Trump Corruption

BREAKING: Trump Is First President Impeached Twice

USA Today reports: The House reached the majority vote needed to impeach President Donald Trump for inciting an “insurrection” in last week’s attack on the Capitol, a stinging rebuke of the nation’s 45th president as he prepares to depart the White House after four tumultuous years. A handful of Republicans broke from their party – and their president – to …

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REPORT: Junior And Girlfriend To Flee NYC For Florida

The New York Post reports: Donald Trump’s children are exiting New York just as the city and other businesses cancel contracts with the Trump Organization following the riot at the Capitol. The latest to leave the city is Donald Trump Jr., The Post can report exclusively. Trump Jr., 43, will be moving to Florida — following in the footsteps of …

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Trump Issues Statement: “I Urge Calm Tempers, No Violence, No Lawbreaking, No Vandalism Of Any Kind”

Fox News reports: President Trump on Wednesday is calling for “all Americans” to help “ease tensions and calm tempers,” saying he does “not” stand for violence “of any kind” — and he’s asking Big Tech to join the effort. “In light of reports of more demonstrations, I urge that there must be NO violence, NO lawbreaking and NO vandalism of …

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Eric Trump Rages About Liberal “Cancel Culture” After Trump Organization Gets Shunned By Multiple Partners

The Associated Press reports: The PGA canceled its tournament at his golf course. Banks say they won’t lend to him anymore. New York City is looking to end his contract to operate the Central Park skating rink. Hits to President Donald Trump’s business empire since the deadly riots at the U.S. Capitol are part of a liberal “cancel culture,” his …

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Trump: “The 25 Amendment Is Of Zero Risk To Me But It Will Come Back To Haunt The Biden Administration”

CBS News reports: “I’d like to briefly address the events of last week. Millions of our citizens watched on Wednesday as a mob stormed the Capitol and trashed the halls of government. As I have consistently said throughout my administration, we believe in respecting America’s history and traditions, not tearing them down,” he said. The president dismissed any possibility that …

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NYT: McConnell Pleased At Dem Move To Impeach

The New York Times reports: Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, has told associates that he believes President Trump committed impeachable offenses and that he is pleased that Democrats are moving to impeach him, believing that it will make it easier to purge him from the party, according to people familiar with his thinking. The House is voting …

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GOP Rep. Liz Cheney: I Will Vote To Impeach Trump

The Associated Press reports: Republican Rep. Liz Cheney says she will vote to impeach President Donald Trump. The Wyoming congresswoman, the No. 3 Republican in the House, said in a statement late Tuesday that Trump “summoned” the mob that attacked the Capitol last week, “assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack.” She says, “Everything that followed was …

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Twitter Ban Kept Trump From Promoting Antifa Lies

Media Matters reports: Imagine this. As law enforcement tries to secure the Capitol following a pro-Trump insurrection by rioters bent on stopping the peaceful transition of power — some of whom appeared driven by a desire to murder the vice president and members of Congress — President Donald Trump publicly blames antifa activists after seeing that baseless claim floated on …

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Trump Denies Inciting Capitol Riots: What I Said Has Been Analyzed, People Said It Was “Totally Appropriate”

Scripps National reports: In his first comments to reporters in several days, President Donald Trump said the impeachment effort underway in Congress is causing “tremendous anger.” Trump spoke with reporters as he was leaving the White House Tuesday morning on his way to an event in Texas later in the day. Trump told reporters he thought this current impeachment is …

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Axios: Trump Privately Blaming Antifa For Capitol Riots

Axios reports: President Trump today privately — and falsely — blamed “Antifa people” for storming the Capitol, even though clear video and documentary evidence exists showing the rioters were overwhelmingly Trump supporters, Axios’ Jonathan Swan reports. Despite facing an impeachment vote for an assault he helped incite, the outgoing president is still sticking with his tried-and-true playbook of deflecting and …

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Deutsche Bank Won’t Do More Deals With Trump Org

Reuters reports: Deutsche Bank will not do business in the future with U.S. President Donald Trump or his companies in the wake of his supporters’ assault on the U.S. Capitol, the New York Times reported. Deutsche Bank is Trump’s biggest lender, with about $340 million in loans outstanding to the Trump Organization, the president’s umbrella group that is currently overseen …

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Trump And Pence Remain Out Of Sight Since Riots

ABC News reports: President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence remained out of sight Monday — after doing so for days amid the greatest crisis of their administration, as Democrats on Capitol Hill call for Pence to step in to strip Trump of his powers. In fact, the White House on Monday declined to say whether Trump and Pence …

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New York Bar Association Moves To Eject Giuliani

From the New York State Bar Association: As the nation’s largest voluntary state bar association, NYSBA has a responsibility to defend and protect the rule of law. Based on these complaints, and the statement Mr. Giuliani uttered shortly before the attack on the Capitol, NYSBA President Scott M. Karson has launched an inquiry pursuant to the Association’s bylaws to determine …

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SCOTUS Won’t Fast-Track Trio Of Trump Election Suits

Courthouse News reports: The Supreme Court on Monday denied President Trump’s request to fast-track consideration of several lawsuits challenging the election results in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and rebuffed similar suits brought by pro-Trump attorneys. The court announced its determination in an unsigned order that did not disclose the justices’ voting breakdown or rationale, which is how the Supreme Court typically …

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House Vote On Impeachment Likely To Be Wednesday

Reuters reports: The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Rules Committee said he expected the article of impeachment against President Donald Trump to get to the House floor for a vote on Wednesday and predicted it will pass. “It is important that we act, and it is important that we act in a very serious and deliberative manner,” Representative …

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Statement From Melania: “My Heart Goes Out” To Dead Rioters, Also Stop All Your “Salacious Gossip” About Me

Via press release from Melania Trump: As your First Lady, it has been inspiring to witness firsthand what the people of our great Nation will do for one another, especially when we are at our most vulnerable. With nearly every experience I have had, I found myself carrying many individual’s stories home with me in my heart. Most recently, my …

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Credit Card Processor Drops Trump Campaign Site

The Wall Street Journal reports: Stripe Inc. will no longer process payments for President Trump’s campaign website following last week’s riot at the Capitol, according to people familiar with the matter. The financial-technology company handles card payments for millions of online businesses and e-commerce platforms, including Mr. Trump’s campaign website and online fundraising apparatus. Stripe is cutting off the president’s …

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REPORT: Trump Resort To Lose PGA Championship

New Jersey Online reports: The PGA of America will strip Donald Trump of the 2022 PGA Championship, which is scheduled to be held at Trump National Bedminster golf club in New Jersey. In a blistering column that says the golf world must sever all ties with Trump, Golfweek’s Eamon Lynch said the PGA has been debating for two years the …

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Bloomberg: Trump Planning “Defiant” Final Week

Bloomberg News reports: Banned from social media and abandoned by some staff after inciting a riot at the U.S. Capitol, President Donald Trump and a dwindling circle of advisers plan a defiant final week in office, according to people familiar with the matter. Trump plans to run out the clock on his four years in office by highlighting what he …

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WH Forced Out Federal Prosecutor Over GA Election

The Wall Street Journal reports: White House officials pushed Atlanta’s top federal prosecutor to resign before Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoffs because President Trump was upset he wasn’t doing enough to investigate the president’s allegations of election fraud, people familiar with the matter said. A senior Justice Department official, at the behest of the White House, called Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney Byung …

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