Trump Corruption

The Daily Beast reports: In an interview with The Daily Beast on Sunday, Bannon, 70, seemed unfazed about his four-month prison sentence and presented himself as a MAGA martyr. “It’s very simple,” said Bannon, who played a central role in the leadup to the Jan. 6 insurrection. “I’m a political prisoner, because I have a very successful platform that reaches …

NBC News reports: In an interview with NBC News, Steve Bannon continued to assert that the Jan. 6 committee’s subpoenas “don’t mean anything” and reiterated arguments about executive privilege that have been rejected in courts. The vocal ally of former President Donald Trump is set to report to prison by Monday to serve a four-month sentence for defying subpoenas to …

ABC News reports: Donald Trump’s top advisers are planning to overhaul and shorten the Republican Party’s platform so that it will be “in line” with the former president’s “vision for America’s future,” according to a memo sent to the party’s platform committee that was obtained by ABC News. The memo comes as some more socially conservative RNC members — along …

From the editorial board of the Philadelphia Inquirer: President Joe Biden’s debate performance was a disaster. His disjointed responses and dazed look sparked calls for him to drop out of the presidential race. But lost in the hand wringing was Donald Trump’s usual bombastic litany of lies, hyperbole, bigotry, ignorance, and fear mongering. His performance demonstrated once again that he …

Posted today to Trump’s Truth Social account: As I walked off the stage on Thursday night, at the end of the highly anticipated “Debate,” anchors, political reporters and all screamed that I had had the greatest debate performance in the long and storied history of Presidential Debates. They all said, effectively, “Trump was fantastic!” This theme was universal, even at …

Politico reports: Donald Trump would yank the United States out of the Paris climate accord for the second time if he wins the presidency again in November, a campaign spokesperson told POLITICO Friday. The statement comes after years of conservatives laying the groundwork for Trump to withdraw from the global agreement intended to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases causing …

“They’re coming from prisons and jails, mental institutions and insane asylums like Silence of the Lamb. The press always says, ‘Why does he ramble about Silence of the Lamb?’ The late, great Hannibal Lecter. He’d like to have you over for dinner. Did you ever? Don’t do it. If he suggests, ‘I’d like to have you for dinner,’ don’t go. …

“All they know is electric, they want electric army tanks, they want electric planes. What happens if the sun isn’t shining while you’re up in the air? Well, sir, those, you know that I told you there’d be problems, sir. No, they want electric everything every day. They want electric boats. The problem, the boats, they, they don’t float because …

Business Insider reports: The liquor licenses for Donald Trump’s three New Jersey golf courses are in his eldest son’s name, not his own, according to records obtained by Business Insider. But hiding behind Donald Trump, Jr. isn’t enough to protect the elder Trump. On Friday, state officials said Trump’s new felony record bars him from profiting from the licenses. They …

The Daily Beast reports: MAGA loyalist Steve Bannon is dreading his soon-to-be-reality of being housed alongside sex offenders and violent criminals when he reports to prison in Connecticut on Monday, a source close to him told The Daily Beast on Friday. Bannon is set to spend four months at FCI Danbury—a low-level prison in Connecticut where he’ll be housed alongside …

NBC News reports: The Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of a former police officer who is seeking to throw out an obstruction charge for joining the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, in a ruling that could benefit former President Donald Trump. The justices on a 6-3 vote handed a win to defendant Joseph Fischer, who is among …

The Associated Press reports: Trump was cruising through the opening of the debate when he suddenly stumbled over the question of how he would reassure voters that he would respect his oath of office after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. He continued to engage in denialism about the attack and refused to denounced those who attacked …

Mediaite reports: CNN shut down a claim spreading on X that the debate between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump will air with a one to two-minute delay. A number of pro-Trump accounts on social media began reporting on Thursday that CNN was putting in the minute-long delay rather than the standard seven seconds for television broadcasts. Thursday’s debate will …

The Washington Post reports: U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon said Thursday that she will hold a hearing for Donald Trump’s lawyers to challenge some of the evidence gathered against him for alleged mishandling of classified documents and obstructing government efforts to retrieve them. In an 11-page order, the judge said that “further factual development is warranted” when it comes …

“Since this has happened — the mugshot — the mugshot is the best ever. It just beat Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra by a lot by the way, beat ’em by a lot. But that’s the number one mugshot of all time. It’s really an amazing thing. Since it happened, the support among the Black community and the Hispanic community …

“They want to kill us. Hate to say it. Makes me kind of sad to say it but they wanna kill us. OK? And when they accuse us of wanting to kill them, that is projection. That’s like when a cheating husband suspects his wife of cheating on him without any evidence. Why does he suspect his wife of cheating …

Atlanta’s NBC affiliate reports: Former President Donald Trump claims he was tortured inside the Fulton County Jail as he was booked on charges that he conspired to overturn the 2020 election here in Georgia. At least that’s what a new fundraising ad says. The ad, which is selling things with his now-infamous mug shot, says “I want you to remember …

CNBC reports: President Donald Trump in his criminal hush money case, but kept some restrictions in place until Trump is sentenced. The decision from Judge Juan Merchan came two days before Trump is set to face off against President Joe Biden in the first of two presidential debates. Merchan struck parts of the gag order that barred Trump from making …

ABC News reports: Donald Trump privately expressed concerns that turning over potentially classified documents in his possession after a May 2022 subpoena could result in criminal charges while repeatedly engaging in what prosecutors have described as an effort to enlist his lawyers to lie and destroy documents for his benefit, according to transcripts of audio notes reviewed by ABC News. …

“Merrick Garland, I should say this, you’re going to be a target of a massive investigation. You’re going to go from the Supreme Court to prison, OK? Supreme Court nominee for prison because of what you’ve done. This is a vast criminal conspiracy under your guidance. This Justice Department is the single most corrupt Justice Department and the reason is …