Trump Corruption

Colorado Voters Press SCOTUS On Trump Ballot Ban

The Washington Post reports: A group of Colorado voters on Friday asked the Supreme Court to bar Donald Trump from the state’s primary ballot, telling the justices in their brief that he is ineligible to return to the White House after spearheading the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The high court is set to consider on Feb. …

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Trump Wails Over “Extremely Abusive” Carroll Judge

Posted just now to Trump’s Truth Social account: Judge Kaplan refuses to allow the Anderson Cooper Interview on CNN of E. Jean Carroll wherein Carroll says, “Rape is sexy,” and numerous other things that totally exonerate me. Judge Kaplan is refusing me my Constitutional Right to Due Process, to defend myself against this False Accusation. This is a one-sided trial, …

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Carroll Trial Judge Threatens To “Lock Up” Alina Habba

Mediaite reports: U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan sparred with Trump defense attorney Alina Habba on Friday and warned her that continuing to improperly enter evidence during her closing statement could land her in “lock up.” Donald Trump is currently on trial to determine damages after the former president was found liable for defaming E. Jean Carroll, whom a jury also …

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Trump Storms Out Of Court During Closing Arguments

The New York Daily News reports: Donald Trump stormed out of the defamation trial brought by E. Jean Carroll just minutes into closing arguments by the writer’s lawyers Friday morning. “This case is about how to compensate Ms. Carroll for the harm that Mr. Trump’s original statements — going back to June 2019 — caused her,” Carroll’s attorney, Roberta Kaplan, …

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WSJ Condemns Trump For “Sabotaging” Border Deal

From the Wall Street Journal editorial board: President Biden would claim, with cause, that Republicans want border chaos as an election issue rather than solving the problem. Voter anger may over time move from Mr. Biden to the GOP, and the public will have a point. Cynical is the only word that fits Republicans panning a border deal whose details …

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TODAY: Jury To Consider Damages In Carroll Case

Reuters reports: The writer E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit against Donald Trump is likely headed for a jury on Friday, after lawyers for both sides offer final arguments on how much Trump damaged Carroll’s reputation by denying he raped her. Carroll, 80, is seeking at least $10 million over Trump’s June 2019 denials, when he was president, that he had raped …

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Trump Calls On States To Deploy Troops To Texas

Posted this afternoon to Trump’s Truth Social account: When I was President, we had the most secure Border in History. Joe Biden has surrendered our Border, and is aiding and abetting a massive Invasion of millions of Illegal Migrants into the United States. Instead of fighting to protect our Country from this onslaught, Biden is, unbelievably, fighting to tie the …

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Trump Called To The Stand In Carroll Defamation Trial

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump will testify in his own defense at the civil defamation trial in New York, his attorney Alina Habba said in court. Habba told Judge Lewis Kaplan that it will be “very brief.” The parties are first discussing what Trump will say and which questions he will answer. As he sits at the defense table, …

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Romney Blasts Trump For Trying To Kill Border Deal

“I think the border is a very important issue for Donald Trump. And the fact that he would communicate to Republican senators and congresspeople that he doesn’t want us to solve the border problem because he wants to blame Biden for it is really appalling. But the reality is that that we have a crisis at the border. The American …

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BREAKING: Peter Navarro Sentenced To Four Months

ABC News reports: Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro was in federal court Thursday to be sentenced for defying a congressional subpoena to cooperate with the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Navarro was convicted in September on one count of contempt of Congress over his refusal to appear for a deposition …

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Trump Loses Yet Another Bid To Dismiss Carroll Case

CNN reports: Donald Trump lost another bid to throw out a defamation suit by E. Jean Carroll on Thursday, as the former president braces to testify in an effort to limit additional damages on top of a $5 million sexual abuse verdict last year. “The motion is denied,” senior U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled, after Carroll’s case wrapped in …

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Trump Posts 37 Attacks On Carroll In 20 Minutes

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump made a whopping 37 posts about sexual assault accuser E. Jean Carroll within the space of just 20 minutes on Wednesday evening ahead of his defamation trial in New York. In just 20 minutes, Trump published 37 posts about Carrol – an average of 1.85 posts per minute – attacking the former Elle magazine …

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Trump Secretly Pressured Several GOP Senators To Kill Bipartisan Border Deal So Biden Can’t Chalk Up A Win

The Huffington Post reports: Donald Trump on Wednesday privately pressured Senate Republicans to “kill” a bipartisan deal to secure the U.S. border because he doesn’t want President Joe Biden to chalk up a win ahead of the 2024 presidential election, according to a source familiar with the tenuous negotiations on the package. Trump directly reached out to several GOP senators …

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TODAY: Trump Due To Testify In E. Jean Carroll Case

Bloomberg News reports: Two days after his decisive victory in the New Hampshire primary, Donald Trump is set to take the witness stand in New York to rebut defamation claims by writer E. Jean Carroll — testing his ability to sway a federal jury and a judge he’s already clashed with. Trump’s plan to testify Thursday gives him a chance …

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TODAY: Peter Navarro To Be Sentenced For Contempt

Reuters reports: Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro will be sentenced in Washington federal court on Thursday for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Federal prosecutors are seeking six months in prison for Navarro, writing in a court papers that he “chose allegiance to former President …

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Trump “Permanently Bars” Haley Donors From MAGA

The Messenger reports: Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday posted on his social media platform Truth Social that anyone who makes a “contribution” to former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley’s campaign will be “permanently barred from the MAGA camp.” The former president repeated his “Birdbrain” nickname for Haley and called the former South Carolina governor “average.” “When I ran for Office …

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Ex-Trump Staffer/Riot Attendee Booted From NH Victory Party After Posting Photo Of Supposedly Ill Alina Habba

Mediaite reports: Former Trump staffer Dylan Quattrucci was caught on camera being thrown out of former President Donald Trump’s victory party after he posted a picture with Trump attorney Alina Habba. Quattrucci was also caught on camera telling “piece of shit” cops to kill themselves during the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Trump lashed out Monday over a …

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The Smiths’ Johnny Marr To Trump: Stop Using My Song

Politico Europe reports: Donald Trump isn’t known for his love of classic British guitar band The Smiths — even though they have a song called “Bigmouth Strikes Again” that could be an ideal soundtrack for his planned return to the White House. But a Smiths song — “Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want” — was played at …

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Trump Attacks His “RINO” Former Press Secretary

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump lashed out at his 2020 White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Tuesday after McEnany advised him to focus on uniting the party, securing independents, and winning the general election instead of attacking Nikki Haley. Reacting to Haley’s advice in a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “I don’t need any advice from RINO …

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Networks Fact-Check Trump’s Lie-Filled NH Speech

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump’s numerous false claims after winning the New Hampshire GOP primary Tuesday prompted cable networks to issue lengthy fact-checks of the notoriously truth-averse former president. MSNBC, which had opted not to take Trump’s Iowa caucus victory speech live, this time went another route, with Rachel Maddow explaining: “This is a decision that we revisit constantly …

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