Trump Corruption

The New York Times reports: Former President Donald J. Trump spoke recently with Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, their first publicly disclosed conversation since Mr. Trump left office in January 2021, according to two people briefed on the discussion who were not authorized to speak publicly about it. If President Biden manages to clinch a trilateral …

“What those people did when they violently attacked the Capitol, in order to stop a constitutionally-mandated meeting of the Congress to accept the results of the Electoral College, is a stain on our history. And every one of those sons a bitches who did that, we oughta find them, try them, and send them to jail. “And one of the …

The New York Times reports: The judge overseeing Donald J. Trump’s criminal case in Manhattan rejected his last-ditch bid to delay a trial beyond April 15, removing one of the final obstacles to the first prosecution of a former American president. Mr. Trump had asked the judge to delay the trial until after the Supreme Court rules on whether he …

The Daily Beast reports: When billionaire financier Don Hankey underwrote Donald Trump’s $175 million bond this week, it wasn’t the first time that Trump had taken money out of his pocket—nine months into Trump’s first term in office, his Justice Department sued Hankey’s financial company for unlawful lending practices. The subject of that suit, however, also revealed a historical commonality …

From the Justice Department: U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “Michael and Gerald Shvartsman admitted in court that they received confidential, inside information about an upcoming merger between DWAC and Trump Media and used that information to make profitable, but illegal, open-market trades. Insider trading is cheating, plain and simple, and today’s convictions should remind anyone who may be tempted to …

Mediaite reports: Habba was a guest o the Patrick Bet-David-hosted PBD Podcast for nearly two hours, during which she dispensed a familiar menu of patter about Trump’s many legal cases. But in one segment, Habba was asked how much of the $83 million award Carroll will actually get, and Habba went off, vowing Trump’s victim will not only get “ZERO” …

“Biden’s DOJ treated Catholics like terrorists. If you were a practicing Catholic, you were a domestic terrorist. If you bought a bible, you were marked by your banks and that information was given to said FBI and DOJ. They think church-going patriots are terrorists.” – Donald Trump Jr., who recently claimed that Robert Kennedy Jr. is an “FBI plant” and …

The New York Times reports: In an open display of frustration, federal prosecutors on Tuesday night told the judge overseeing former President Donald J. Trump’s classified documents case that a “fundamentally flawed” order she had issued was causing delays and asked her to quickly resolve a critical dispute about one of Mr. Trump’s defenses — leaving them time to appeal …

The Guardian reports: Donald Trump’s social media company Trump Media managed to go public last week only after it had been kept afloat in 2022 by emergency loans provided in part by a Russian-American businessman under scrutiny in a federal insider-trading and money-laundering investigation. Through leaked documents, the Guardian has learned that ES Family Trust operated like a shell company …

Axios reports: Former President Trump at a Tuesday night rally in Wisconsin said he wants Election Day this year to be called “Christian visibility day.” It comes as Republicans criticize the Biden White House for recognizing Transgender Day of Visibility — which happened to fall on Easter Sunday this year. “Such total disrespect to Christians, and Nov. 5 is going …

The New York Times reports: Mr. Trump held at least 75 percent of the vote in every state as of 11 p.m. But Nikki Haley, who dropped out of the race early last month, still took at least 10 percent of the vote in all four states, a sign of lingering discontent in the Republican Party with Mr. Trump’s candidacy. …

Grand Rapids’ NBC affiliate reports: The sister of murder victim Ruby Garcia said she and her family were home watching live, in disbelief, as former President Donald Trump told an audience in Grand Rapids that he had spoken with “some of her family.” “He did not speak with any of us, so it was kind of shocking seeing that he …

Bloomberg News reports: Donald Trump has sued two co-founders of his newly public Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., claiming they set the company up improperly and shouldn’t get any stock in it. In the latest legal skirmish over who gets how much of the hot but flailing meme stock, Trump alleges that Andy Litinsky and Wes Moss violated an …

Law & Crime reports: Donald Trump is trying to resurrect a lawsuit against CNN on appeal following his defeat in a lower court when he tried and failed to claim that the network defamed him when it used the “Hitlerian” term the “Big Lie” in reference to his pervasive and debunked claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election. The …

Mediaite reports: Real patriots looking for the best weapon to carry to the next MAGA rally are in luck — Parler, the right-leaning social media platform, featured a sponsored post promoting a free Trump Knife emblazoned with the slogan “Keep America Great”! Now, many people use knives like the one pictured above for various reasons — opening boxes, cuttings things …

The Meidas Touch reports: This morning, just hours after Judge Merchan expanded the gag order, Trump posted a video on his Truth Social page where he quoted George Washington Law School Professor Jonathan Turley discussing the integrity of the New York legal system. The video features an interview of Turley during a Fox News segment in which Brian Kilmeade, one …

“I just was informed that another corrupt New York Judge, Juan Merchan, GAGGED me so that I can not talk about the corruption and conflicts taking place in his courtroom with respect to a case that everyone, including the D.A., felt should never have been brought. “They can talk about me, but I can’t talk about them??? That sounds fair, …

USA Today reports: Former President Donald Trump was hit with a wider gag order in his New York criminal hush money case after repeatedly targeting the judge’s daughter in social media posts. The late Monday order from Judge Juan Merchan blocks Trump from making public statements about family members of the judge or Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg if the …

ABC News reports: Former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants have secured a $175 million bond in their New York civil fraud case, according to a court filing. Trump secured the bond through Knight Specialty Insurance Company, which is owned by the privately-held Hankey Group, whose chairman told ABC News that he considers himself a Donald Trump supporter. “This is …

Raw Story reports: Mark Meadows is demanding that his Georgia election racketeering case be dismissed due to the Supremacy Clause in the U.S. Constitution, according to court records revealed by investigative reporter Zach Merchant. Meadows’ attorneys requested Monday an evidentiary hearing to discuss his argument in the Fulton County court where he and former President Donald Trump face multiple criminal …