Trump Corruption

Dr. Stabby: Trump Is Not A “Highly Vindictive” Person

“I think in his speech yesterday, or the day before, that he took a more conciliatory turn and recognizes that the problems that face us right now are enormous, and we could spend a lot of time going after people, or we could address those problems. I think we’ve already seen that President Trump is not a highly vindictive individual, …

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Trump: MSNBC And CNN Should Have Their Licenses Revoked For “Refusing To Air My Iowa Victory Speech”

Mediaite reports: Trump won the first GOP primary Monday night, and his victory speech included many of the baseless claims that he is a victim of some sort of “deep state” conspiracy that rigged the 2020 election and has kept him in court despite scads of evidence in support of criminal indictments he’s facing. As a result, both CNN and …

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Trump Moves To Block Testimony Against Jeffrey Clark

Politico reports: Donald Trump has injected himself into disbarment proceedings against former Justice Department ally Jeff Clark, raising the specter that the former president will attempt to assert executive privilege to block crucial testimony from senior administration officials — or force months of litigation on the matter. In a letter to Clark dated Jan. 12, Trump attorney Todd Blanche urged …

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AP: Trump “Scowled And Glared” At New York Jurors

The Associated Press reports: Donald Trump shook his head in disgust Tuesday as the judge in his New York defamation trial told prospective jurors that another jury had already decided that the former president sexually abused columnist E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s. Later, when the judge asked during jury selection if anyone felt he had been treated unfairly by …

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Peter Navarro Loses Demand For New Contempt Trial

ABC News reports: A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a bid for a new trial for Peter Navarro, a Trump White House official convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the U.S. Capitol attack. Navarro, who served as a White House trade adviser under President Donald Trump, was found guilty by a jury …

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Court Won’t Re-Hear Case On Trump’s Twitter DMs

CNN reports: A federal appeals court said Tuesday it won’t re-hear a case concerning executive privilege and Twitter after special counsel investigators in the 2020 election interference case were allowed to access data from Donald Trump’s account without telling him. The case has centered around questions about protection of communication around the presidency, and if Trump should have been informed …

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Trump: I’ve Been An A-List Celebrity For Many Decades

Posted today to Trump’s Truth Social account: The only right, honest, and lawful thing that Clinton-appointed Judge Lewis Kaplan, who has so far been unable to see clearly because of his absolute hatred of Donald J. Trump (ME!), can do is to end this unAmerican injustice being done to a President of the United States, who was wrongfully accused by …

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NY High Court Rejects Trump’s Gag Order Appeal

The Messenger reports: The New York Court of Appeals has shot down an appeal from Donald Trump against a gag order issued in his civil fraud trial. “On the Court’s own motion, appeal dismissed, without costs, upon the ground that no substantial constitutional question is directly involved,” the court wrote in a Tuesday ruling. “Motion for a stay dismissed as …

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TODAY: Trump To Attend Start Of Second Carroll Trial

NBC News reports: Former President Donald Trump intends to attend the start of the new E. Jean Carroll civil damages trial on Tuesday, according to two sources with direct knowledge of his plans. The second trial, set to start on Tuesday, involves Trump’s public comments about Carroll that he made both while he was president and after the jury’s verdict …

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Trump Lies That He Won 2016 Iowa Caucus (Cruz Did)

“We’re gonna have a great night and a fantastic place. We’ve won it twice as you know, two elections and I think we’re gonna have a tremendous night. The people are fantastic and I’ve never seen spirit like they have countrywide. But in Iowa, I’ve never seen spirit like this.” – Donald Trump, speaking to the press this afternoon in …

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Stormy Daniels Expects To Testify In Trump’s NY Trial

CBS News reports: The adult film star Stormy Daniels said on an episode of her podcast released Sunday that she expects to testify in former President Donald Trump’s upcoming trial on state criminal charges in New York. The trial, scheduled for March 25, stems from allegations that Trump agreed to a scheme in 2016 to falsify documents while reimbursing his …

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Trump Lawyer Withdraws From Bragg And Carroll Cases

The New York Times reports: Joseph Tacopina, the trial lawyer on Donald J. Trump’s legal team with the most successes defending high-profile clients, will no longer represent the former president in his criminal trial in Manhattan, according to a notice sent to the court on Monday. Mr. Tacopina also withdrew on Monday from another case in which he was still …

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Trump Screams Because Fox Interviewed Challengers

The Daily Beast reports: Apparently parked in front of the television on Monday morning, the media-obsessed former president did not take too kindly to Fox & Friends interviewing the other Republican candidates and their surrogates ahead of the Iowa caucus. Additionally, he was upset that Fox was covering recent polls that showed former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley narrowing his …

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64% Of Canadians: US Won’t Survive 2nd Trump Term

The Hill reports: Almost two-thirds of Canadians in a new survey said they are concerned that U.S. democracy will not survive another term under former President Trump. The poll by the Angus Reid Institute found that 64 percent of Canadians strongly agreed or agreed that U.S. democracy would not survive four more years with Trump in the White House. Nearly …

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Trump Suggests Staying In Office “Beyond” Four Years

“Just the history of Iowa, right? The history of Iowa. It’s very important that we stay here. But nobody had to call me because I made the commitment and we kept you first in the nation as long as I have anything to say about it. And that we have a good chance of staying for four years. We’ll have …

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Trump Posts Support From Killer Mobster Hit Man

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump would like to thank former mob boss Salvatore Gravano aka “Sammy the Bull” for his support. In a post on Truth Social, Trump shared an old interview with the former Gambino crime family mobster, who lamented that he couldn’t do business with the ex-president. “Forget about Trump,” the Bull said, “he’s a legitimate guy.” …

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Carroll Seeks To Stop Another Trump Courtroom Tirade

The Messenger reports: Writer E. Jean Carroll’s attorney warned a federal judge on Friday that Donald Trump may seek to “sow chaos,” asking the court to lay down ground rules keeping the 2024 Republican presidential frontrunner from turning his upcoming second trial into a “circus.” “Indeed, he may well perceive a benefit in seeking to poison these proceedings, where the …

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Trump Ordered To Pay NYT $362,000 In Legal Fees

The Meidas Touch reports: The most litigious man in the history of the United States is now getting hit with blow after blow for his abuse of the judicial system. Today, he was ordered by a court to pay out over $362,000 in attorney’s fees to the New York Times and three of their reporters after one of his frivolous …

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Oregon Supreme Court: Trump Stays On Ballot For Now

CNN reports: The Oregon Supreme Court on Friday declined to hear a bid to remove former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban,” saying it’s waiting for the US Supreme Court to rule on the issue. Trump has prevailed in other states, where courts dismissed lawsuits on procedural grounds and never grappled with …

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Trump’s Name Stripped From Bronx Golf Course

The New York Daily News reports: The only Trump-branded business in the Bronx is officially no more. Casino and entertainment company Bally’s on Thursday formally stripped former President Donald Trump’s name from the Bronx golf course it bought from his namesake family business last year. The 18-hole course in Ferry Point Park, which has been called Trump Links since the …

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