Trump Corruption

“Democrats will rue the day they decided to use lawfare to stop a presidential candidate. I’m not talking about violence, I’m talking about tit-for-tat. You just wait. And it won’t be Hunter Biden the next time, it’s going to be Joe Biden. It could potentially still be Barack Obama. It could still potentially be Hillary Clinton. “We’re going to have …

ABC News reports: Former President Donald Trump is set to address reporters on Friday morning — the day after being found guilty on all 34 counts in his hush-money trial. Trump will speak from the atrium of Trump Tower just feet away from the golden escalator he rode down in 2015 when he kicked off his first bid for president. …

The Associated Press reports: Trump’s campaign said it has raised a record $34.8 million in small-dollar online contributions off his conviction — nearly double its previous largest haul. The campaign advisors said nearly 30% of Thursday’s donors were new to the fundraising platform. “From just minutes after the sham trial verdict was announced, our digital fundraising system was overwhelmed with …

“There wasn’t any doubt – the nature of the indictment, the conduct of the judge, the jury instructions, the jurors themselves, the pool, the failure to move it out of Manhattan, this was a foregone conclusion. “I hope that the people of New York who are responsible for electing these judges and the prosecutor are happy. They’ve created a monstrosity. …

Glorious snark from the Queens Daily Eagle newspaper: Former Jamaica Estates resident Donald Trump was convicted by a Manhattan jury on Thursday of 34 counts of falsifying business records in an effort to cover up a sex scandal he feared would ruin his chances of winning the 2016 presidential election. The jury’s verdict, which came after only two days of …

“He got caught, you know, with his hand in the cookie jar, so to speak. So he’s not happy. This shouldn’t be a surprise but, I mean, this is how a man runs his business and I don’t think he’s gonna change who he is, quite frankly. He’s never gonna show remorse over this conviction and, you know, he’s gonna …

The Daily Beast reports: Elon Musk criticized the verdict that made Donald Trump the first former American president to be criminally convicted Thursday, with the Tesla boss claiming that the trial had been politically motivated. Musk moaned that the history-making outcome of the trial is bad news for all Americans. “Indeed, great damage was done today to the public’s faith …

The Associated Press reports: Donald Trump may be convicted of a felony and reside in Florida, a state notorious for restricting the voting rights of people with felony convictions. But he can still vote as long as he stays out of prison in New York state. That’s because Florida defers to other states’ disenfranchisement rules for residents convicted of out-of-state …

Axios reports: Trump lawyer Todd Blanche told CNN Thursday evening after Trump became the first sitting or former U.S. president convicted of a felony that the defense team was “prepared for a conviction” and they would “vigorously fight” by filing motions before Judge Juan Merchan in a couple of weeks. Blanche told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins the legal team would outline …

Mediaite reports: Donald Trump Jr. demoted the United States to “third-world shithole” status on Thursday after a jury in New York convicted his father Donald Trump. Like his son, the elder Trump has spoken of “shithole countries.” As president in 2018, Trump lamented the lack of immigrants coming to the U.S. from places like Norway. “Why are we having all …

Reuters reports: Supporters of former President Donald Trump, enraged by his conviction on 34 felony counts by a New York jury, flooded pro-Trump websites with calls for riots, revolution and violent retribution. After Trump became the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime, his supporters responded with dozens of violent online posts, according to a Reuters review of …

Politico reports: Donald Trump is already trying to turn his historic criminal conviction into a campaign cash windfall. Moments after a jury handed down a guilty verdict on 34 counts of falsifying business records, Trump’s campaign flipped his website to a verdict-themed fundraising funnel. Trump followed it up by putting out a siren on his Truth Social account calling himself …

Politico reports: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg begins his press conference by thanking the jury and outlining the work they did throughout the trial, including reviewing call logs, text messages, emails and bank statements, in addition to listening to testimony. “This type of white-collar prosecution is core to what we do at the Manhattan District Attorney’s office,” Bragg says before …

“In 2016, the presidential race was decided based on candidates releasing lists of potential Supreme Court nominees. In 2024, I want to see lists of which Democrat officials are going to be put in prison. This is what happens when you cross the Rubicon. The battle within the Republican Party from here on out will be between those who understand …

Deadline reports: “This was a disgrace,” a solemn-looking Donald Trump said today outside the courtroom minutes after the guilty verdicts were read in the hush-money trial. “This was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt.” He added later, “We will fight for our Constitution — this is long from over.” “It was a rigged trial. A disgrace, …

“There is nothing normal about this. This is not Venezuela. This is not El Salvador at the peak of criminality. This is America. And there are so many blatant violations to this that every person sees this. “I’ve been talking to people all day that have been waiting for this decision, that are devout Trump haters and they are like, …

The Daily Mail reports: A British woman and her partner scurried out of a New York City park after a group of Donald Trump supporters shouted to “get the fuck out.” Video shows how police were forced to step in after protesters at a park near Trump’s hush money trial apparently clashed with the couple. Furious protesters, sporting Trump apparel …

The Hill reports: More than two-thirds of voters believe a guilty verdict for former President Trump in his criminal hush money trial would not impact their vote, according to a survey published Thursday. The Marist poll found that 67 percent of respondents say a guilty verdict in the case would not affect their vote, while 17 percent of people said …

NBC News reports: False reports about the jury instructions in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial have been spreading across right-wing media, leading to threats against the judge overseeing the case. Several conservative news personalities, including some affiliated with Fox News, falsely claimed that Judge Juan Merchan, as one Fox News anchor put it in a viral post on …

“Are these progressive women, these feminists – are they saying we should have Handmaid’s Tale? Did they just say can’t you muzzle your own wife? I think that was the quote. What is going on? Are they that unhinged? Because Justice Alito’s wife, right, is now on my short list to be VP. She’s a hammer. She’s not Handmaid’s Tale. …