Trump Corruption

ABC News reports: Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a member of the House select committee investigating last year’s Capitol riot, said Sunday that Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone didn’t contradict previous testimony by other witnesses and will be featured in the investigation’s final report after he sat for a transcribed, videotaped interview with the panel last week. “You’ll see over the …

CNN reports: Steve Bannon — who defied a congressional subpoena and is set to go to trial on criminal contempt charges — told the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection on Saturday that he is now willing to testify, ideally at a public hearing, according to a letter obtained by CNN. Bannon’s reversal comes after he received …

NBC News reports: The House Jan. 6 committee Saturday issued a statement describing the input of an ex-White House lawyer as “reinforcing” alleged misconduct by former President Donald Trump. “In our interview with Mr. Cipollone, the Committee received critical testimony on nearly every major topic in its investigation, reinforcing key points regarding Donald Trump’s misconduct and providing highly relevant new …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: State Sen. Burt Jones’ role on a phony slate of GOP electors in Georgia, designed to help Donald Trump’s failed effort to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election, is drawing increased scrutiny as the Republican vies to become the state’s next lieutenant governor. The Justice Department last month sought records from Georgia GOP …

Newsweek reports: Christina Bobb, an attorney who has supported Donald Trump’s legal challenge to overturn the 2020 election, has suggested a scenario in which the former president could be reinstated after the midterm elections in November. Bobb told the conservative news outlet the Right Side Broadcasting Network (RSBN) what she thought could happen in states in which there was “evidence …

Reuters reports: A U.S. appeals court on Friday largely upheld a congressional subpoena seeking financial records from former President Donald Trump’s accounting firm Mazars, but said some of the lawmakers’ requests went too far. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit unanimously ruled that the Democratic-controlled House Oversight Committee can obtain records from a period surrounding Trump’s 2016 …

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump gaffed Friday in Nevada that he was able to get drug use in the White House down by nearly one-fifth during his term in office. Perhaps it was a gaffe, or perhaps drug use really was rampant in the West Wing at one point during the 45th president’s tenure. Throughout the speech, Trump celebrated …

CNN reports: The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection has concluded its closed-door interview Friday with Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone during which it had been expected to ask about what he witnessed in the waning days of Donald Trump’s administration. Cipollone met with the committee for nearly eight hours on Friday. He did not answer …

The Washington Post reports: Former President Donald Trump is considering sending a letter to Stephen K. Bannon saying that he is waiving executive privilege, potentially clearing the way for his former chief strategist to testify before the House select committee investigating the pro-Trump riot at the Capitol. The letter would reiterate that Trump invoked executive privilege in September 2021, when …

The Associated Press reports: Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone arrived Friday on Capitol Hill for a private interview with the Jan. 6 committee about his role trying to prevent then-President Donald Trump from challenging the 2020 presidential election and joining the violent mob that laid siege to the Capitol. Cipollone had been a sought-after witness after bombshell testimony revealed …

CNN reports: Republican operatives connected to the plan to put forward “alternate” electors for Donald Trump are set to turn over information to the Justice Department as soon as this week — as criminal investigations examining efforts to overturn the 2020 election pick up pace. The DOJ issued numerous subpoenas in the past few weeks and is seeking information in …

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports: Donald Trump removed himself from the board of his Sarasota-based social media company, records show, just weeks before the company was issued federal subpoenas by both the Securities and Exchange Commission and a grand jury in Manhattan. Trump, the chairman of Trump Media and Technology Group, was one of six board members removed on June 8, …

From the world’s most famous liar: During my four years in the White House, I didn’t use everybody’s favorite airplane, the Boeing 757 we campaigned on for our big 2016 WIN. Now it has been completely modernized and renovated, and looks GREAT, all done in the Great State of Louisiana, and coming back to the skies in the Fall of …

The Washington Post reports: On a Saturday morning at an arena outside Memphis, Terri Owens joined the crowd streaming in to see former president Donald Trump. They lined up according to how much they’d paid. At the far end of a white entrance tent, near a bus wrapped with a photo of Trump’s head on a muscular, shirtless body, were …

NBC News reports: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis told NBC News Wednesday that additional subpoenas of associates of former President Donald Trump could be expected, adding that she does not rule out the possibility of issuing a subpoena to Trump himself. Willis’ remarks came a day after the grand jury empaneled to look into possible 2020 election interference subpoenaed …

The New York Daily News reports: A Manhattan judge overseeing the New York attorney general’s probe into Donald Trump’s family real estate business said Wednesday that he would fine the former president’s appraising and brokerage firm $10,000 a day. State Supreme Court Justice Engoron found Cushman & Wakefield in contempt of court for refusing to comply with Attorney General Letitia …

Axios reports: Former President Trump’s White House counsel Pat Cipollone will testify Friday in a closed-door, videotaped interview with the Jan. 6 committee, a source familiar with his plans told Axios. Cipollone — a crucial witness to what unfolded inside the West Wing on Jan. 6 — was subpoenaed by the committee following former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s …

The Wall Street Journal reports: Pat Cipollone, Donald Trump’s former White House counsel, faces a Wednesday deadline to give sworn testimony before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The committee issued a subpoena to Mr. Cipollone late last month, setting July 6 as the date for him to appear for a deposition. …

CNN reports: Sarah Matthews, who served as deputy press secretary in the Trump White House until resigning shortly after the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, has been subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the insurrection and has agreed to testify at an upcoming hearing. Matthews has been subpoenaed to testify at a public hearing as early …

CNN reports: The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection has scheduled its seventh hearing for July 12, the panel announced Tuesday. The hearing is set to start at 10 a.m. ET. The committee has not yet announced any witnesses. Rep. Adam Schiff had previously told CBS’ “Face the Nation” over the past weekend that the next hearing …