Trump Corruption

“Somehow, this guy ended up on the call. There was no classified information. There was no problem and the attack was a tremendous success. Somebody that was on the line with permission, somebody that worked with Mike Waltz at a lower level, had Goldberg’s number or call through the app, and somehow this guy ended up on the call.” – …

Mediaite reports: On Tuesday, Trump appeared on Newsmax, where Greg Kelly asked him about reparations for the rioters. The host first pointed to a lawsuit against the federal government filed by the family of Ashli Babbitt, who was shot and killed by a police officer as she attempted to break through a door. Kelly noted that the Department of Justice is …

The Huffington Post reports: A public watchdog group sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and a slew of other Trump administration officials Tuesday after a journalist revealed he was inadvertently added to a text chain discussing U.S. war plans. The lawsuit, brought by the watchdog group American Oversight and first reported by HuffPost, requests that a federal judge formally declare that …

Via press release from Democracy Docket: President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday commanding wide-ranging changes to how U.S. elections are administered, a move that will be swiftly challenged by voting rights organizations across the country. Since the beginning of his second term, Trump has repeatedly outlined his extreme vision for U.S. elections, and his administration has taken actions …

CNN reports: President Donald Trump told reporters on Tuesday that there “was no classified information” shared on the Signal chain that The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg said he was added to, pushing back on Goldberg’s claim that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sent “operational details of forthcoming strikes on Yemen” during the conversation. Trump claimed US national security “is stronger than it’s …

The Daily Beast reports: President Donald Trump and his team held a secret Mar-a-Lago dinner on the same day as the U.S. bombing of Yemen, which top administration officials reportedly planned in a group chat that mistakenly included a journalist. Just hours after the U.S. military strike on Houthi forces was carried out on Mar. 15—killing at least 53 people, …

NBC News reports: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard dodged a question from Warner about whether she was the user, reported as “TG,” in the Signal chat with Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg in which senior Trump administration shared military plans. “Senator, I don’t want to get into this,” Gabbard said, who repeated the same response after Warner kept pressing her. …

The Washington Post reports: President Donald Trump’s crackdown on lawyers is having a chilling effect on his opponents’ ability to defend themselves or challenge his actions in court, according to people who say they are struggling to find legal representation as a result of his challenges. Biden-era officials said they’re having trouble finding lawyers willing to defend them. The volunteers …

The Denver Post reports: President Donald Trump’s official portrait in the Colorado Capitol was taken down Monday night after the president took to social media to complain about what he claimed was a “purposefully distorted” portrayal. In a statement, House Democratic spokesman Jarrett Freedman said Republican leadership had asked that the portrait be removed. “If the GOP wants to spend time …

Mediaite reports: The challenge for politicians in our digital age is that it’s all too easy for digital sleuths to dig up video clips of their past selves and smack them with charges of hypocrisy. Such is the tale of National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, who accidentally added a reporter on a group chat discussing secret war plans but less …

Time Magazine reports: Louis DeJoy has resigned from his role as Postmaster General of the U.S. Postal Service, according to a source familiar with the matter. On Monday, he told the USPS Board of Governors that it would be his last day on the job. He named Deputy Postmaster General Doug Tulino to take over until the Board names a …

Forbes reports: A government contractor and lobbyist who served in President Donald Trump’s first administration bought Vice President JD Vance’s Virginia home in an above-market deal, a sale his spokesperson says was based on the market. A company registered in Nevada named 9 EDR LLC, with Christopher Garcia listed as its managing member, purchased Vance’s home in Alexandria, Virginia on …

The Washington Post reports: Several top officials in the Trump administration discussed highly sensitive military plans using an unclassified chat application that inadvertently included a journalist, the White House acknowledged Monday, a development that swiftly drew criticism from Washington’s national security establishment. Brian Hughes, a spokesman for the White House National Security Council, said the message thread revealed in an …

Newsweek reports: President Donald Trump reacted after reports surfaced that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accidentally included a journalist in a group chat in which sensitive U.S. military plans for strikes against Yemen were discussed. Asked about Monday’s story by The Atlantic that top cabinet officials and aides used Signal to text war plans to a reporter, Trump said, “I don’t …

The Hill reports: Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.), a military veteran, on Monday called for a congressional hearing following a news report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth texted The Atlantic’s top editor key details of the U.S. plan to bomb Houthi targets, just two hours ahead of the attacks. “Only one word for this: FUBAR,” Ryan wrote in a post on …

“This is friendliness, not provocation. We’re dealing with a lot of people from Greenland that would like to see something happen with respect to their being properly protected and properly taken care of. “They’re calling us. We’re not calling them. And we were invited over there, and I thought it would be great. But we’ve been invited, and they really …

Axios reports: Members of Congress in both parties exploded in anger Monday after the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic revealed he was inadvertently included in a highly-sensitive Trump administration Signal chat on airstrikes in Yemen.  “This is an outrageous national security breach and heads should roll,” Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.), a member of the Armed Services Committee, said in a statement …

Mediaite reports: President Donald Trump praised Kansas City Chiefs Quarterback Patrick Mahomes’s MAGA family members and told OutKick founder and conservative radio host Clay Travis he’s invited the Super Bowl losers to the White House. Over the weekend, Travis scored an exclusive sit-down interview with Trump aboard Air Force One that featured plenty of questions you probably wouldn’t hear in …

CNN reports: President Donald Trump said Monday that he will impose tariffs of 25% on any nation that purchases oil from Venezuela. “Venezuela has been very hostile to the United States and the Freedoms which we espouse. Therefore, any Country that purchases Oil and/or Gas from Venezuela will be forced to pay a Tariff of 25% to the United States on …

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump Jr. is headlining a group of conservative gun activists joining the board of online firearms retailer GrabAGun as it plans to go public later this year, the company announced Monday. GrabAGun is in the process of merging with a holding company led by businessman Omeed Malik, whose conservative-leaning venture fund 1789 Capital has invested …