Trump Corruption

Posted just now to Trump’s Truth Social account: Right now Republicans in Congress and the Senate have to get tough, and put everything together in one big, neat package, because I will be President in one and a half years, and we will pick the strongest, toughest, and most respected Attorney General, and if guilty, we will put them all …

The Daily Beast reports: A judge in Georgia on Wednesday denied motions from two co-defendants to sever their cases from one another in the sprawling racketeering prosecution against Donald Trump. Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee handed down the decision after more than 90 minutes of arguments from prosecutors and defense counsel. The ruling is a win for Fulton County District …

The Hill reports: Prosecutors in Georgia said Wednesday they plan to call at least 150 witnesses in the sweeping election interference case that charges former President Trump and 18 others with racketeering and other offenses. “A trial of these 19 co-defendants will take four months, and that does not include jury selection,” Wade said. “And it’s also predicated upon whether …

Reuters reports: A key witness in the case accusing former U.S. President Donald Trump of mishandling classified documents after leaving office has entered into a deal with prosecutors to provide testimony, his former attorney said in a Wednesday court filing. The deal was reached after U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office threatened to prosecute the witness, who is the head …

From the government watchdog group CREW: Having disqualified himself from public office by violating Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, Donald Trump must be removed from the ballot, according to a lawsuit filed today by six Republican and unaffiliated Colorado voters including former state, federal and local officials, represented by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and the firms …

CNBC reports: A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that Donald Trump is liable for defamatory statements he made about the writer E. Jean Carroll in 2019 when she went public with claims he had raped her decades earlier. Judge Lewis Kaplan, as part of that ruling, said that the upcoming trial for Carroll’s civil lawsuit against Trump will only deal …

“The Constitution lays out very clearly what it takes to be president. You have to be 35 years-old, you have to be born in the United States. That’s it. There’s no extra requirement that you not have provided aid to somebody engaging in insurrection, etc. That was, as I said, a specific provision designed to attack a specific set of …

The Associated Press reports: Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith warned Tuesday that former President Donald Trump’s “daily” statements threaten to taint a jury pool in Washington in the criminal case charging him with scheming to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The subject surfaced again in a dispute over a motion that the Justice Department said it …

Newsweek reports: In a video of the interaction posted by C-SPAN communications director Howard Mortman to X, Navarro has to take several pauses while trying to provide the link to his fundraiser, due to a protester off camera that repeatedly blows into a whistle to interrupt him. Another protester standing behind Navarro holds a sign that reads “Trump Lost” and …

Raw Story reports: A polling firm working with the Wall Street Journal has also been on the payroll of former President Donald Trump and his 2024 campaign and received more than $600,000 from his campaign, legal analyst Allison Gill first reported. Raw Story confirmed on the Federal Elections Commission website that, since the beginning of 2023, Fabrizio Lee & Associates …

CNBC reports: New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a judge Tuesday to sanction Donald Trump, other defendants and their lawyers for rehashing the same failed legal arguments in James’ big civil fraud lawsuit against the former president. James asked that all the defendants be fined $10,000 collectively, and that another fine of $10,000 be imposed on their lawyers collectively. …

USA Today reports: Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff, pleaded not guilty in a court filing Tuesday to Georgia racketeering charges alleging he tried to help Trump steal the 2020 election. Meadows and 18 co-defendants were indicted in Fulton County on Aug. 14 on a combined 41 charges. By entering a plea through a court filing, he …

The Hill reports: Former President Trump took aim Monday at some Democrats’ arguments that he could be removed from the 2024 ballot under the 14th Amendment. “Almost all legal scholars have voiced opinions that the 14th Amendment has no legal basis or standing relative to the upcoming 2024 Presidential Election,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. A growing number …

CNN reports: Special counsel Jack Smith is still pursuing his investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election a month after indicting Donald Trump for orchestrating a broad conspiracy to remain in power, a widening of the probe that raises the possibility others could still face legal peril. Questions asked of two recent witnesses indicate Smith is focusing on how …

Posted last night to Trump’s Truth Social account: Shawn Fain, the respected President of the United Auto Workers, cannot even think about allowing ALL ELECTRIC CARS – THEY WILL ALL BE MADE IN CHINA, and the Auto Industry in America will cease to exist! There is already a giant “E GLUT,” they don’t go far or long, are very expensive, …

The New York Times reports: After being subpoenaed last year by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, which sought to learn more about those efforts, Mr. Navarro refused to comply, insisting that Mr. Trump had directed him not to cooperate and dismissing the subpoena as “illegal” and “unenforceable.” Now, after more than a year of legal wrangling, …

Politico reports: The finger-pointing among Donald Trump’s inner circle has begun. And as his four criminal cases march toward trials, some of his aides, allies and co-defendants are pointing at the former president. In court documents and hearings, lawyers for people in Trump’s orbit — both high-level advisers and lesser known associates — are starting to reveal glimmers of a …

The Daily Mail reports: Avid stonewatchers believe they have spotted the face of former US president, 77, at the 4,500-year-old monument. His “appearance” at Stonehenge is likely a dream come true for Trump, who has previously fancied himself as becoming a figure on Mount Rushmore. Back in 2020, he tweeted that it “sounds like a good idea” to see himself …

The Washington Post reports: When former president Donald Trump declared last week that he would appeal a federal judge’s decision to schedule his D.C. election-obstruction trial for March, legal experts quickly shot down the idea. That’s because the date a trial is scheduled is generally not an appealable issue. In addition, the court system is generally loath to scrutinize a …

Mediaite reports: Jeffrey Clark called for the nation to pray for apparently lost souls like frequent MSNBC contributor, and former Acting Solicitor General under the Obama Administration Neal Katyal for attending a “neopagan ritual.” Clark served as former Assistant Attorney General under former President Donald Trump. He was recently arrested for his part in an alleged scheme to defraud the …