Trump Corruption

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 …

Politico reports: Special counsel Jack Smith urged a federal judge Friday to reject media outlets’ efforts to televise Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial in Washington, D.C. — but the former president appears to be ducking the fight over cameras in the courtroom. The prosecutors say their opposition is rooted in a longstanding judicial rule that prohibits broadcasting federal criminal cases, …

CNN reports: Ivanka Trump on Friday withdrew her appeal of a judge’s order requiring her to testify at her father’s civil fraud trial next week after an appellate court refused to pause her testimony. She is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday. On Thursday night, an appeals court denied Ivanka Trump’s request to postpone her testimony until her lawyers …

CBS News reports: A three-judge appeals court panel paused the federal gag order that partially limited former president Donald Trump’s speech ahead of his 2020 election interference trial in Washington, D.C., according to a court ruling Friday. The ruling administratively and temporarily stays Judge Tanya Chutkan’s decision to bar Trump from publicly targeting court staff, potential witnesses, and members of …

“Mark Meadows, the former White House Chief of Staff under President Donald J. Trump, promised and represented that ‘all statements contained in the Work are true and based on reasonable research for accuracy’ and that he ‘has not made any misrepresentations to the Publisher about the Work.’ Meadows breached those warranties causing ASP to suffer significant monetary and reputational damage …

The Guardian reports: The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s $250m fraud trial moved to gag Trump’s lawyers from talking about “confidential communications” between him and his staff on Friday. Judge Arthur Engoron has already fined Trump $15,000 for attacking his clerk on social media and threatened to jail the former president if the attacks continue. “Failure to abide by this directive …

CNN reports: Eric Trump’s two days in court have ended after roughly an hour on the stand Friday. Speaking to the media outside of the courtroom, he touted the success of his family’s company and decried the trial as a “witch hunt” for “political purposes.” Next up on the stand is his father, Donald Trump, who on Monday will testify …

Courthouse News reports: As part of former President Donald Trump’s defense against a lawsuit seeking to block him from the Colorado GOP primary ballot, his legal team on Thursday called two January 6 protesters to testify about gathering in Washington that day to hear a speech from Trump at the Ellipse, a park in D.C. near the White House. After …

Mediaite reports: Ex-Trump aide Katrina Pierson testified that that it was “hysterical” to see former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) lectern stolen during the January 6 Capitol riot at a court hearing on Trump’s ballot eligibility in Colorado. Pierson served as spokeswoman for Trump’s campaign in 2016 and as a senior advisor in 2020. Pierson was confronted over a text she …

Politico reports: A California judge made a “preliminary finding” Thursday that attorney John Eastman breached professional ethics when he aided Donald Trump’s bid to overturn the 2020 election, a significant milestone in the lengthy proceedings over whether Eastman should lose his license to practice law. Eastman said Thursday that the extensive disbarment proceedings — which delved deeply into his allegations …

The Messenger reports: The former president’s daughter Ivanka Trump lost her bid Thursday to pause her upcoming testimony on Wednesday, shortly after her father is anticipated to take the stand in his $250 million civil fraud case. The two-page order of New York’s Appellate Division, First Department rejected her motion for a stay pending appeal. Though it does not resolve …

The New York Times reports: Lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump filed an emergency request to a federal appeals court on Thursday seeking to lift the gag order imposed on him in the criminal case in which he stands accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election. The lawyers asked the appeals court to keep the pause of the …

The Hill reports: Former President Trump on Thursday referred to those jailed over their actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol as “hostages” during a rally with supporters in Texas. Trump walked on stage at a Houston rally to Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA” as he typically does. But when it concluded, a song in which …

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump told fans to oppose “tyrants that support” the MAGA movement in a video gaffe that still hasn’t been deleted 24 hours after President Joe Biden’s campaign highlighted it. Biden’s campaign has been highlighting a raft of Trump gaffes recently — mixing up Biden and former President Barack Obama, misidentifying countries, not knowing what town …