Trump Corruption

The Independent reports: Donald Trump made eight false or misleading claims about the US election in a series of overnight tweets, culminating in a 1AM lie that he “WON THE ELECTION!” The president’s baseless assertions came just hours after he briefly raised hopes he would concede to Joe Biden when he tweeted that the President-elect “won” – although that was …

Mediaite reports: Sidney Powell went on an evidence-free tangent on Fox Business which included her claiming that the CIA is involved in the supposed election fraud that caused President Donald Trump to lose the 2020 election. “You’ll be able to prove this?” host Maria Bartiromo asked. “Do you have the software in your possession? Do you have the hardware in …

The Washington Post reports: The federal government’s chief information security officer is participating in an effort backed by supporters of President Trump to hunt for evidence of voter fraud in the battleground states where President-elect Joe Biden secured his election victory. Camilo Sandoval said in an interview that he has taken a break from his government duties to work for …

“The President of the United States refuses to concede the election, claiming falsely that it was somehow stolen. His attorney general is currently encouraging investigations into voter fraud, despite a lack of evidence that any exists. “His secretary of state is suggesting the president will be inaugurated for a second term. “If this were happening anywhere else, our State Department …

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports: Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine Sunday urged President Donald Trump to allow the normal transition of power to his successor, President-elect Joe Biden. “It’s clear that, certainly, based on what we know now, that Joe Biden is the president-elect. And that transition, for the country’s sake, it’s important for a normal transition to start through,” DeWine – …

The Hill reports: Former national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday that Republican leaders need to explain to voters that President Trump has lost the election, even though the president has yet to concede. Appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” Bolton was asked by host Martha Raddatz what could be done to convince Trump voters that President-elect Joe Biden had …

Politico reports: President Donald Trump has yet to concede the presidential election, but on Sunday he briefly came close to acknowledging that he lost in a tweet. But an hour or so later, Trump made it clear he was not conceding, tweeting “RIGGED ELECTION. WE WILL WIN!“ and following it up with “He only won in the eyes of the …

Sky News reports: Donald Trump has appeared to concede the US election for the first time, saying that president-elect Joe Biden “won”. He made the admission in a tweet along with more unfounded claims the vote was rigged against him. It is a significant acknowledgement from Mr Trump, who despite losing both the Electoral College and popular vote has refused …

Newsweek reports: President Trump on Saturday railed against the recount process in Georgia, calling it a “waste of time” on Twitter, claiming that officials won’t let his campaign’s election observers into counting rooms. Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) announced the recount of the state’s nearly 5 million votes on Wednesday. President-elect Joe Biden maintains a slim lead of …

The Washington Post reports: Over the past week, President Trump has axed his defense secretary and other top Pentagon aides, his second-in-command at the U.S. Agency for International Development, two top Homeland Security officials, a senior climate scientist and the leader of the agency that safeguards nuclear weapons. Engineering much of the post-election purge is Johnny McEntee, a former college …

The Associated Press reports: Republican leaders in four critical states won by President-elect Joe Biden say they won’t participate in a legally dubious scheme to flip their state’s electors to vote for President Donald Trump. Their comments effectively shut down a half-baked plot some Republicans floated as a last chance to keep Trump in the White House. State GOP lawmakers …

The Washington Post reports: Sixteen assistant U.S. attorneys specially assigned to monitor malfeasance in the 2020 election urged Attorney General William P. Barr on Friday to rescind his recent memorandum allowing investigators to publicly pursue allegations of “vote tabulation irregularities” in certain cases before results are certified, saying they had not seen evidence of any substantial anomalies. In a letter …

The New York Times reports: President Trump has put his personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, in charge of his campaign lawsuits related to the outcome of the election, as well as all public communications related to them, four people familiar with the move said on Friday. Mr. Trump turned to Mr. Giuliani earlier on Friday in reaction to the latest …

Pittsburgh’s CBS News affiliate reports: A federal appeals court in Philadelphia on Friday rejected an effort led by a Republican congressional candidate to block about 9,300 ballots that arrived after Election Day. The three-judge panel, led by Chief U.S. Circuit Judge Brooks Smith, noted the “unprecedented challenges” facing the nation this year, especially the “vast disruption” caused by the COVID-19 …

NBC News reports: President Donald Trump is scheduled to make public remarks on Friday afternoon, his first public comments since Joe Biden was projected the winner in the presidential race — snapping the longest stretch of silence in his presidency. The Rose Garden appearance is his first comments since Nov. 5th and is slated to focus on Covid-19 vaccines. Trump …

Mediaite reports: In many, many public appearances and campaign events in the past few years, Trump would fire up the audience by talking about that stunning election night and recounting in detail how he won some key states that shocked the media. After CNN called the Georgia race on Friday, Brianna Keilar ran a montage of all the times Trump …

Law & Crime reports: The morning after a brutal hearing in which a lawyer for outgoing President Donald Trump’s campaign distanced himself from voter fraud allegations, the legal team hastily declared its case moot. The move followed a day of embarrassing stumbles in a case that began as a way to test Republicans’ baseless “Sharpiegate” conspiracy theory in court. During …

TechDirt reports: Immediately following Election Day, the Trump campaign opened its own voter fraud hotlines. People who thought they observed voting fraud were encouraged to call the campaign or submit sworn statements via a handful of websites. Both offerings were immediately swamped by pranksters and other non-fans of Trump, tying up phone lines and filling the webform coffers with useless …

ABC News reports: Donald Trump is claiming credit for how secure the election was, while simultaneously pushing baseless claims of massive fraud in the race. A group of federal, state and local election officials said in a statement released yesterday that last week’s election was “the most secure in American history.” So Trump is simultaneously requesting praise for the integrity …

The New York Times reports: Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, the law firm leading the Trump campaign’s efforts to cast doubt on the presidential election results in Pennsylvania, abruptly withdrew from a federal lawsuit that it filed days earlier on behalf of President Trump. “Plaintiffs and Porter Wright have reached a mutual agreement that plaintiffs will be best served if …