Trump Corruption

Axios reports: Donald Trump is returning to Washington later this month for the first time since the end of his presidency, Axios has learned. Trump’s planned July 26 visit — to headline an event for the America First Policy Institute — comes as the Jan. 6 committee’s blockbuster hearings contribute to speculation his grip on the Republican Party may be …

Mediaite reports: Donald Trump Jr. went into spin overdrive Wednesday and connected the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the confirmation of the tragic story of a 10-year-old Ohio girl who was raped and forced to cross state lines to get an abortion. Many on the right, from the governor of South Dakota to Fox News hosts to the Wall Street …

The Hill reports: Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) expressed serious concern Wednesday over the claim by the House select Jan. 6 committee that former President Trump attempted to call one of the committee’s witnesses, who had not yet appeared in its public hearings. Romney called the allegation “very serious” and dismissed speculation that Trump may have pocket-dialed the witness by accident. …

Politico reports: Donald Trump has quietly convened some of his wealthiest and highest-profile supporters for intimate dinners in recent weeks, where the groups have talked about the former president’s 2024 election plans — and debated when he should make his expected comeback bid official. The gatherings have taken place in Houston, Nashville and, last Friday evening, in Las Vegas, where …

Raw Story reports: On CNN’s “New Day,” correspondent Kristin Holmes reported that Donald Trump has been “riveted” by the televised hearings being conducted by the House select committee looking into the Jan 6th insurrection and that he has been badgering friends and aides about how he is coming across in them. “Trump is always watching, we are told, riveted, according …

CNBC reports: In text messages sent on the evening of Jan. 6, long-time Trump supporter Brad Parscale said that the riot was “about trump pushing for uncertainty in our country.” “A sitting president asking for civil war,” Parscale said in texts to Katrina Pierson, a former Trump campaign official who was reportedly involved in organizing Trump’s pre-riot rally. Pierson replied: …

The Washington Post reports: President Trump recently tried to call an unnamed witness in the investigation of the House select committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot — an effort that the panel has since referred to the Department of Justice, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), its vice chairwoman, said Tuesday. The revelation came toward the end of a hearing …

ABC News reports: The hearing focused on a White House meeting that took place on December 18th, 2020, where the cast of political actors included Eric Herschmann and Pat Cipolline, who clashed with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Mike Flynn, and former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne. As Raskin put it, the meeting was “a heated and profane clash between this group …

CBS News reports: The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is holding another public hearing on Tuesday, this time focusing on the role of extremists in the assault and the links between former President Donald Trump’s associates and the far-right groups. While aides said the committee would not disclose who would be appearing in …

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump should have conceded the 2020 election, former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone told the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol. Cipollone, who served as Trump’s White House counsel in the last years of his administration, gave testimony to the committee on Friday. The footage was shown during Tuesday’s committee …

Mediaite reports: Like everyone’s favorite Borscht Belt comedian, former President Donald Trump returned to one of his old chestnuts Tuesday morning, releasing a ragetastic statement that went full ALL CAPS in disgust with the New York Times. By pure coincidence, the New York Times published a new poll earlier in the day on Tuesday morning which revealed that just over …

ABC News reports: An Ohio man who accused Joe Biden, other Democrats, and the mainstream media of “treason” is set to testify in a public hearing Tuesday before the House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol last year, according to a source familiar with the matter. The hearing is expected to focus on the rise of radical extremism …

The Associated Press reports: The Jan. 6 committee is set to highlight the way violent far-right extremists answered Donald Trump’s “siren call” to come to Washington for a big rally, as some now face rare sedition charges over the deadly U.S. Capitol attack and effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol siege …

Law & Crime reports: Former President Donald Trump’s real estate appraiser Cushman & Wakefield said that it has reached an agreement with New York Attorney General Letitia James to provide subpoenaed documents in order to stay a $10,000 per day contempt order. “We are pleased to have reached an agreement with the OAG that relates to an interim stay of …

Atlanta’s ABC affiliate reports: A Fulton County judge has ordered U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham to testify in front of a special grand jury looking into possible election tampering by former President Donald Trump in the November 2020 election. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled Monday that Graham will be required to testify on Aug. 2 after Graham said …

USA Today reports: A federal judge Monday refused to delay the criminal contempt trial of former White House strategist Steve Bannon after the Trump adviser’s weekend agreement to testify before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack. “I see no reason for extending this case any further,” said U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, paving the way for …

The Hill reports: Former President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed the idea that 80 is too old to be president after a poll found many voters believe President Biden is too old to run for re-election, and as concerns about age could affect Trump’s own prospective White House bid. Trump’s commentary came after The New York Times published a poll …

ABC News reports: The Justice Department revealed in an early Monday morning court filing that federal investigators interviewed former President Donald Trump’s attorney Justin Clark two weeks ago in connection with Steve Bannon’s criminal contempt case. Prosecutors say that Clark confirmed in the interview that at no point did Trump ever invoke executive privilege over Bannon’s testimony — and directly …

The New York Times reports: The day before Cassidy Hutchinson was deposed for a fourth time by the Jan. 6 committee, the former Trump White House aide received a phone message that would dramatically change the plans of the panel and write a new chapter in American politics. On that day in June, the caller told Ms. Hutchinson, as Liz …

CBS News has the transcript: ROBERT COSTA: Your documentary, which I’ve watched, has powerful footage of the brutal violence on January 6. Your documentary also focuses on the Trump family in an intense way. Do they feel any culpability for what happened? ALEX HOLDER: In my interactions with them, no, not at all. I mean, I think President Trump when …