Trump Corruption

CNN reports: Over more than 90 minutes, Trump delivered the vengeful message that he has made the focus of his campaign, moaning about the lost 2020 race; defending the January 6, 2021, rioters; and pushing again for the Supreme Court to declare him and all presidents immune from prosecution. The court hearing the claim has expressed skepticism, but Trump is …

The New York Times reports: After a brief introduction by Chloe Fineman, who played Alina Habba, Trump’s lawyer, (“I am new at this, and I am learning,” she said), James Austin Johnson entered as Trump and quickly dressed down his own legal representation. “You’re great on TV,” Johnson told Fineman, adding: “Maybe the worst lawyer I’ve ever had, which is …

Newsweek reports: A recent Donald Trump press conference in which he again attacked writer E. Jean Carroll is being used against him in court. During the press conference, Trump accused Carroll of telling a “made up, fabricated story” of sexual assault, according to a court filing on Saturday, January 20 by Carroll’s lawyer, Roberta Kaplan. Kaplan wants Trump’s comments shown …

“The two federal cases are serious cases. I think they are not to be taken lightly. Let’s put it that way. That’s going to be something to really have to grapple with there. You can’t say there’s no way he will get convicted, there is no way he will be sentenced. You have a jury of 12 who is ultimately …

The New York Times reports: Former President Donald J. Trump on Friday appeared to confuse Nikki Haley for Nancy Pelosi during a speech in New Hampshire, accusing Ms. Haley of failing to provide adequate security during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the Capitol and connecting her to the House committee that investigated it. “Nikki Haley was in charge of …

ABC News reports: Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows on Friday asked the state’s highest appeals court to consider her decision to bar former President Donald Trump off of Maine’s GOP primary ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment — before the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the Colorado 14th Amendment case disqualifying Trump. In a news release, Bellows …

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump renewed his motion for a mistrial of the defamation case brought by former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll after she acknowledged deleting some emails. Trump’s attorney Alina Habba asked for a mistrial earlier this week in the middle of cross-examination of Carroll when Carroll testified that she had deleted some emails containing threats to …

CBS News reports: Combative, angry and prone to grandiose claims — newly unveiled footage of an April 2023 deposition gives a glimpse into how former President Donald Trump behaves when testifying under oath. The video, released to CBS News on Friday in response to a freedom of information request, shows Trump claiming to have averted a “nuclear holocaust” and “saving …

NBC News reports: Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a new interview that there should be “speedy trials” in the federal cases against former President Donald Trump, although he made clear that those dates will now be determined by the courts. In an interview with CNN that was taped Thursday, Garland responded to a question about the trial in the …

The Seattle Times reports: Donald Trump will remain on Washington’s presidential primary ballot after a judge ruled Thursday there was no clear error when the secretary of state placed him on the official list of candidates. Thurston County Superior Court Judge Mary Sue Wilson, in rejecting the effort by eight Kitsap County residents to remove Trump’s name, said Washington’s process …

NBC News reports: Former President Donald Trump on Thursday pleaded with the Supreme Court to allow him to remain on the Republican primary ballot in Colorado as he seeks to overturn a state ruling that found him ineligible because of his role leading up to the Jan. 6. attack on the Capitol. Trump’s lawyers filed a brief laying out his …

CNN reports: Northwestern University professor Ashlee Humphreys, who was called as a witness by E. Jean Carroll’s lawyers as an expert on damages, testified it could cost up to $12.1 million for Carroll to repair her reputation with those who likely believed Donald Trump. Humphreys — who was contracted to analyze the reach of Donald Trump’s statements and assess the …

Mediaite reports: Donald Trump Jr. appeared on Newsmax Thursday — where he speculated about former Fox News golden boy Tucker Carlson being picked as his dad’s vice presidential candidate. “Don, is your dad serious about Tucker Carlson? Are those rumors serious?” asked Newsmax anchor Rob Finnerty. “That clearly would be on the table, right? I mean they’re very friendly, I …

CNN reports: Once E. Jean Carroll is off the witness stand, her lawyers plan to call an expert witness and others who testified at the first defamation trial last year as part of their case that Donald Trump should pay damages for defaming Carroll denying her rape allegations. And Carroll’s lawyers have indicated they may play portions of Trump’s 2022 …

Another dead-of-night all-caps rant posted to Truth Social: A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES MUST HAVE FULL IMMUNITY, WITHOUT WHICH IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM/HER TO PROPERLY FUNCTION. ANY MISTAKE, EVEN IF WELL INTENDED, WOULD BE MET WITH ALMOST CERTAIN INDICTMENT BY THE OPPOSING PARTY AT TERM END. EVEN EVENTS THAT “CROSS THE LINE” MUST FALL UNDER TOTAL IMMUNITY, …

The Meidas Touch reports: Donald Trump left voters with the impression that he has never shopped for himself in his life when he told supporters at a speech in Portsmouth, New Hampshire that ID is required to purchase bread yet again. Trump added, “Everything to get into to a store.” Due to the incoherent nature of Trump’s statements, it’s undetermined …

Posted this afternoon to Trump’s Truth Social account: The Judge in the Trial that I am attending today is a totally biased and hostile person—The same Judge that we had in the first trial, which my lawyer asked me not to attend because of the fact he thought the case was so ridiculous and demeaning (and easy to win!) to …

The Kennebec Journal reports: A Maine judge issued an order Wednesday to put Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’ [photo] decision to exclude Donald Trump from presidential primary ballots on hold while the U.S. Supreme Court weighs a similar case out of Colorado. Kennebec County Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy remanded the case to Bellows and ordered her to await the …

CNN reports: E. Jean Carroll’s lawyer showed the jury harassing messages that Carroll received about her allegations against Donald Trump. Carroll testified that she received threatening messages, including on June 21, 2019, the day Trump made one of the statements at issue in this trial. Trump leaned over to his attorneys reacting as she was speaking. Carroll’s voice broke as …

CNN reports: Donald Trump has been in the courtroom Wednesday morning watching the testimony of E. Jean Carroll, shaking his head at one point when Carroll accused him of assaulting her and conversing with his attorneys while she testifies. After the jury left the courtroom for a mid-morning break, one of Carroll’s attorneys, Shawn Crowley, told the judge Trump could …