Trump Corruption

Trump Again Praises Putin, Xi, And Kim As “Smart”

The Hill reports: Former President Donald Trump on Saturday repeated his praise of several authoritarian leaders, calling Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-Un “smart.” Trump referred to those authoritarian leaders as strong, saying “the smartest one gets to the top.” Trump said China’s Xi was smart because he “runs 1.5 billion people …

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QAnon Ginni May Have Influenced Coup Planning

Politico reports: Ginni Thomas’ unfettered access to Donald Trump’s chief of staff — and potentially others in his West Wing — raises new questions about another figure at the center of Trump’s gambit to subvert the 2020 election: attorney John Eastman. The select committee has evidence that when a top Pence aide challenged Eastman’s plan on Jan. 4, 2021, Eastman …

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Trump Organization Gets Final Okay To Sell DC Hotel

The Associated Press reports: Donald Trump’s luxury hotel near the White House, which drew diplomats, lobbyists and plenty of controversy while he was president, received government approval Friday to hand the keys to a Miami investment fund, a last hurdle to a sale that many industry experts doubted would ever go through. The $375 million price tag is far more …

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Trump And Sons To Be Deposed In Civil Fraud Lawsuit

NBC News reports: Former President Donald Trump and his adult children have agreed to sit for depositions in a lawsuit filed by investors who allege the family conned them into making bad investments in businesses the Trumps were promoting. According to a Friday court filing, the former president is scheduled for a June 16 deposition, preceded by his sons Don …

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US Military Overpaid For Stays At Trump Properties

The Washington Post reports: The United States military spent at least $147,000 at former president Donald Trump’s properties during his presidency, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post. The military often booked rooms or cottages at Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, N.J., and at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida for weeks at time at rates of $566.64 and $396.15 …

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Giuliani Crony Pleads Guilty In “Fraud Guarantee” Case

Courthouse News Service reports: Giuliani crony Lev Parnas, already convicted of campaign finance crimes, pleaded guilty on Friday morning to an additional count of wire fraud conspiracy. Parnas, who was involved in Rudy Giuliani’s unsuccessful efforts to get Ukrainian officials to dig up dirt on Joe Biden’s son during Biden’s campaign for president, already faces up to 45 years in …

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Famous Liar Sues Hillary And DNC For $70 Million

CNBC reports: Former President Donald Trump on Thursday sued Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee and others for allegedly conspiring to “weave a false narrative” during the 2016 presidential election that Trump and his campaign were colluding with Russia. Trump’s RICO suit says that Clinton, who was his Democratic opponent in that election, and other defendants as part of the …

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Junior Launches “Drudge Killer” News Aggregation App

Mediaite reports: Donald Trump Jr. is following in his father’s footsteps by announcing he will launch an online platform to compete with one that’s been mean to people named Trump. Trump Jr. is working with some of former President Donald Trump’s former staffers on “MxM News,” a news aggregation app “that they hope will compete with the likes of Apple …

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Ex-Prosecutor: Trump Guilty Of “Numerous Felonies”

The New York Times reports: One of the senior Manhattan prosecutors who investigated Donald J. Trump believed that the former president was “guilty of numerous felony violations” and that it was “a grave failure of justice” not to hold him accountable, according to a copy of his resignation letter. The prosecutor, Mark F. Pomerantz, submitted his resignation last month after …

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Stormy Scorches “Tiny” Trump Over Defamation Case

Earlier this week a federal court ruled that Stormy Daniels’ appeal in her Trump defamation case was not filed in a “timely basis” and therefore she’s on hook for his supposed $300,000 in legal costs. Trump, of course, fired out a gloating press release and today Daniels issued a lengthy response. It reads, in part: In response to that ridiculous …

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REPORT: Manafort Yanked From Flight To Dubai

Knewz reports: Former Donald Trump presidential campaign chair and once-convicted felon Paul Manafort was removed from a Miami flight bound for Dubai on March 20, officials confirmed. Manafort was convicted in federal court of tax and bank fraud and ordered to serve a term in prison. He was released in May 2020 and pardoned by Trump before he left office …

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Former Trump Staffer Wins $350,000 Over His NDA

Buzzfeed News reports: Former president Donald Trump’s campaign organization was ordered to pay more than $350,000 in legal fees and expenses for trying to enforce an “unenforceable” nondisclosure agreement against former staffer Alva Johnson, according to an order entered this month in a nonpublic arbitration case. An arbitrator found that even though Johnson’s effort to sue Trump failed — she …

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Trump Ready To Yank Endorsement Of Mo Brooks

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump is on the brink of withdrawing his endorsement from Alabama Senate hopeful Mo Brooks following a series of public and private missteps by the Republican congressman, including back-to-back statements this week in which Brooks declined to affirm Trump’s belief that the 2020 election result can be overturned. “I am baffled by the view that …

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Roger Stone Unveils Plan To Install Trump As President

Raw Story reports: First, Stone expects the House of Representatives to elect Trump as its Speaker if they retake control of the lower congressional chamber in this year’s midterm elections. This is permitted in the United States Constitution. Next, Stone predicts that Biden’s Cabinet will invoke the 25th Amendment to remove him from office. Over what, he did not say. …

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Docs Show Trump Had DHS Investigate “Voter Fraud”

Politico reports: In late April of 2020, a top political appointee in the Trump administration called for Department of Homeland Security officials to scrutinize an unusual topic for a national security agency: possible voter fraud in the upcoming election. A subsequent directive included a focus on mail-in voting. That guidance came as then-President Donald Trump fomented claims that the expansion …

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Mark Meadows Under Investigation For Voter Fraud

The Raleigh News & Observer reports: The State Bureau of Investigation is looking into allegations that a former Trump aide who once represented North Carolina in Congress may have committed voter fraud. Nazneen Ahmed, spokeswoman for Attorney General Josh Stein’s office, confirmed the investigation into former President Donald Trump’s Chief of Staff Mark Meadows after the New Yorker first reported …

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Fox Countersues Smartmatic, Claims False Revenue

Axios reports: Fox News is suing the voting machine company Smartmatic in a bid to counter the latter’s defamation suit against the network. Fox now alleges Smartmatic exaggerated the financial damage caused by the reports, an alleged violation of a New York statute that deters lawsuits aiming to discourage free speech. Smartmatic stands “to make nearly $2 billion in annual …

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Trump Attacks Fox For Interviewing “Nasty” GOP Rep

From the world’s most famous liar: Fox News is putting on the terrible Nancy Mace of South Carolina at every opportunity they get. Fox Board Member (too bad!) Paul Ryan is pushing her so hard it’s ridiculous. She’s nasty, disloyal, and bad for the Republican Party. Her opponent, Katie Arrington, is wonderful and will do a much better job for …

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Trump Rules Out Pence As His 2024 Running Mate

The right wing Washington Examiner reports: Former President Donald Trump is effectively ruling out tapping former Vice President Mike Pence as his running mate should he mount a third White House bid in 2024 and win the Republican nomination. “I don’t think the people would accept it,” Trump told the Washington Examiner Tuesday evening during a wide-ranging telephone interview from …

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FEC Complaint: Trump Is Illegally Campaigning For WH

Courthouse News Service reports: Democratic super PAC American Bridge filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission on Monday, claiming former President Donald Trump is violating campaign finance law by spending money on a bid for the White House that he hasn’t yet formally announced. The complaint cites Trump’s own statements about his 2024 political ambitions, including comments he made …

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