Trump Corruption

“This case should have been brought in Georgia. It was brought in D.C. to get it before the most anti-Trump set of juries and judges in the world. I mean, if you’re a lawyer, you will tell your client or malpractice comes about, if you’re a Trump person, you’re not getting a fair trial in the District of Columbia. “Now, …

“Last night Donald Trump channeled his role models as he parroted Adolf Hitler, praised Kim Jong Un, and quoted Vladimir Putin while running for president on a promise to rule as a dictator and threaten American democracy. “Trump is not shying away from his plan to lock up millions of people into detention camps and continues to lie about that …

“There is an urgency where we have to now bypass the appellate division. We can’t go through the normal course of process in the court system. And let’s just go right up to the Supreme Court, Larry. The only urgency that I can see is that there is an election in November 2024 and they can’t beat him. “So for …

Bloomberg News reports: Former President Donald Trump said he’d end tax exemptions for universities deemed to be left-leaning if voters return him to the White House, pointing to the uproar over campus antisemitism that engulfed three college presidents in recent weeks. Trump told a campaign rally in Durham, New Hampshire, he’d remove tax advantages for universities that discriminate against conservatives, …

“We got a lot of work to do. They’re poisoning the blood of our country. That’s what they’ve done. They poisoned. Mental institutions and prisons all over the world, not just in South America, not just the three or four countries that we think about, but all over the world. They’re coming into our country from Africa, from Asia, all …

Reuters reports: Donald Trump on Friday appealed a gag order restricting the former U.S. president from publicly talking about court staff in his New York civil fraud trial to the state’s highest court. Trump unsuccessfully appealed the order to a mid-level appeals court, arguing it violated his right to free speech. The mid-level court, known as the Appellate Division, on …

The New York Times reports: Material from a binder with highly classified information connected to the investigation into Russian efforts to meddle in the 2016 election disappeared in the final days of Donald J. Trump’s presidency, two people familiar with the matter said. Mr. Trump was deeply focused on what was in the binder, a person close to him said. …

Mediaite reports: “That’ll be $148 million, please!” Newsmax host Greg Kelly exclaimed after welcoming Giuliani to Greg Kelly Reports on Friday night. “You got any money you can loan me, Greg?” Giuliani replied before laughing. “It seems totally ludicrous,” Kelly said while referencing Giuliani’s wild presser after the jury’s handed down its decision. “I thought you were terrific after the …

“I have to analyze this. Obviously – possibly – we’ll move for a new trial. Certainly we’ll appeal. The absurdity of the number merely underscores the absurdity of the entire proceeding where I’ve not been able to offer one single piece of evidence in defense. Of which I have a lot. “So I am quite confident that when this case …

CBS News reports: A federal jury on Friday ordered former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani to pay a total of $148 million to two former Georgia election workers who were at the center of baseless claims he spread in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. The jury of eight Washington, D.C., residents deliberated for roughly 10 hours across …

CNN reports: A binder containing highly classified information related to Russian election interference went missing at the end of Donald Trump’s presidency, raising alarms among intelligence officials that some of the most closely guarded national security secrets from the US and its allies could be exposed, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. Its disappearance, which has not been previously …

Posted to Trump’s Truth Social account: I got Impeached TWICE, was found NOT GUILTY, TWICE, but the Democrats never gave me the benefit or luxury of an Impeachment INQUIRY. Had they done so I never would have been Impeached They went straight to a Trial, before knowing anything about my complete and total innocence. WITCH HUNT! It was disgraceful. Biden …

The Messenger reports: A New York appellate court on Thursday denied former President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn gag orders barring him from attacking the principle law clerk of the state judge presiding over his civil fraud case. In a four-page ruling, New York’s Appellate Division, First Department noted that “the gravity of potential harm is small, given that the …

The Huffington Post reports: Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that gasoline prices are much higher than they truly are. It was a casual lie presented as hard fact that didn’t get much play during his speech at an Iowa rally. The former president has misrepresented gas prices before to drag President Joe Biden, but Trump’s latest fuel fib merited attention for …

Bloomberg News reports: A federal appeals court in Washington has agreed to expedite a decision on whether former President Donald Trump should be immune to criminal prosecution for actions he took to allegedly overturn the results of the 2020 election. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued an order late Wednesday setting a schedule under which …

The Messenger reports: Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial in New York drew to a close on Wednesday in the same manner that it began some 11 weeks earlier — with contentious recriminations about proceedings that could put the former president out of business in the Empire State. Court will now stand in recess for nearly a month, until a hearing …

NBC News reports: Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly called special counsel Jack Smith “deranged” and a “thug.” Now his attorneys are comparing him to the Grinch. Trump’s lawyers made the comparison in a court filing Wednesday urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to rule against Smith’s request for an expedited appeal on whether …

The Messenger reports: A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a temporary halt to any further proceedings that would move the Washington, D.C. election-subversion case against former President Donald Trump toward trial. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said she does not have jurisdiction over the case while the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals considers Trump’s appeal of his denied motion seeking …

The Guardian reports: Donald Trump cannot assert presidential immunity from a defamation lawsuit by E Jean Carroll, the writer who accused him of rape, a US appeals court ruled on Wednesday, dealing him another setback in litigation she has pursued. The second US circuit court of Appeals in Manhattan upheld a federal judge’s decision to reject Trump’s claim of immunity. …

The Daily Beast reports: New documents show that Donald Trump’s trusted advisers were warned that criminal charges could result from the “fake elector” schemes carried out in several states—part of an attempt by the Trump campaign and its allies to overturn the 2020 election that has since led to indictments in a number of states. According to communications given to …