Trump Corruption

CNBC reports: A New York appeals court on Friday refused to stay the ongoing civil business fraud trial of Donald Trump and his company, but did halt a judge’s order to cancel the business certificates of Trump’s companies in the state. The ruling came after Trump’s business fraud trial ended its first week of proceedings in Manhattan Supreme Court. New …

The Daily Beast reports: A week into his bank fraud trial, Donald Trump late Thursday night dropped his oddly aggressive lawsuit against the judge overseeing the case—a move that had been seen as a last-minute scramble to avert a potential unraveling of the tycoon’s real estate empire. But that happened anyway when Justice Arthur F. Engoron concluded the former president …

The New York Times reports: Shortly after he left office, former President Donald J. Trump shared apparently classified information about American nuclear submarines with an Australian businessman during an evening of conversation at Mar-a-Lago, his private club and residence in Florida, according to two people familiar with the matter. The businessman, Anthony Pratt, a billionaire member of Mar-a-Lago who runs …

Bloomberg News reports: Donald Trump gave up on the $500 million lawsuit he filed against his estranged former lawyer Michael Cohen, just four days before the former president was due to answer questions under oath in the case. Trump’s notice of voluntary dismissal was filed Thursday night in federal court in Miami, without giving a reason. It comes at the …

Fox News reports: Former President Donald Trump told Fox News Digital that he would accept a short-term role as speaker of the House of Representatives to serve as a “unifier” for the Republican Party until lawmakers reach a decision on who should take on the post. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was removed as speaker of the House on Tuesday after …

ABC News reports: Months after leaving the White House, former President Donald Trump allegedly discussed potentially sensitive information about U.S. nuclear submarines with a member of his Mar-a-Lago Club — an Australian billionaire who then allegedly shared the information with scores of others, including more than a dozen foreign officials, several of his own employees, and a handful of journalists, …

The Hill reports: Former President Trump on Wednesday asked a judge to dismiss the whole of the government’s election interference case against him, arguing all his actions leading up to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol are protected by presidential immunity. “As the Constitution, the Supreme Court, and hundreds of years of history and tradition all make clear, the …

The New York Times reports: Lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump have again asked a federal judge to postpone until after the 2024 election his trial on charges of mishandling classified documents. In a court filing on Wednesday night, Mr. Trump’s legal team proposed moving the start of the trial to mid-November from May 20, the date set by …

The Messenger reports: Former President Donald Trump is discussing whether to head to Capitol Hill and speak to the fractious House GOP caucus in the coming days as Republicans consider a new speaker, sources briefed on the conversations tell The Messenger. The potential visit follows escalating calls by Republican members to have Trump travel to Washington and even serve as …

Mediaite has the transcript: Hutchinson: So, he, Donald Trump has, I don’t know if you know this or if anybody’s this is I don’t know if… he does have a very potent fear of being poisoned. Kimmel: Did not know he had a fear of being poisoned. Hutchinson: Well, now you do. Uh huh. So he uses and prefers the …

The Daily Beast reports: The judge who doomed Donald Trump’s family business last week took an aggressive and preemptive step on Wednesday to ensure the former president can’t secretly shift assets to salvage his real estate empire. In an order that was posted on the fourth day of the former president’s bank fraud trial, Justice Arthur F. Engoron commanded that …

Posted to Trump’s Truth Social account: John Kelly, by far the dumbest of my Military people, just picked up the theme of the Radical Left’s lying about Gold Star Families and Soldiers, in his hatred of me. He was incapable of doing a good job, it was too much for him, and I couldn’t stand the guy, so I fired …

ABC News reports: A second lawyer for Rudy Giuliani is seeking to depart his legal team in Georgia, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News, a move that would appear to leave the former New York City mayor without any local lawyers in the state. A motion to withdraw has been submitted to the clerk, the sources said. A …

The Daily Beast reports: There is at least one person cheering for former President Donald Trump’s—incredibly unlikely—ascension to Speaker of the House: his son, Eric, who went on Newsmax and said it would be “the coolest damn thing in the entire world.” The Trump Organization executive also had a suggestion: “I would make sure he got a bigger gavel than …

Mediate reports: Former President Donald Trump shared a number of social media posts pitching him to be speaker of the House on Wednesday following Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) ouster, including an article which called McCarthy a “TRAITOR.” In one Truth Social post, Trump shared an edited photo of himself holding the speaker’s gavel. Hours later, Trump shared two posts from …

Reuters reports: Donald Trump on Wednesday appealed a judge’s refusal to dismiss New York Attorney General Letitia James’ civil fraud lawsuit against him and his family business, two days after the case went to trial. The appeal to the Appellate Division, a mid-level appeals court, was filed as Trump sat in a Manhattan courtroom, watching an accountant who used to …

Law & Crime reports: On a day when it was reported that Rudy Giuliani, in throes of unpaid legal bill woes, lost another attorney, the former New York City mayor and lawyer for former President Donald Trump touted a “major announcement” with “far-reaching implications for justice and the rule of law” outside of the Merrimack County Superior Court in Concord, …

Posted to Trump’s Truth Social account: Just arrived at the Witch Hunt Trial taking place in the very badly failing (so sadly!) State of New York, where people and companies are fleeing by the thousands. Corrupt Attorney General, Letitia James, is a big reason for this. Statute 63(12) is meant to be used for Consumer Fraud. It has never been …

The New York Times reports: Prosecutors in the federal election case against Mr. Trump have shown an interest in the drinking habits of Mr. Giuliani — and whether the former president ignored what his aides described as the plain inebriation of the former mayor referred to in court documents as “Co-Conspirator 1.” Their entwined legal peril has turned a matter …

Forbes reports: Donald Trump is no longer rich enough for the country’s most exclusive club. With an estimated $2.6 billion fortune, he is $300 million shy of the cutoff for The Forbes 400 ranking of America’s richest people, the annual measurement that Trump has obsessed over for decades, relentlessly lying to reporters to try to vault himself higher on the …