Trump Corruption

The New York Post reports: Former President Donald Trump’s youngest child, Barron Trump, was spotted arriving at New York University Wednesday to kick off his first day of college life. The towering 18-year-old was flanked by Secret Service agents as he stepped onto the downtown Manhattan campus with a black Swiss Gear backpack casually slung over his shoulder. It wasn’t …

The Hill reports: A fundraising event for defendants of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol scheduled to take place at former President Trump’s golf club in New Jersey this week has been postponed indefinitely. The “J6 Awards Gala,” hosted by nonprofit Stand in the Gap, was planned for Thursday at Trump’s Bedminster, N.J. golf club. According to the event’s …

“Here’s the thing, I am urging you from this day forward, never, ever, ever to refer to Kamala Harris by her first name. Only her first name. Kamala, Kamala, Kamala. “She is not a soccer star, okay? Pelé, I get it. Messi, I get it. Okay? But when you use ‘Kamala’ these days, it does not do us any good. …

NBC News reports: “My goal will be to cut your energy costs in half within 12 months after taking office,” former President Donald Trump said in a speech in Michigan. “We can do that.” Industry analysts doubt it. The Oval Office is equipped with few levers to influence energy prices, which are largely controlled by executives and policymakers across a …

Politico reports: Hackers apparently breached the social media accounts of Lara and Tiffany Trump on Tuesday, distributing what the former president’s son said were two fake posts touting a family cryptocurrency venture. The posts on the social network X appeared to come from the accounts of Lara Trump, the co-chair of the Republican National Committee, and Tiffany, the younger of …

The Independent reports: The political action committee founded by conservative lawyer George Conway is directly targeting Donald Trump with a new advertisement that will air in locations where the ex-president has homes in hopes that seeing the commercial will set off an emotional reaction. Conway’s “Psycho PAC” is making a six-figure purchase of airtime in Palm Beach, Florida and Bedminister, …

ProPublica reports: Judge Aileen M. Cannon has shown bias in handling criminal charges against former President Donald Trump and should be reversed and removed from the case to “preserve the appearance of justice,” a public interest group argued in a legal filing on Tuesday. The brief filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and joined by a retired …

The New York Times reports: A federal judge in Manhattan denied an effort by Donald J. Trump to move his already adjudicated state criminal case to the federal courts on Tuesday, rejecting his claims of bias against him as well as his claims of presidential immunity. In late May, a jury convicted the former president on 34 felony counts of …

NBC News reports: Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday once again pleaded not guilty to the criminal charges he faces in his federal election interference case in Washington, D.C., a court filing showed. Trump also is opting to waive his right to appear at an arraignment on a superseding indictment issued by a grand jury last week, the Republican presidential …

Via press release from House Oversight Democrats: Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs,are demanding answers from Donald Trump after a bombshell report by the Washington Post surfaced new evidence suggesting the former president may have illegally …

CNN reports: A federal judge has ruled former President Donald Trump and his campaign must pause on using the song “Hold On, I’m Coming.” The decision came after the estate of the late R&B artist and songwriter Isaac Hayes sought an emergency injunction to stop the Trump campaign from using the song at campaign events, alleging the campaign does not …

The New York Times reports: Watergate this was not. Last week, the Trump campaign and Republican National Committee offices in West Palm Beach, Fla., were abuzz with talk of listening devices and espionage, possibly by a foreign government. The police were called and the offices were closed for a forensic search. The reality was more Charlie Chaplin than John le …

Deadline Hollywood reports: Filmmaker Ali Abbasi, director of controversial movie The Apprentice, initially appeared a tad nervous as he stepped onto the stage of the Galaxy Theater in Telluride on Saturday night for the U.S. premiere of his feature that was a hit at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Abbasi noted that “I have allowed myself as a non-American to …

“There was no conflict or ‘fighting’ at Arlington National Cemetery last week. It was a made up story by Comrade Kamala and her misinformation squad. “She made it all up to make up for the fact that she and Sleepy Joe have BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS for the INCOMPETENT AFGHANISTAN Withdrawal – THE MOST EMBARRASSING DAY IN U.S. HISTORY!!! “They …

Business Insider reports: Lawyers for former president Donald Trump and the dance-floor icon Eddy Grant are “gonna rock down to” a Manhattan courtroom on Friday for a face-to-face fight over the musician’s ’80s hit “Electric Avenue.” Grant sued Trump four years ago for tweeting a cartoon making fun of Joe Biden that used 40 seconds of the song as a …

“Senator McCain. This is a genuine hero. Let’s make no mistake about it. The fact that Donald called him, in essence, a ‘loser,’ I don’t get it. But anyone who is disabled or anyone who he deems lesser than him is a loser, that’s just the way he is. That ain’t gonna change. “And I know many people who are …

Entertainment Weekly reports: As Dr. Frankenstein once learned, the problem with creating a monster is that eventually, you have to confront the horrors you have wrought. That’s what happened to Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong) after mentoring a young Donald Trump (Sebastian Stan), an American parable of greed and betrayal brought to life with a soap-operatic glee in The Apprentice. Cohn …

The Meidas Touch reports: Trump has released another campaign video using footage of Arlington National Cemetery. Trump has faced criticism for posting a photo smiling and giving a thumbs up over the graves of soldiers, releasing a TikTok video with Arlington National Cemetery footage set to a guitar track, and, according to the military, shoving a cemetery staff member attempting …

The Hill reports: Former President Trump said in a new interview that he thinks God believes he will “straighten out” the country after he survived an assassination attempt in July. “I think you think like, if you believe in God, you believe in God more. And somebody said like, why? And I’d like to think that God thinks that I’m …

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump told ally Mark Levin that he had “every right” to interfere with the 2020 election in comments aired on Fox News on Sunday. At one point, Levin discusses the former president’s legal troubles and the Department of Justice’s intentions to “keep smearing you”; notably Jack Smith’s revival of the DOJ’s federal election interference case. …