trump allies have responded with the political equivalent of a collective eye roll. But elsewhere in the party, operatives are taking notice. The former president is being damaged, they say — perhaps not fatally, but notably so. …

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CBS Poll: 50% Want Criminal Charges For Trump

CBS News reports: Most Americans continue to feel U.S. democracy is threatened, and the Jan. 6 hearings offer a window into their different reasons why. From what they’ve seen of the hearings thus far, half the country thinks former President Donald Trump planned to remain in office through unconstitutional and illegal activities. Half think that he should, in turn, be …

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Filmmaker: Trump Was Scared After Getting COVID

The Hill reports: Former President Trump acknowledged he was scared when he discovered he had COVID-19 given how many friends of his had died during the pandemic, he told a British documentarian filming him in the months leading up to Jan. 6. The remarks are a shift from his public comments after he was infected with the coronavirus in October …

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Trump Gloats And Takes Credit For SCOTUS Ruling

The Huffington Post reports: Former President Donald Trump gloated Friday about his role in the Supreme Court’s seismic decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, saying the decision was “only made possible because I delivered everything as promised, including nominating and getting three highly respected and strong Constitutionalists confirmed to the United States Supreme court.” In a social media post on …

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Giuliani Now In The Crosshairs Of Georgia Grand Jury

CNN reports: Georgia investigators are scrutinizing Rudy Giuliani’s appearance before state lawmakers in 2020, where he peddled baseless claims of voter fraud and encouraged legislators to appoint a new slate of presidential electors. The special purpose grand jury — which has been investigating whether former President Donald Trump or his allies violated the law in their efforts to flip the …

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WaPo: GOP Rep Spread QAnon “Italygate” Batshittery

The Washington Post reports: Of all the fantastical false claims of fraud and vote manipulation in the 2020 presidential election, “Italygate” was one of the most extreme. And Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) was at the heart of bringing it to Donald Trump’s attention. This particular allegation of fraud centered around what one former Justice Department official described Thursday as an …

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DOJ Subpoenas Arizona GOP Chair Over Fake Electors

The Arizona Republic reports: Kelli Ward, the head of the Arizona Republican Party, and her husband, Michael, received grand jury subpoenas from the Department of Justice regarding their involvement in a scheme to send fake electors to Congress on Jan. 6, 2021. Kelli Ward also was subpoenaed for testimony and documents by the House Select Committee in February. One of …

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Email Shows Mo Brooks Requesting Pardons For Every Congress Member Who Voted To “Reject Electoral Vote”

The Birmingham News reports: Rep. Mo Brooks was among other Republican members of Congress who asked then-president Donald Trump for protection from future prosecutions through a presidential pardon. The January 6 committee, a bipartisan group of legislators investigating the January 6 riot at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., revealed Brooks’ name during a hearing Thursday. Brooks sent an email with …

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Ron Johnson: Fake Electors List Came From Mike Kelly

Congress Minutes reports: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) is now connecting a slate of alternate, Trump-friendly electors from Wisconsin and Michigan — a list that a top aide tried to get to then-Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6, 2021 — originally came from Rep. Mike Kelly’s (R-Pa.) office. Johnson, as he faces mounting criticism from Democratic foes about his role …

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LIVE VIDEO: January 6th Committee Hearings Day Five

CBS News reports: Thursday will mark the fifth recent public hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Committee chair Rep. Bennie Thompson said the hearing was set to focus on former President Trump’s attempts to influence the Justice Department to help him overturn the 2020 presidential election. Witnesses will include former …

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New Doc Footage Shows Pence Learning That US House Was Calling On Him To Invoke The 25th Against Trump

CNN reports: The documentary film crew subpoenaed by the January 6 committee interviewed former Vice President Mike Pence on January 12, 2021, a day before the House of Representatives voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump for inciting the Capitol riot. In a clip of the documentary from filmmaker Alex Holder, which was obtained by CNN, Pence is shown an email …

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Feds Search Home Of Former Trump DOJ Official

The New York Times reports: Federal investigators descended on the home of Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department official, on Wednesday in connection with the department’s sprawling inquiry into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to people familiar with the matter. It remained unclear exactly what the investigators may have been looking for, but Mr. Clark was central to …

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Trumper Loses Bid To Boot Criminal Lobbying Charges

Reuters reports: A billionaire fundraiser for former U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday lost a bid to dismiss criminal charges he lobbied the U.S. government on behalf of the United Arab Emirates without disclosing his affiliation. Thomas Barrack, the former head of investment management firm Colony Capital and chair of Trump’s inaugural committee, had pleaded not guilty to charges of …

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Jan. 6 Hearing To Show How Trump Manipulated DOJ

The New York Times reports: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol plans to unveil new evidence on Thursday about how President Donald J. Trump tried to manipulate the Justice Department to help him cling to power after he lost the 2020 election, aides said on Wednesday. At its fifth public hearing this month, scheduled for …

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FBI Seizes NV GOP Chair’s Phone In Fake Electors Probe

Las Vegas’s CBS affiliate reports: FBI agents served a search warrant Wednesday on Nevada’s top GOP official, sources told the 8 News Now I-Team’s George Knapp. Agents seized the cell phone of state Republican chairman Michael McDonald, reportedly as part of an investigation into the fake elector scheme initiated at the end of the 2020 presidential election. The Nevada Republican …

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DOJ Subpoenas Georgia GOP Chair Over Fake Electors

The Washington Post reports: Federal agents investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday dropped subpoenas on people in multiple locations, widening the probe of how political activists supporting President Donald Trump tried to use invalid electors to thwart Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory. Among those who received a subpoena Wednesday was David Shafer, the chairman …

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Thompson: Final Two Jan. 6 Hearings Will Be Delayed

The Hill reports: Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the chairman of the committee, told reporters Wednesday that the committee would hold off on the two final hearings it had planned for this month. Thursday’s hearing will continue as planned. “We’ve taken in some additional information that’s going to require additional work. So rather than present hearings that have not been the …

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