Trump Corruption

Giuliani: Trump Was Just Keeping Those Docs “Safe”

The Daily Beast reports: Rudy Giuliani has added a new excuse to the Rolodex of reasons put forward by Trumpworld to explain the alleged classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. In an appearance on Newsmax, the former president’s attorney suggested Donald Trump did have sensitive material but was just taking it to a safe place. “They want to make him responsible for …

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18 Former Top Trump Officials Call “Bullshit” On His Claim Of A “Standing Order” To Declassify Documents

CNN reports: In the days since the FBI seized classified and top secret documents from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, the former President and his allies have claimed that Trump had a “standing order” to declassify documents he took from the Oval Office to the White House residence. But 18 former top Trump administration officials tell CNN they never heard any …

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DOJ Argues “Evidence Of Obstruction” Found In Search

CNN reports: Obstruction of justice was one of the three statutes listed on the search warrant for Mar-a-Lago, which was unsealed last week, and Judge Bruce Reinhart said during the hearing Thursday that he “found there is probable cause” that the statutes had been violated. DOJ attorney Jay Bratt made the comments about obstruction being investigated while he was trying …

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Navarro Asks Court To Dismiss Criminal Contempt Case

CNN reports: Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro asked a federal judge to dismiss the criminal contempt of Congress case that was brought against him after he did not comply with a House January 6 Committee subpoena. In the motion filed late Wednesday evening, Navarro argued that the Justice Department’s move to bring the charges against him was “in …

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Trump Org CFO Pleads Guilty To 15 Felony Charges

NBC News reports: The chief financial officer of Donald Trump’s company, Allen Weisselberg, pleaded guilty to tax violations Thursday in a deal that would require him to testify about illicit business practices at the Trump Organization. The plea deal requires that Weisselberg “testify truthfully” about the company’s role in the alleged compensation arrangement when the Trump Organization goes on trial …

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WaPo: Top Defense Lawyers Refuse To Represent Trump

The Washington Post reports: Former president Donald Trump and close aides have spent the eight days since the FBI searched his Florida home rushing to assemble a team of respected defense lawyers. But the answer they keep hearing is “no.” The struggle to find expert legal advice puts Trump in a bind as he faces potential criminal exposure from a …

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Giuliani: I “Satisfied Obligation” To Georgia Grand Jury

The Associated Press reports: Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday that he had “satisfied his obligation” after facing hours of questioning Wednesday before a special grand jury in Atlanta as a target of an investigation into attempts by former President Donald Trump and others to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia. In an interview with The Associated Press, Giuliani said Fulton …

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Trump May Release Surveillance Video Of FBI Search

CNN reports: Some allies of former President Donald Trump are urging him to publicly release surveillance footage of FBI agents executing a search warrant on his Mar-a-Lago residence, a proposal that has drawn mixed reaction inside his orbit, CNN has learned. The CCTV footage has been so closely held that aides to the former President aren’t sure if he has …

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Trump Posts Article Calling The FBI “Fascist Bureau”

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump shared an article on his TRUTH Social page Wednesday that described the FBI as the “Fascist Bureau of Investigation.” The article was shared days after Trump called for cooler heads to prevail after his home was raided by the bureau last Monday. Without comment, Trump shared an article authored by former CNN contributor Jeffrey …

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REPORT: Trump’s CFO To Implicate Trump’s Companies

Rolling Stone reports: Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization’s finance chief, will say in Manhattan court Thursday that he conspired with several of the ex-president’s companies when he pleads guilty to state tax crimes, two sources familiar with the case tell Rolling Stone. As part of Weisselberg’s plea deal, he has agreed to testify against The Trump Corporation and the Trump …

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Trump Rakes In Millions With FBI-Related Money Begs

The Washington Post reports: Former president Donald Trump bombarded his supporters with more than 100 emails asking for money based on the FBI’s search of the Mar-a-Lago Club for classified materials last week. They paid off. Contributions to Trump’s political action committee topped $1 million on at least two days after the Aug. 8 search of his Palm Beach, Fla., …

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Trump Lawyer Ordered To Testify Before GA Grand Jury

CNN reports: A judge in Colorado said on Tuesday that Jenna Ellis, an attorney who represented Donald Trump during and after the 2020 election, must appear before the Fulton County, Georgia, grand jury investigating the former President’s election schemes. In issuing the order, 8th Judicial District Judge Gregory Lammons stressed the limited role he was being asked to play. This …

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TODAY: Giuliani Testifies Before Georgia Grand Jury

The Associated Press reports: Rudy Giuliani is scheduled to appear in an Atlanta courthouse to testify before a special grand jury that is investigating attempts by former President Donald Trump and others to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia. It’s unclear how much the former New York mayor and attorney for Trump will be willing to say now that …

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FBI Interviewed Trump’s Lawyers About Missing Docs

The New York Times reports: Pat A. Cipollone and Patrick F. Philbin, the White House counsel and his deputy under President Donald J. Trump, were interviewed by the F.B.I. in connection with boxes of sensitive documents that were stored at Mr. Trump’s residence in Florida after he left office, three people familiar with the matter said. Mr. Cipollone and Mr. …

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Sean Hannity: Trump Could Still Be Elected As A Felon

“Being a felon is not a disqualification. So even crimes potentially far more serious than what is being alleged, potential mishandling of classified information, doesn’t stop somebody from seeking the presidency. “If they think that they’re going to somehow make this about Donald Trump and prevent him from running from office, well they obviously have not read something called the …

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Graham: Garland Must “Show His Cards” With Affidavit

“When it comes to Trump there are no rules, every Republican should be suspicious of what’s happened in the past, happening again. “We need the affidavit. Show your cards, Merrick Garland. He can’t have it both ways, he can’t give us the inventory of the warrant without telling us why it was necessary. “Without the affidavit, we’re flying blind in …

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DOJ Official: We’ve Given Trump Back His Passports

NBC News reports: Passports belonging to Donald Trump have been returned to the former president after last week’s FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago home, a Justice Department official told NBC News. The FBI acknowledged it had had the passports the same day Trump said on his social media platform that FBI agents who conducted the search on Aug. 8 took …

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Eric Trump Claims People Tried To Buy Him Dinner To “Apologize For What The US Government Has Done”

“Last night, I had an argument between two people in a restaurant who were trying to buy Lara and I dinner to apologize for what the United States government has done to our family. “I mean, you wouldn’t believe the energy out there. I’ve been through all of these firestorms over the year. I’ve never seen America more mad than …

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Trump Demands Release Of “Unredacted Affidavit”

From the world’s most famous liar: There is no way to justify the unannounced RAID of Mar-a-Lago, the home of the 45th President of the United States (who got more votes, by far, than any sitting President in the history of our Country!), by a very large number of gun toting FBI Agents, and the Department of “Justice” but, in …

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DOJ Opposes Media Request To Unseal Mar-A-Lago Affidavit: “Investigation Implicates National Security”

ABC News reports: The Justice Department said in a new court filing Monday that it opposes an effort by multiple media organizations, including ABC News, to unseal the supporting affidavit behind the now-public search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. “There remain compelling reasons, including to protect the integrity of an ongoing law enforcement investigation that implicates national …

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