Trump Corruption

The Washington Post reports: Paul Manafort has moved, over his objections, to a new jail with a history of illustrious guests. Officials confirm the former Trump campaign chairman was booked Thursday morning into the Alexandria Detention Center, a complex of low-slung brick buildings just off the Capital Beltway and a few blocks from the federal courthouse where he will be …

Bloomberg reports: Paul Manafort is being treated like a “VIP” in prison, with a private bathroom and shower, a personal laptop and phone, and access to a meeting space for his legal team, Special Counsel Robert Mueller told a judge. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, set to go on trial July 25 on bank fraud and tax charges, asked …

The Rising reports: Michael Cohen’s new attorney says his client has made a “declaration of independence” from Donald Trump and no longer would take a bullet for the president in any investigation. Attorney Lanny Davis told The Hill‘s new morning show Rising with Krystal Ball and Buck Sexton that Cohen’s statements to ABC News’ George Stephanopolous in a July 2 …

The Wall Street Journal reports: Former national security adviser Mike Flynn has a new job: He has joined a global lobbying and investment advisory firm. As he awaits sentencing for lying to federal investigators, he is going into business with Washington lobbyist Nick Muzin and his New York partner Joey Allaham with a new firm called Stonington Global LLC, they …

Bloomberg reports: Donald Trump’s personal driver for more than 25 years says the billionaire real estate developer didn’t pay him overtime and raised his salary only twice in 15 years, clawing back the second raise by cutting off his health benefits. Noel Cintron, who is listed in public records as a registered Republican, sued the Trump Organization for about 3,300 …

The Hill reports: An attorney representing Michael Cohen called out President Trump’s lawyer Rudy Guiliani on Monday, questioning he and the president’s understanding of the truth. Lanny Davis, who joined Cohen’s legal team last week, mocked Giuliani and President Trump over their definition of the “truth.” Davis made the statement just a day after Guiliani said that Cohen, Trump’s longtime …

The Palm Beach Post reports: Nearly all of the $706,000 in donations made by the Donald J. Trump Foundation in Palm Beach County since 2008 went to charities that hosted lavish fundraisers at Mar-a-Lago — the president’s highest-profile business in the county. While the timing and frequency of the donations suggest charities that fete at Mar-a-Lago — especially those that …

ABC News reports:  Rudy Giuliani told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos on “This Week” Sunday that he has “zero” concerns about Cohen, who once described himself as “the guy who would take a bullet” for Trump. “What was the president’s reaction to that interview with Michael Cohen?” Stephanopoulos asked Giuliani. “Same as mine, which is fine. Michael Cohen should …

The New York Times reports: President Trump’s lawyers set new conditions on Friday on an interview with the special counsel and said that the chances that the president would be voluntarily questioned were growing increasingly unlikely. The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, needs to prove before Mr. Trump would agree to an interview that he has evidence that Mr. …

The Washington Post reports: On Friday, attorneys for the special counsel made clear in a filing how they plan to link Manafort’s alleged bank fraud to the Trump campaign. “The government does not intend to present at trial evidence or argument concerning collusion with the Russian government,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Uzo Asonye writes. However, he said prosecutors will present evidence …

CNN reports: Paul Manafort does not want to visit court until his Virginia criminal trial and he waived his right to appear in court for any upcoming hearings in the Eastern District of Virginia, his attorneys wrote in a filing Friday. His reason for not appearing has been the “the great time and distance involved in having the US Marshals …

Here’s what really happened two days ago: A federal judge in Washington has tossed out a lawsuit claiming President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign conspired with Russian agents and WikiLeaks to publish emails hacked from the Democratic National Committee. However, Judge Ellen Huvelle wrote that her ruling was “not based on a finding that there was no collusion between defendants and …

The Rising reports: Former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page on Friday said he is not worried that federal investigators might find damaging information about him from the year he was under surveillance. I have absolutely no concern whatsoever,” Page told Krystal Ball on “Rising.” Page did not rule out taking legal action against the federal government. When asked by co-host …

CNN reports: Michael Cohen has recently told friends that he is pessimistic that President Donald Trump will offer him a pardon — one more indication that Cohen does not believe his former boss will have his back. In a phone call with a friend several days before he was interviewed by ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos last weekend, Cohen — who …

NBC News reports: Scott Pruitt’s polarizing tenure as head of the Environmental Protection Agency has come to an end. President Donald Trump tweeted on Thursday that he has accepted Pruitt’s resignation. The departure follows months of scrutiny that gathered momentum following reports that Pruitt had rented a Capitol Hill condominium linked to an energy lobbyist on favorable terms. The revelation …

CBS News reports: Despite saying that he expected to have a decision on July 4 whether President Trump would sit down for an interview with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team, Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday he had “no decision” to announce, according to CBS News’ Paula Reid. Giuliani, a former mayor of New York City, is one of Mr. Trump’s primary …

Bloomberg reports: Special Counsel Robert Mueller is tapping additional Justice Department resources for help with new legal battles as his year-old investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 election continues to expand. As Mueller pursues his probe, he’s making more use of career prosecutors from the offices of U.S. attorneys and from Justice Department headquarters, as well as FBI agents …

More of the drip drip towards the flip flip: Michael Cohen has taken his divorce with Donald Trump to the next level. In the past, people who visited Cohen’s Twitter profile would notice his bio where he proudly declared his status as “Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump.” However, if you visit @MichaelCohen212 as of today, you will notice …

We’re not the only ones getting screwed by his golfing: The British government confirmed on Tuesday that it would cover up to $6.6 million in policing costs for President Trump’s potential visit to Scotland to go golfing. Liz Truss, the chief secretary of Treasury and Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Norfolk, shared a letter addressed to the Scottish …

CNN reports: Breaking with their House Republican counterparts, the Senate Intelligence Committee said Tuesday that the intelligence community properly concluded in January of last year that Russian President Vladimir Putin was trying to help Donald Trump when Moscow meddled in the 2016 election. The Senate panel released a summary Tuesday of its examination of the intelligence community’s January 2017 assessment, …