Trump Corruption

DOJ Cites Threat To Milley In New Push For Gag Order

The New York Times reports: Federal prosecutors on Friday reasserted the need to impose a gag order on former President Donald J. Trump in the case accusing him of seeking to overturn the 2020 election. They said that even after they first asked a judge three weeks ago to limit his remarks, Mr. Trump has continued to wage “a sustained …

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Trump Expected To Attend New York Fraud Trial

NBC News reports: Former President Donald Trump will travel to New York on Sunday and is planning to attend next week’s civil fraud trial against him, his business and some of his children, according to two people briefed on the matter. Trump is expected to be in the Manhattan courtroom on Monday and Tuesday before departing on Wednesday, though the …

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Trump: Wealthy Californians “Don’t Smell So Good”

Spectrum News reports: Pledging to win California in 2024, Donald Trump said he will solve the border crisis within 24 hours of taking office should he win the Republican nomination and be re-elected president. Trump spoke to a packed and rowdy ballroom at a Marriott hotel in Anaheim, Calif., the site of the California GOP Convention, surrounded by supporters waving …

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First Defendant In Trump Georgia Case Pleads Guilty

Reuters reports: Former Republican poll watcher Scott Hall on Friday pleaded guilty to five criminal counts in the Georgia elections case, according to a live feed of a court hearing. Hall and 18 others, including former U.S. President Donald Trump, were indicted in Fulton County, Georgia, last month with conspiring to reverse Trump’s 2020 presidential election loss in the state. …

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Experts: Trump’s Legal Costs Could Top $50 Million

Reuters reports: Donald Trump’s political operation has helped pay the legal expenses of more than a dozen people contacted by prosecutors investigating the former president, tying up millions of dollars that otherwise could be used for his 2024 White House bid. Reuters has identified 13 potential witnesses or co-defendants who were represented by law firms that received payments from a …

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Trump Attacks “Disloyal Liar Birdbrain” Nikki Haley

Posted to Trump’s Truth Social account: I’m up 56 Points, so the Debates would seem to be a complete waste of time. I’m also up 10 on Crooked Joe! What is the RNC doing? They should be fighting against Election Interference & the Pennsylvania Voter Registration Scam. The Debates should be ENDED, BAD for the Republican Party! I was in …

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NY Post: Melania Trump Has Renegotiated Her Prenup

The New York Post reports: Sources tell Page Six that Melania Trump has “quietly” renegotiated her prenuptial agreement with Donald Trump in advance of his potentially serving a second term in the White House. An insider told us of the agreement between the couple who married in 2005, “Over the last year, Melania and her team have been quietly negotiating …

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Trump Drops Bid To Move GA Case To Federal Court

The Hill reports: Former President Trump won’t try to move his Georgia criminal prosecution to federal court, his lawyer said Thursday. The surprising turn of events comes weeks after Steve Sadow, Trump’s attorney, notified the state judge that Trump may attempt such a move. “President Trump now notifies the Court that he will NOT be seeking to remove his case …

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Trump Busted In Whopper About Mar-A-Lago’s Value

The Messenger reports: Former President Donald Trump has sought to discredit a New York judge’s blockbuster ruling threatening his business empire by arguing that Mar-a-Lago alone is worth more than a billion dollars. But fewer than three years ago, his tax representative told Palm Beach County officials that Trump “agrees” his private club in South Florida is worth just $26.6 …

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Trump Loses Appeal To Delay New York Fraud Trial

The New York Times reports: A civil trial in which Donald J. Trump is accused of fraudulently inflating the values of his properties could begin as soon as Monday, after a New York appeals court rejected the former president’s attempt to have evidence against him thrown out. The appeals court, in a terse two-page order Thursday, turned aside Mr. Trump’s …

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Trump And Spawn Listed As NY Fraud Trial Witnesses

The Messenger reports: Former President Donald Trump and three of his adult children are among the fact witnesses New York Attorney General Letitia James expects to call in a civil fraud trial set to begin on Monday. Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and former Trump attorney-turned-critic Michael Cohen are included in a list of fact witnesses James filed …

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Trump Claims He’ll Seize Foreign-Owned Car Factories

“I’m here tonight to lay out a vision for a revival of economic nationalism. The Wall Street predators, the Chinese cheaters and the corrupt politicians have hurt you. I will make you better. “For years, foreign nations have looted and plundered your hopes, your dreams and your heritage, and now they’re going to pay for what they have stolen and …

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DOJ Accuses Trump Of Attempt To “Derail” Docs Case

The New York Times reports: Federal prosecutors on Thursday accused former President Donald J. Trump’s lawyers of trying to employ an arcane law governing the use of classified material to “intentionally derail” the timing of his trial on charges of mishandling national security documents and obstructing efforts to retrieve them. The accusation of deliberate foot-dragging by the prosecutors in the …

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Junior Wails That The Court Took His NY Fishing Cabin

“If you read the letter of the law, theoretically, my cabin in upstate New York, because it’s owned in an LLC, that is a corporation, and therefore, because I’m a part of it, somehow that has to be disbanded. And so well, so then what or who actually owns my cabin at this point? This has been done in such …

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Trump Planted Fake Autoworkers At Michigan Event

The Detroit News reports: About 400 to 500 Trump supporters were inside a Drake Enterprises facility for the speech. Drake Enterprises employs about 150 people, and the UAW doesn’t represent its workforce. It wasn’t clear how many auto workers were in the crowd for the speech, which was targeted at them. One individual in the crowd who held a sign …

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Milley To Step Up Security After Trump’s Death Threat

Axios reports: Retiring Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Mark Milley said he’s taking steps to ensure his own safety and that of his family after former President Trump accused him of treason in an online post. Milley made the comments during an upcoming interview on “60 Minutes” after CBS’ Norah O’Donnell noted that Trump last week said that his …

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Federal Judge Refuses To Recuse In Trump’s J6 Case

The Associated Press reports: U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said Wednesday she won’t recuse herself from Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case in Washington, rejecting the former president’s claims that her past comments raise doubts about whether she can be fair. Chutkan, who was nominated to the bench by President Barack Obama and was randomly assigned to Trump’s case, said …

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Trump Attacks New York AG For Attending Pride Parade

The Meidas Touch reports: The video posted by Trump opens with Letitia James waving a pride flag along with text reading, “New York embarrassment” and claims the New York Attorney General “is politically targeting President Trump.” The video also closes with the same pride parade footage with text claiming, “Letitia James is abusing her office.” The use of pride parade …

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WSJ Board: Trump Could Get Gen. Mark Milley Killed

From the Wall Street Journal editorial board: Donald Trump suggested the other day that Gen. Mark Milley, the nation’s highest military officer, deserves execution—as in death. He said NBC should be investigated for treason and that the FBI should raid the homes of Senate Democrats. Then he accused President Biden of being manipulated by “the Fascists in the White House.” …

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BOOK: Kushner Attempted To Get WaPo Editor Fired

The Guardian reports: Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior White House adviser, Jared Kushner, tried to persuade the publisher of the Washington Post to fire its editor over coverage of the Russia investigation, that editor, Marty Baron, writes in a new book. “With no delay and without pause during his four years as president,” Baron writes, “Trump and his team would …

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