Trump Corruption

Media Matters has the transcript: CLAY TRAVIS : Would you consider Tucker Carlson on your VP list? And I want to give you a hypothetical here. You’re a big spots fan. You know, like, Nick Saban’s going to retire at some point, and if you talk to the athletic director at Alabama, he would say he has a list. So, …

CNN reports: The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an attempt to block Donald Trump from the state’s GOP primary ballot next year based on the 14th Amendment’s “insurrection clause” but said the challengers can try again to block from the general election ballot if the former president wins the Republican nomination. At oral arguments earlier this month, several of …

ABC News reports: State attorney Louis Solomon grew visibly frustrated with Ivanka Trump’s limited recollections during an exchange about Donald Trump’s Old Post Office building in Washington, D.C. Solomon attempted to confront Ivanka Trump with a document that showed that the General Services Administration — which ran the selection process for the renovation of the building — raised concerns about …

The Associated Press reports: Ivanka Trump began testifying Wednesday in the the civil fraud trial that is publicly probing the Trump family business, making an appearance she tried to prevent.Ex-President Donald Trump’s elder daughter, who has been in his inner circle in both business and politics, rounds out a major stretch in the trial. Her father gave caustic testimony on …

CBS News reports: Ivanka Trump is set to testify in the ongoing civil fraud trial of her father and his business in New York on Wednesday, when she will become the fourth and final member of the Trump family to take the stand. Former President Donald Trump’s eldest daughter will be sworn in two days after he testified for four …

“There’s a real disregard for authority here and a real primary focus on politics. And that’s what we’re seeing in the courtroom. I mean, who’s bigger than Donald Trump? And you sit there, and you’re trying to challenge him. It’s not going to work. Thursday, we’ll be making our motions relating to some biases we’ve seen in the courtroom, some …

Posted this afternoon to Trump’s Truth Social account: I am worth Billions of Dollars more than what is on my financial Statements – they are very conservative (Therefore, NO FRAUD!) – and the CORRUPT & RACIST NEW YORK STATE A.G., Letitia Peekaboo James, working in close coordination with the TRUMP HATING, RADICAL LEFT JUDGE, and the Biden White House, refuses …

“She’s just not that bright. I’m sorry, I have to say it. I’ve seen their case, I’ve seen their lawyers. They don’t know what they’re talking about. “Just because a bank who’s giving you a loan says it’s worth what the loan amount is, which is what happens when anybody takes a loan out, they’re never going to say the …

“Why exactly am I being paid as an attorney? The answer is very clear. Because [New York AG Letitia James] wants to stand right here like she did this morning and call my client a liar. And if we don’t stop corruption in courtrooms where attorneys are gagged, where attorneys are not allowed to say what they need to say …

NBC News reports: Trump wasted little time mixing it up with the judge from the stand. After the judge chided him for giving non-responsive answers, Trump said “The judge will rule against me because he will always rule against me.” The judge said that comment was not true, and asked Trump to “please answer the question. You can attack me …

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump spoke in the hallway flanked by his attorneys Chris Kise and Alina Habba before entering the courtroom. Trump railed against the case and New York Attorney General Letitia James, calling it an “unfair situation” and “really election interference.” “We will go along, and we will hopefully do very well in every regard, and we …

The New York Times reports: For Donald J. Trump, a new set of New York Times/Siena College polls captures a stunning, seemingly contradictory picture. His 91 felony charges in four different jurisdictions have not significantly hurt him among voters in battleground states. Mr. Trump leads President Biden in five key battleground states — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Pennsylvania, according …

Politico reports: Will he blame one or both of his adult sons? He might, at least implicitly. After Trump became president in 2017, he put Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump in charge of the family business. In their testimony last week, Donald Trump Jr. pinned responsibility for the company’s financial documents on their accountants while Eric Trump denied any …

Posted last night to Trump’s Truth Social account: If and when Kim Reynolds of Iowa endorses Ron DeSanctimonious, who is absolutely dying in the polls both in Iowa and Nationwide, it will be the end of her political career in that MAGA would never support her again, just as MAGA will never support DeSanctimonious again. Two extremely disloyal people getting …

The Associated Press reports: Donald Trump has testified in court as a football owner, casino builder and airline buyer. He bragged in a deposition that he saved “millions of lives” by deterring nuclear war as president. Another time, he fretted about the dangers of flung fruit. Trump is set to testify Monday at his New York civil fraud trial, taking …

“What’s it all about? Is he just doing it because I didn’t give him a job in the administration? What’s he doing and why would I do a debate when Christie – sir, I’m sorry – he is not a fat pig. Okay. This man. He is not a fat pig. No, it’s true. And you can’t you can’t use …

The Washington Post reports: Donald Trump and his allies have begun mapping out specific plans for using the federal government to punish critics and opponents should he win a second term, with the former president naming individuals he wants to investigate or prosecute and his associates drafting plans to potentially invoke the Insurrection Act on his first day in office …

The New York Times reports: A federal judge in Manhattan ruled Friday that the jury in a forthcoming defamation trial against Donald J. Trump will be kept anonymous for the jurors’ own protection, citing the potential for harassment by the former president’s supporters. In ordering the anonymous jury, the judge, Lewis A. Kaplan of Federal District Court, noted Mr. Trump …

“We’re going to do things immediately within 24 hours. We’re going to stop the invasion of our southern and, by the way, our northern border, which is not great either. But we are going to stop immediately. And we have great people like Brandon Judd, Border Patrol, the people at ICE, Tom Homan who’s fantastic central casting. We have great …

“We are now over a month deep into the biggest waste of New York taxpayer dollars I have ever seen! President Trump’s statement of financial condition was so undervalued. But Letitia James, as you’ve seen, will show up when it’s a press day! I said it yesterday on the news. She hasn’t been here for days. But you know when …