Trump Corruption

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 …

Politico reports: Donald Trump will be rubbing elbows in Milwaukee with a crowd that may include dozens of witnesses and alleged co-conspirators in his criminal cases — people he has sworn not to communicate with about details of the charges against him. Avoiding them may not be possible for the former president during the four-day convention, creating an unusual dynamic, …

The Associated Press reports: Former White House trade advisor Peter Navarro, who is currently in jail on contempt of Congress charges, is expected to speak at next week’s Republican National Convention just hours after his release. That’s according to two people familiar with the event’s schedule who spoke on condition of anonymity to share details before they were formally announced. …

“Just heard from Great Congressman Andrew Clyde of Georgia that the Amendment to Defund the Prosecution of a Presidential Candidate prior to November’s Election did not pass, 26-25. “It lost by only one vote, because one Republican, Mike Simpson of Idaho, stupidly voted NO, and two ‘Republicans,’ David Valadao of California and Dan Newhouse of Washington, the only two remaining …

Mediaite reports: Meta on Friday said it would soon roll back restrictions it placed on former President Donald Trump’s Instagram and Facebook accounts. The company said it was making the change to ensure parity among presidential candidates leading up to the 2024 election. Since being reinstated in January, 2023, Trump’s accounts have been subject to stricter penalties than other Meta …

Florida Politics reports: Priorities USA Action, one of the Democratic Party’s largest super PACs, is running a digital ad campaign next week to counter program the Republican National Convention (RNC). The 30-second spot, titled “Trump Again,” features the former President declaring that he will “Make America Great Again.” But instead of “great,” the PAC spliced in substitute words it says …

“I’d love to do it during the convention, which would be you know, or just slightly before the convention, like Monday. Love to do it on Tuesday or Wednesday, actually, but for a lot of complex reasons that you people understand, pretty much don’t do that. It’s like a highly sophisticated version of The Apprentice.” – Hair Furor, in an …

The Guardian reports: A New York judge dismissed Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy case on Friday, clearing the way for two Georgia election workers to try and recover nearly $150m Giuliani was ordered to pay them for defaming them after the 2020 election. The ruling by US bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane comes after lawyers for the two women, Ruby Freeman and her …

The Hill reports: Former President Trump is blasting George Clooney as “very disloyal” for the actor’s New York Times essay calling on President Biden to bow out of the White House race. “Whether you like Biden or not, you know, he’s been nice to Clooney,” Trump said Friday. “I thought it was very disloyal, backstabber, third-rate movie actor,” Trump told …

Politico reports: Trent Conaway, the mayor of East Palestine, Ohio, is slated to speak at next week’s Republican National Convention. Trump visited East Palestine on Feb. 22, 2023, weeks after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in the northeastern Ohio village. Trump advisers view the visit as a turning point in his campaign, which had a rocky start. In November …

Bloomberg News reports: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban traveled to Florida to meet Donald Trump in the latest stop on his self-styled “peace mission” to resolve the war in Ukraine, which has angered Western allies. Orban posted a photo with the Republican nominee and former US president at his Mar-a-Lago resort, showing the pair giving a thumbs up, in a …

The Independent reports: Former first lady Melania Trump will reportedly make a rare public appearance by attending next week’s Republican National Convention in Wisconsin. The former president’s wife has largely been absent from the 2024 campaign trail and did not attend Donald Trump’s high-profile hush money trial in New York alongside other Trump family members earlier this year. It remains …

The Washington Post reports: Donald Trump’s legal team has formally asked a judge to toss out the former president’s hush money conviction and the indictment that led to his trial, saying last week’s Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity means some of the evidence prosecutors used should not have been allowed. In a motion made public on Thursday, Trump’s lawyers …

From the editorial board of the Los Angeles Times: It’s unbelievable that the nation is spending so much time on the question of Biden’s verbal acuity, when the greatest concern ought to be that his challenger is a self-aggrandizing felon and twice-impeached election-denier. Trump fomented the Jan. 6 insurrection, shows contempt for the rule of law and shamelessly lies in …