Trump Corruption

Another excerpt via the New York Daily News: Even as President Trump sought to buy porn star Stormy Daniels’ silence for $130,000 during the 2016 campaign, he saw little downside if the story of their affair became public, says ex-Trump fixer and disbarred lawyer Michael Cohen. “If it comes out, I’m not sure how it would play with my supporters. …

The Independent reports: Donald Trump has lashed out at the widow of Steve Jobs, Laurene Powell Jobs, whose philanthropy organisation Emerson Collective owns The Atlantic magazine – which reported earlier this week that the president made disparaging comments about dead American military soldiers. The president called on his supporters to “call her, write her, let her know how you feel” …

The Washington Post reports: President Trump’s longtime lawyer and personal fixer, Michael Cohen, alleges in a new book that Trump made “overt and covert attempts to get Russia to interfere in the 2016 election” and that the future commander in chief was also well aware of Cohen’s hush-money payoff to adult-film star Stormy Daniels during that campaign. Trump loved Putin, …

Snopes reports: Radio personality Mark Simone shared the image in May 2017 with the caption: “Here’s a powerful picture that no news outlet will publish. It took place at a Trump rally when the President met a severely wounded veteran. This soldier lost both of his arms. The feeling of a handshake is lost to him. President Trump realized this, …

ABC News reports: Kanye West loaned $6.8 million to his 2020 presidential committee, essentially self-funding his campaign during the first month and a half of his run, his initial campaign disclosure report shows. In its first disclosure filing submitted to the Federal Election Commission on Friday, the West campaign reported bringing in a total of $6.8 million between July 15 …

The Washington Post reports: Former FBI agent Peter Strzok alleges in a new book that investigators came to believe it was “conceivable, if unlikely” that Russia was secretly controlling President Trump after he took office — a full-fledged “Manchurian candidate” installed as America’s commander in chief. In the book, “Compromised,” Strzok describes how the FBI had to consider “whether the …

Politico reports: President Trump on Saturday lashed out at the journalist behind this week’s explosive report that claimed he had disparaged slain American soldiers buried in France, calling the reporter a “slimeball.” Jeffrey Goldberg serves as editor-in-chief of The Atlantic and the magazine has stood by its story. Goldberg reported that Trump decided to not go to a ceremony at …

“Donald Trump will do anything and everything within which to win. I believe that includes manipulating the ballots, I believe that he would even go so far as to start a war in order to prevent himself from being removed from office. My biggest fear is that there will not be a peaceful transition of power in 2020.” – Michael …

The Washington Post reports: President Trump is moving to revamp federal agencies’ racial sensitivity trainings, casting some of them as “divisive” and “un-American,” according to a memo by the White House Office of Management and Budget. In the two-page memo, OMB Director Russell Vought says Trump has asked him to prevent federal agencies from spending millions in taxpayer dollars on …

The Hill reports: President Trump went after Fox News reporter Jennifer Griffin after she backed up some details of a bombshell story from The Atlantic that said he had referred to slain American soldiers buried at a French cemetery as “losers” and “suckers.” Trump shared an article late Friday from far-right outlet Breitbart News declaring that Griffin “Did Not Confirm …

Mediaite reports: Fox News correspondent Jennifer Griffin said Friday she spoke with two top officials who confirmed “key details” of the stunning report in The Atlantic about alleged comments of President Donald Trump’s about dead soldiers. Griffin said Friday, “I’ve spoken with two U.S. senior officials who were on the trip to France who confirmed to me key details in …

CBS News reports: President Trump will speak to reporters at the White House on Friday ahead of the holiday weekend. The news conference comes a day after an article in The Atlantic alleged he had called American service members who died fighting “suckers” and “losers,” which Mr. Trump has denied. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Friday strongly denied …

CNN reports: Trump told reporters yesterday that he “called home” to Melania Trump at the time and told her how upset he was for not being able to visit the cemetery. At the time, the White House said he was unable to attend and had to cancel the visit because of bad weather. Trump claims he “called home, I spoke …

Mediaite reports: At a short but fiery press briefing Friday, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany slammed the Atlantic sources that said President Donald Trump made disrespectful remarks about American soldiers who died at war. She then left without taking any questions. “Why would a publication abandon all journalistic integrity and publish this story?” McEnany asked. “It’s because the liberal …

The Washington Post reports: U.S. Postal Service police officers barred a Florida congresswoman from scheduled tours at two mail processing complexes Friday, blocking entry to the facilities and threatening to escort her from the property if she refused to leave. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) had arrived at the Royal Palm Processing and Distribution Center in Opa-Locka, Fla., for a …

The Washington Post reports: A former senior administration official, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak candidly, confirmed to The Washington Post that the president frequently made disparaging comments about veterans and soldiers missing in action, referring to them at times as “losers.” In one account, the president told senior advisers that he didn’t understand why …

CNN reports: President Donald Trump on Thursday mocked Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden for wearing a face mask even as the US continues to lead the world in coronavirus cases, with more than 6 million infections. Speaking to a largely mask-less crowd in Pennsylvania, Trump asked his supporters if they know “a man that likes a mask as much” as …

The New York Daily News reports: President Trump repeatedly denied during a raucous Thursday night campaign rally in Pennsylvania that he suffered a stroke last year — even though it hasn’t been reported by any major news outlets that he ever did. Adding to the confusion surrounding the 74-year-old president’s health, Trump also told the largely maskless crowd in the …

USA Today reports: Even for those of us who are all too wearily familiar with President Donald Trump’s disdain for journalists, his administration’s latest attack on the free press is a bit of a jaw-dropper. In a heretofore unpublicized memo, the Pentagon delivered an order to shutter the Stars and Stripes, a newspaper that has been a lifeline and a …

The Hill reports: “Sign your mail-in ballot, OK? You sign it and send it in and then you have to follow it. And if on Election Day or early voting, that is not tabulated and counted, you go vote,” Trump told the crowd. “And if for some reason after that — it shouldn’t take that long — they’re not going …