Trump Corruption

Reuters reports: Donald Trump’s allies are assembling proposals to curtail the Justice Department’s independence and turn the nation’s top law enforcement body into an attack dog for conservative causes, nine people involved in the effort told Reuters. If successful, the overhaul could represent one of the most consequential actions of a second Trump presidency given the Justice Department’s role in …

“Former President Donald Trump, who just last week, I never thought I’d see this — I’ve heard it, but I’ve never seen it. Donald Trump, just last week, had oil executives convening, talking about his election. “And he openly asked them for $1 billion to roll back the environmental progress of the Biden administration, the environmental progress that we’ve made …

Mediaite reports: Rudy Giuliani is on the brink of losing yet another paycheck just days after being axed from his six-figure WABC radio gig over his inability to stop spewing election conspiracy theories. Several sources at Newsmax said the fate of Giuliani’s show on the conservative network’s streaming platform is up in the air. Top brass, which has raised alarms …

The Guardian reports: A “deal” allegedly offered by Donald Trump to big-oil executives as he sought $1 billion in campaign donations could save the industry $110 billion in tax breaks if he returns to the White House, an analysis suggests. The fundraising dinner held last month at Mar-a-Lago with more than 20 executives, including from Chevron, Exxon and Occidental Petroleum, …

Law & Crime reports: Former President Donald Trump on Thursday outside of the hush-money trial courtroom criticized one of the prosecutors not named Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg (D), in apparent defiance of a gag order restricting such statements. With his defense attorney Todd Blanche looking on and Republican lawmakers, like Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida standing in the background, Trump …

“Crooked Joe Biden does not want RFK Jr. in the debates because Junior’ is far left him and they would be debating over the same territory, like ridiculous Open Borders and the Green New Scam, both of which are killing our Country. He’s also sharper and far more intelligent than Joe, all making for a bad combination of ingredients. I …

The Associated Press reports: Donald Trump is seeking to have New York’s highest court intervene in his fight over a gag order that has seen him fined $10,000 and threatened with jail for violating a ban on commenting about witnesses, jurors and others connected to his hush money criminal trial. The former president’s lawyers filed a notice of appeal late …

ABC News reports: Michael Cohen is set to return to the witness stand Thursday to face a full day of cross-examination in which the defense is expected to question the former Trump attorney’s credibility as the prosecution’s star witness in Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial. Across his two days on the witness stand, Cohen has offered the most incriminating …

“It’s rigged so heavily in Joe Biden’s favor, but everything always is! You’ve got Hollywood against Donald Trump. You’ve got the music industry against Donald Trump. Mainstream media. Despite that and even the judicial system at this point, he is beating Joe Biden in every poll out there. It’s amazing to see. So, if Joe Biden shows up on June …

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump defended South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem over a controversial anecdote from her latest book where she discussed killing her dog. “I think [Noem’s] terrific. A couple of rough stories, there’s no question about it,” Trump said during a podcast interview released Tuesday with Clay Travis and Buck Sexton. “And when explained — the dog …

CNN reports: A federal judge on Wednesday rejected another request from former Donald Trump economic aide Peter Navarro to cut his four-month prison sentence short. Navarro is in prison for contempt of Congress after ducking a subpoena for documents and testimony from the House committee that investigated the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Last week, Navarro asked district …

Law & Crime reports: Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy saga took a turn for the worse on Tuesday as the judge revealed he was “disturbed about the status of this case” and dismayed by the former NYC mayor’s “troubling attitude vis-à-vis the law and the court system,” resulting in a refusal to allow the debtor to appeal the $146 million defamation judgment. …

CNN reports: Arizona prosecutors have tried for weeks – and so far failed – to serve Rudy Giuliani with notice of his indictment related to an alleged scheme to overturn the 2020 election results in that state. Giuliani is among a group of former President Donald Trump’s allies indicted last month in Arizona alongside the 11 individuals who acted as …

“Crooked Joe Biden is the WORST debater I have ever faced – He can’t put two sentences together! Crooked is also the WORST President in the history of the United States, by far. It’s time for a debate so that he can explain to the American People his highly destructive Open Border Policy, new and ridiculous EV Mandates, the allowance …

CNBC reports: The wing of the Boeing jet owned by former President Donald Trump struck a parked plane at a Florida airport after landing safely and taxiing early Sunday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday. In a statement, the FAA said, “A privately owned Boeing 757 landed safely at West Palm Beach International Airport around 1:20 a.m. local …

Law & Crime reports: A federal judge in New York on Tuesday rejected a bid by Rudy Giuliani to appeal the $146 million judgment levied against him for defaming two 2020 election workers, castigating Donald Trump’s former personal attorney for his “troubling attitude” toward the law and the proceedings, which the judge said left him “disturbed.” U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge …

The New York Post reports: Rudy Giuliani’s upscale Manhattan residence has returned for sale shortly after the former New York City mayor found himself suspended from his radio show at WABC. The property, located at 45 E. 66th St., has reemerged with a notable price adjustment. It’s now listed for $5.7 million, representing a $400,000 reduction. Giuliani had previously withdrawn …

The Huffington Post reports: Stormy Daniels took major precautions to protect herself while testifying in Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial, according to her lawyer. Attorney Clark Brewster appeared on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” on Monday, where he revealed how the adult film star wore a bulletproof vest underneath her clothes “every day” until she got to the Manhattan …

The Associated Press reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson assailed the U.S. judicial system on Tuesday, becoming the highest-ranking Republican to attend court with Donald Trump and using his powerful position to attack the case against the former president as an illegitimate “sham.” It was a remarkable moment in modern American politics: The House speaker turning his Republican Party against the …

Mediaite reports: Former White House Situation Room officer Mike Stiegler revealed that then-President Donald Trump never called down to check on then-Vice President Mike Pence as Trump fans hunted him at the Capitol, and that we were “that close” to losing the VP. On Tuesday’s edition of ABC’s Good Morning America, anchor George Stephanopoulos sat down with Stiegler, whose account …