Trump Corruption

GA Judge Allows Trump To Appeal Fani Willis Ruling

The Associated Press reports: The judge overseeing the Georgia 2020 election interference case cleared the way Wednesday for Donald Trump and other defendants to appeal a ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on the prosecution. Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee granted a request by defense attorneys seeking permission to ask the Georgia Court of Appeals to …

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NY Post: Trump May Let New York AG Seize Assets

The New York Post reports: While some reports have raised speculation that Trump may “go nuclear” with a Chapter 11 filing to protect his prize real estate assets across Manhattan, experts said bankruptcy would create unwelcome complications as the 2024 election season comes to a head. A possibility, however, is to let the deadline pass, leaving it to New York …

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James To Court: Don’t Stay Trump’s $464M Judgement

ABC News reports: New York Attorney General Letitia James is pushing back on Donald Trump’s “extraordinary” request for a stay of his $464 million civil fraud judgment, arguing the former president’s recent request was unreliable, procedurally improper and based on a flawed premise. “There is nothing unusual about even billion-dollar judgments being fully bonded on appeal,” Senior Assistant Solicitor General …

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CNN: “Panicked” Trump Is Trying To Sell His Assets

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump is in panic mode as the deadline approaches to secure a half-billion-dollar bond to appeal his civil fraud case in New York, according to multiple sources familiar with his thinking. Privately, Trump had been counting on Chubb, which underwrote his $91.6 million bond to cover the E. Jean Carroll judgment, to come through, but …

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Trump Asks Supreme Court For “Absolute Immunity”

The New York Times reports: Former President Donald J. Trump urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to rule that he is absolutely immune from criminal charges stemming from his attempts to subvert the 2020 election. “The president cannot function, and the presidency itself cannot retain its vital independence,” the brief said, “if the president faces criminal prosecution for official acts …

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Fox Reporter: Trump’s Billionaires Pals Aren’t Helping Him Because Of His Long History Of Stiffing Creditors

“They’re continuing to talk to banks and insurance companies to try to get that bond, to get it at a reasonable amount of money that he could put up. As of yet, none of his billionaire friends are ponying up money from what I understand. I’ve been asking them. I mean, there are a lot of them. Just generally, Donald …

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Kushner: Move Gazans Out Of “Valuable Waterfront”

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner has offered his own solution to the mass bloodshed and displacement in Gaza: some good, old-fashioned real estate development. During an interview with Tarek Masoud, the faculty chair of Harvard’s Middle East Initiative, Kushner proposed moving Palestinians to Israel’s arid desert region to “clean up” Gaza’s “valuable” waterfront. “Gaza’s waterfront property …

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Peter Navarro Screeches One Last “Hillary’s Emails!” Before Being Locked Up In Miami Federal Prison [Video]

The New York Times reports: Peter Navarro, a trade adviser to former President Donald J. Trump, reported to federal prison in Miami on Tuesday, becoming the first senior Trump administration official to serve time over his role in the effort to subvert the results of the 2020 election. At a hastily organized news conference shortly before he was set to …

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“Billionaire” Trump Wails That He May Be “Forced To Mortgage Or Sell Assets, Perhaps At Fire Sale Prices”

“Judge Engoron actually wants me to put up Hundreds of Millions of Dollars for the Right to Appeal his ridiculous decision. In other words, he is trying to take my Appellate Rights away from me when I have already won at the Appellate Division, but he refuses to accept their already made decision. “Nobody has ever heard of anything like …

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Trump Sues ABC And Stephanopoulos For Defamation

The New York Times reports: Former President Donald J. Trump filed a defamation lawsuit against ABC News on Monday, arguing that the anchor George Stephanopoulos had harmed his reputation by saying multiple times on-air that Mr. Trump had been found liable for raping the writer E. Jean Carroll. A jury in a Manhattan civil case last year found Mr. Trump …

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Judge In Docs Case Slammed For “Bizarre Order” That Suggests Trump Can Claim Docs Are Personal Property

The Washington Post reports: The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s classified-documents case issued an unusual order late Monday regarding jury instructions at the end of the trial — even though she has not yet ruled on when the trial will be held, or a host of other issues. U.S. District Court Judge Aileen M. Cannon instructed lawyers to file proposed jury …

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REPORT: Trump Eyeing Ramaswamy For DHS Secretary

Bloomberg News reports: Donald Trump has ruled out Vivek Ramaswamy as his running mate and is instead eyeing the entrepreneur for a Cabinet job, according to people familiar with the matter, as the Republican presidential nominee sizes up a possible administration. Trump personally told Ramaswamy he won’t be his vice presidential pick, according to people briefed on the discussion, but …

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Jewish Groups Blast Trump’s Latest Antisemitic Rant

USA Today reports: “Any Jewish person that votes for Democrats hates their religion,” Trump said in an interview with Sebastian Gorka, a former White House aide. “They hate everything about Israel, and they should be ashamed of themselves because Israel will be destroyed.” Trump also falsely claimed Democratic lawmakers who criticize Israel are only seeking votes from people sympathizing with …

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Trump Seeks To Appeal Ruling Keeping Willis On Case

Reuters reports: Donald Trump on Monday asked a Georgia judge to allow him to appeal a ruling keeping the lead prosecutor on the state’s criminal case against the former U.S. president over his attempts to overturn his election defeat. The filing by Trump, the Republican presidential challenger, and several of his co-defendants, continues their effort to disqualify Fulton County District …

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Trump: Bonding Companies “Never Heard Of Such A Bond” And Couldn’t Help Me “Even If They Wanted To”

Posted last night to Trump’s Truth Social account: I built a Magnificent Business, which helped rebuild New York City and State, with Amazing, Unparalleled, Historic Properties and tons of CASH, which Crooked Joe Biden and his Maniac Persecutors are trying to wrongfully and illegally take from me. A bond of the size set by the Democrat Club-controlled Judge, in Corrupt, …

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Trump Claims “Jewish Democrats Hate Their Religion”

“The Democrat party hates Israel. I really believe they hate Israel and they also see a lot of votes still. Don’t forget, when you see those Palestinian marches, even I– I’m amazed at how many people are in those marches. “And guys like Schumer see that and to him, it’s votes. I think it’s votes more than anything else because …

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Trump Loses Attempt To Block Stormy From Testifying

The Independent reports: The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal trial stemming from hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels has rejected the former president’s attempts to block her testimony. On Monday, New York Judge Juan Merchan also rejected Mr Trump’s attempts to block testimony from Michael Cohen, his former attorney who allegedly supported a scheme to bury compromising …

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SCOTUS To Peter Navarro: Report To Federal Prison

Politico reports: Peter Navarro, a former trade adviser in Donald Trump’s White House, appears to be heading to jail. Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday turned down Navarro’s emergency motion to stave off his imminent jail sentence — set to begin Tuesday at 2 p.m. in a Miami federal prison — for his defiance of a subpoena from the House …

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Infamous Liar Money Begs Over “Bloodbath” Tirade

“At a rally on Saturday, I predicted a bloodbath for our auto industry if Crooked Joe Biden were to win in November. Then immediately, the LIARS in the Fake News & Democrat Party pushed their biggest HOAX of the election. They used edited clips to viciously misquote me. They said that YOU were a dangerous threat to our country.They even …

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DOJ To Supreme Court: Reject Peter Navarro’s Appeal

Fox News reports: The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Monday to reject Navarro’s last-ditch effort to avoid reporting to prison. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar called Navarro’s arguments “meritless” and urged the court to deny his emergency appeal, arguing that his challenge is not likely to result in a reversal of his conviction. Navarro’s “numerous arguments fall into two …

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