Trump Corruption

“Martha Raddatz’s Trump Derangement Syndrome was on full display this morning—as she nearly fought back tears, just as she did on Election Night 2016. After President Trump’s dominant and historic victories in both Iowa and New Hampshire, the Fake News is melting down, and it’s never been more obvious. “The RealClearPolitics polling average gives President Trump his largest lead ever …

The Messenger reports: E. Jean Carroll on Monday talked about what she plans to do with the $83.3 million former President Donald Trump was ordered to pay her in her defamation case. “I don’t want to waste money,” Carroll said while on making an appearance on ABC’s Good Morning America. “I do have an idea. I’d like to give the …

Bloomberg News reports: Donald Trump is facing a pair of major legal verdicts in New York that risk wiping out most — if not all — of the cash the billionaire says he has on hand, a potential blow to the presidential candidate whose persona is tied up with financial success and wealth. Trump on Friday was ordered by a …

Posted to Trump’s Truth Social account: I had the great privilege of watching Shawn Fain, the President of the United Auto Workers, this morning on DeFace the Nation. He is a real “STIFF” who is selling the Automobile Industry right into the big, powerful, hands of China. 55% of the industry has already left the U.S., and the rest will …

The New York Times reports: A former Republican judge appointed to hear arguments on whether to disqualify former President Donald J. Trump from the Illinois primary ballot said on Sunday that he believed Mr. Trump engaged in insurrection by attempting to remain in office after the 2020 election. But the former judge, Clark Erickson, whose nonbinding opinion will be considered …

Semafor reports: Nikki Haley’s campaign against Donald Trump reached a new phase with five crucial words in her “Meet The Press” interview on Sunday: “I absolutely trust the jury.” Haley’s active defense of the anonymous jurors that awarded E. Jean Carroll $83 million in damages after a previous jury found Trump was liable for sexual assault and defamation marked a …

The New York Times reports: As soon as E. Jean Carroll heard the verdict on Friday — $83.3 million in defamation damages against Donald J. Trump — a world of possibility opened before her: How to use the money? “I’m not going to waste a cent of this,” she said. “We’re going to do something good with it.” When told …

Deadline reports: Colin Jost and Michael Che had a field day roasting Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” segment. The topic at the top of the show was news that Trump was ordered to pay $83 million to E. Jean Carroll in the defamation trial. “Trump is a billionaire, so obviously, he immediately hit up your grandma for …

“People say, how do you do it, sir? How do you do it? I get two questions. If you had it to do again, would you do it? Because, you know, in history, they say the president that was treated the worst was Abraham Lincoln. But he had the Civil War, you know. “So he had a little Civil War …

Anderson Cooper: “There have been plenty of cases where a jury awards a huge verdict and it gets knocked down later on. Do you anticipate, E. Jean Carroll actually seeing this money? There’s been plenty of defendants who have a big judgment against them and somehow finagle a way, declare bankruptcy, or figure out a way not to pay. Do …

Politico reports: The day after President Joe Biden ramped up his rhetoric on a border deal, former President Donald Trump again tried to undercut the chances of significant immigration reform this year. “A bad border deal is far worse than no border deal,” the former president and GOP presidential frontrunner wrote in all-caps on Truth Social. The bipartisan deal, which …

The New York Times reports: Mr. Trump can pay the $83.3 million to the court, which will hold the money while the appeal is pending. This is what he did last year when a jury ordered him to pay Ms. Carroll $5.5 million in a related case. Or, Mr. Trump can try to secure a bond, which will save him …

The Messenger reports: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani reported income near the federal poverty level for 2023, according to financial statements filed Friday. The documents were filed Friday afternoon in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. In a financial affairs statement, Giuliani said he made $18,480 in gross income between Jan. 1, 2023, …

NBC News reports: Speaking to reporters outside the courthouse, Trump lawyer Alina Habba said they would “immediately” appeal today’s verdict. In response to a reporter’s question about whether she was having second thoughts about being Trump’s attorney, Habba said representing him was “the proudest thing I could ever do.” Habba also said Americans were seeing a “violation of our justice …

CNN reports: A jury in Manhattan federal court has reached a verdict in the civil defamation trial to determine how much in damages Donald Trump should pay E. Jean Carroll – if any — for defamatory public statements he made about the writer in 2019, according to a court official. Former President Donald Trump departed the Manhattan federal courthouse around …

“An ally of Donald Trump is now withdrawing a proposal to make the former president the presumptive Republican nominee before he has even got enough delegates to be the Republican nominee. It’s a withdrawal that came just hours after Trump distanced himself from the effort. “It was a resolution that would have basically handed the nomination to Trump, even though …

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. …

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, …

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 …

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, …