Trump Corruption

Axios reports: President-elect Trump sent shockwaves through Capitol Hill on Friday by announcing that his inaugural ceremonies will take place indoors, leaving members of Congress guessing about their plans. Monday’s proceedings will now take place in the Capitol rotunda — an extremely limited space — meaning many lawmakers will likely not be able to attend. When Ronald Reagan was inaugurated …

“January 20th cannot come fast enough! Everybody, even those that initially opposed a Victory by President Donald J. Trump and the Trump Administration, just want it to happen. It is my obligation to protect the People of our Country but, before we even begin, we have to think of the Inauguration itself. “The weather forecast for Washington, D.C., with the …

CNN reports: President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration is expected to be moved indoors Monday due to dangerously cold temperatures projected in the nation’s capital, multiple sources with direct knowledge of the plans told CNN. Plans are underway to have Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance sworn into office inside the US Capitol Rotunda, the sources said. Discussions regarding where to hold …

Rahm Emanuel writes for the Washington Post: What’s 18-karat gold, bears the face of a Swedish inventor and keeps Donald Trump awake at night? The Nobel Peace Prize. Trump began obsessing over the annual award long before he failed to win one during his first term as president. Much of his griping has been aimed at Barack Obama, who was …

Mediaite reports: President-elect Donald Trump signaled he might investigate FBI Office of Diversity, and Inclusion, demanding the agency “preserve and retain all records, documents” after the organization shuttered the office the month after Trump’s election win. The DEI office within the FBI closed its doors in December 2024, according to Fox News, but did not give a reason as to …

Variety reports: President-elect Donald Trump is hoping to make Hollywood “stronger than ever before” by naming Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson and Jon Voight as “special ambassadors,” whose goal will be to bring back business lost to “foreign countries.” It appears that the newly appointed ambassadors had little advance notice on the news, as Gibson said he found out at the …

Bloomberg Law reports: Trump’s attorney general selection Pam Bondi is worth $12.2 million, $3.9 million of which is held in Trump Media shares she received after the Truth Social parent company went public last year, financial disclosures obtained by Bloomberg Law show. After a long career in public service, Bondi appeared to accumulate much of her wealth once she entered …

Rolling Stone reports: President-elect Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary pick, a billionaire who has been accused of evading taxes, says that “the most important economic issue of the day” is extending Trump’s tax cuts for the ultra rich. Scott Bessent spoke about his economic plans while sitting for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday. Bessent is an …

CBS News reports: Quietly, just before the calendar turned for the new year, an already whopping debt tentatively owed by President-elect Donald Trump and co-defendants in his New York civil fraud case hit an eye-popping, interest-accumulating milestone: half a billion dollars. The total crossed $500 million on Dec. 29, and stands at more than $502 million on Thursday, a spokesperson …

Reuters reports: Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who served as Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, has reached a settlement with two Georgia election workers he falsely accused of helping steal the 2020 election for Joe Biden, court records on Thursday show. The settlement came on the same day a non-jury civil trial before U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman …

The New York Times reports: Rudolph W. Giuliani has not shown up to federal court in Lower Manhattan to testify in a trial that will determine whether he can keep a Florida condo, his only remaining home, as well as three personalized Yankees World Series rings. The judge in the case, Lewis J. Liman, is expected to rule on whether …

The Associated Press reports: Thursday’s hearings include Doug Burgum for the Interior Department, Scott Turner for the Housing and Urban Development Department, Lee Zeldin for the EPA, Scott Bessent for the Treasury Department and Pam Bondi will go before the Senate Judiciary Committee for a second day. Bessent, the billionaire money manager from South Carolina, will take questions from members …

USA Today reports: The Donald Trump confirmation train keeps rolling Thursday as senators take up the president-elect’s picks to run the Treasury and Interior departments – and hear from witnesses in Pam Bondi’s bid to become the next U.S. Attorney General. So far, all of Trump’s appointees who’ve had hearings appear bound for confirmation after he takes office on Monday, …

The Telegraph reports: Donald Trump’s official inauguration portrait has been revealed ahead of next Monday’s ceremony – and has a striking resemblance to his infamous mugshot. The president-elect is well-lit, and is wearing a blue suit and blue tie – but it is his expression that has captured the attention of keen observers. Leaning in, Mr Trump has one eyebrow …

The Associated Press reports: Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is set to be the first witness at a trial over whether he can keep his Florida condominium and three World Series rings or must turn them over to satisfy a $148 million defamation judgment awarded to two Georgia election workers. The trial, heard without a jury, begins Thursday morning …

The Huffington Post reports: Donald Trump posted online a list of people he said are not welcome to serve in his second administration, many of whom he also referred to with derogatory nicknames. Critics called it a “blacklist” and said it proves the president-elect wants total loyalty from government workers when he returns to office on Monday. They included his …

The Washington Post reports: President-elect Donald Trump is considering issuing an executive order once in office that would suspend enforcement of the TikTok ban-or-sale law for 60 to 90 days, hoping a brief reprieve for the Chinese-owned app will net him an early victory. Trump has expressed a keen interest in being seen as rescuing a platform on which he’s …

“This EPIC ceasefire agreement could have only happened as a result of our Historic Victory in November, as it signaled to the entire World that my Administration would seek Peace and negotiate deals to ensure the safety of all Americans, and our Allies. I am thrilled American and Israeli hostages will be returning home to be reunited with their families …

Reuters reports: Aides to President-elect Donald Trump have asked three senior career diplomats who oversee the U.S. State Department’s workforce and internal coordination to step down from their roles, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter said, in a possible signal of deeper changes ahead for the diplomatic corps. The team overseeing the State Department’s transition to the new administration …

Axios reports: President-elect Trump is being inundated with so much money from corporations and wealthy donors that his team expects to raise about $500 million by summer — even though he can’t run again, sources in his operation tell Axios. By stockpiling so much cash, Trump is signaling he doesn’t want to be seen as a lame duck in his …