Trump Corruption

Mediaite reports: Former president and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump once again pushed widely debunked 2020 election fraud claims in a post he shared on his Truth Social platform. “THE PEOPLE THAT DID THIS MUST BE PROSECUTED SO THEY DON’T DO IT IN 2024, WHEN THEY WILL BE PROSECUTED. SUCH A SHAME. I WON BIG, BUT WILL WIN AGAIN!” Trump …

CNBC reports: Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg, in a letter to investors, customers, and brokers who expressed concerns about the bond, wrote that the decision to issue it to Trump “has nothing to do with the underlying merits” of the appeal, “or with favoring any of the parties in the case.” “When Chubb issues an appeal bond, it isn’t making judgments …

The Associated Press reports: The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case on Wednesday dismissed some of the charges against former President Donald Trump, but many other counts in the indictment remain. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee wrote in an order that six of the counts in the indictment must be quashed, including three against Trump, the presumptive …

Politico reports: The head of Donald Trump’s Secret Service detail informed an agitated president on Jan. 6, 2021, that large groups of people had been denied entry to his rally that day because they were carrying prohibited items, the driver of his presidential SUV told congressional investigators, according to a transcript reviewed by POLITICO. The testimony is further evidence that …

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump has baselessly alleged that House Democrats used “Artificial Intelligence” to create a montage designed to show his lack of mental acuity, adding “‘Can’t do that Joe!!” on social media. The video in question was presented Tuesday by Rep. Jerry Nadler, who pushed back at Republicans during a hearing by rolling out a supercut of …

Axios reports: Former President Trump has won enough delegates to clinch the Republican presidential nomination, AP projects. President Biden became the presumptive Democratic nominee for president earlier on Tuesday, kicking off what is expected to be one of the longest presidential campaigns in modern history. Trump was projected to win primaries in Georgia, Mississippi and Washington State on Tuesday. Republicans …

The Meidas Touch reports: RNC co-chair Lara Trump went on Alex Stein’s show on the Blaze network and was asked if she believed 9/11 was an inside job. Lara Trump said “never say never” and talked about being about to see the inner workings of the United States government before stating she personally didn’t believe it was an inside job …

Courthouse News reports: The New York Attorney General’s Office told an appellate court on Monday that there would be substantial risks to staying the enforcement of former President Donald Trump’s hefty civil fraud judgment. As it stands, the judgment will become enforceable on March 25 — coincidentally, the same day that Trump’s criminal trial is set to start. Trump asked …

The Hill reports: Former President Trump renewed his calls for a debate between him and President Biden Tuesday, saying it would be for the good of the country. “For the good of our now failing Nation, and in order to inform the American people of what is going on in our Country, we must immediately have a full scale debate …

The Associated Press reports: An attorney for a longtime advice columnist who won an $83.3 million defamation award against Donald Trump suggested Monday that a new defamation lawsuit was possible against the ex-president after he resumed verbal attacks against her at a weekend rally. Attorney Roberta Kaplan, who represents 80-year-old writer E. Jean Carroll, noted in a statement that the …

NBC News reports: Former President Donald Trump said Monday that one of his first acts as president if he wins in November would be to “free” those charged and convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. “My first acts as your next President will be to Close the Border, DRILL, BABY, DRILL, and Free …

Politico reports: Donald Trump’s newly installed leadership team at the Republican National Committee on Monday began the process of pushing out dozens of officials, according to two people close to the Trump campaign and the RNC. All told, the expectation is that more than 60 RNC staffers who work across the political, communications and data departments will be let go. …

The Meidas Touch reports: On Sunday, Trump posted a manipulated video showing himself replacing Joe Biden struggling at the State of the Union speech and Democrats cheering for him. Biden’s speech is interrupted with an announcement introducing “the President of the United States” as Trump walks in. The manipulated video then shows Jill Biden, Bernie Sanders, AOC, Pete Buttigieg, Nancy …

CNN reports: A longtime Mar-a-Lago employee who is a central witness in the investigation into former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents is now speaking publicly because he believes that voters should hear the truth about his former boss and the case before the November election. Brian Butler, who is referenced as “Trump Employee 5” in the classified documents …

The New York Times reports: President Donald J. Trump had just delivered his fiery speech at the Ellipse early on the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021, setting in motion the attack by his supporters on the Capitol. When he got into his armored vehicle after the speech, Mr. Trump immediately brought up a topic he often broached after his public …

Reuters reports: Donald Trump on Monday asked the New York judge overseeing his criminal case on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star to delay the trial until the U.S. Supreme Court finishes reviewing his claim of presidential immunity in a separate case. The hush money trial is set to begin on March 25 in a New …

Reuters reports: Donald Trump laid out some of his financial priorities on Monday and defended his planned 10% across-the-board tariffs, saying any resulting price increase for families could be offset by tax cuts and calling for his 2017 tax cuts to be extended. The Republican U.S. presidential candidate, speaking in an interview on CNBC, also called for action on popular …

Politico reports: Former Trump White House aide Peter Navarro has been ordered to report to a Miami prison on March 19 to begin serving a four month sentence for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 select committee. Navarro, who is urging a federal appeals court to stay the sentence while he attempts to overturn his conviction, faces the prospect …

CNN reports: To Donald Trump, Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán is “fantastic,” Chinese leader Xi Jinping is “brilliant,” North Korea’s Kim Jong Un is “an OK guy,” and, most alarmingly, he allegedly said Adolf Hitler “did some good things,” a worldview that would reverse decades-old US foreign policy in a second term should he win November’s presidential election, multiple former senior …

The Insider reports: Software engineer Ken Block told Business Insider ahead of the release of his forthcoming book “Disproven,” that he was paid about $750,000 to conduct research that would verify the existence of mass voter fraud in swing states, including Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. Despite the massive payday, Block couldn’t find any. He even disproved some …