Trump Corruption

The New York Times reports: Official photographers from every White House since President Ronald Reagan’s have published their own books. Barack Obama and George W. Bush were so supportive that they wrote forewords for them. But like so much else involving Mr. Trump, the plan by his chief photographer, Shealah Craighead, did not follow this bipartisan norm. First, aides to …

The Macomb Daily reports: At a special meeting of the Washington Township Board of Trustees, officials approved a temporary agreement for vehicles to park on township owned land for a political rally to be held at the Michigan Stars Sports Center. “This is farmland, this is not residential drivable land and things could get ugly quickly,” said Treasurer Mike Nicley. …

The right wing Town Hall reports: Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he does not have any desire to take House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) place as the leader of the chamber should Republicans retake the House following the 2022 elections. During an interview with Just the News‘ John Solomon and Amanda Head, Trump said he is uninterested in …

Politico reports: The White House said on Tuesday it would not invoke executive privilege over the testimony of Jared Kushner or Ivanka Trump, as former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law is expected to voluntarily appear before the Jan. 6 select committee this week. “The president has spoken to the fact that Jan. 6 was one of the darkest days in our …

Law & Crime reports: Long before its namesake became president, the Trump Organization calculated the value of rent-stabilized units at more than $49.5 million—more than 66 times higher than the $750,000 that an outside appraiser believed them to be worth, New York’s top prosecutor alleged. New York Attorney General Letitia James’s (D) office made that allegation in an eye-popping footnote …

The Washington Post reports: In a statement Monday night, Trump said, “I have no idea what a burner phone is, to the best of my knowledge I have never even heard the term.” One former Trump White House official disputed that. In an interview Tuesday afternoon, former national security adviser John Bolton said that he recalls Trump using the term …

The Washington Post reports: Internal White House records from the day of the attack on the U.S. Capitol that were turned over to the House select committee show a gap in President Donald Trump’s phone logs of seven hours and 37 minutes, including the period when the building was being violently assaulted. The lack of an official White House notation …

CBS News reports: The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol unanimously voted Monday night to recommend that former Trump aides Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino be held in contempt of Congress for failing to cooperate with subpoenas. The committee referred the matter to the full Democratic-controlled House, which will decide to schedule a vote …

The Hill reports: The New York Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Trump Organization to comply with a subpoena issued by the New York attorney general’s office within the next month. New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron gave the Trump Organization until April 20 to provide a report detailing “potentially responsive information.” This subpoena was issued more than two …

ABC News reports: Jared Kushner, former President Trump’s son-in-law who served as a senior West Wing aide during the Trump administration, is expected to appear voluntarily before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack as early as Thursday, according to multiple sources familiar with the plans. Ginni Thomas — the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court …

The New York Times reports: A federal judge ruled on Monday that former President Donald J. Trump and a lawyer who advised him on how to overturn the 2020 election most likely committed felonies, including obstructing the work of Congress and conspiring to defraud the United States. The judge’s comments marked a significant breakthrough for the House committee investigating the …

“We had a massive crowd last night in Georgia, but as usual, the Fake News Media absolutely refuses to show it. “People are estimating 25,000 to 35,000 people, but our record so far is Texas with 87,000 people with 50,000 being turned away. This is fun! “Massive crowd last night in Georgia even despite the cold weather, the enthusiasm was …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …