Trump Corruption

The Hill reports: “Age is interesting because some people are very sharp, and some people do lose it, but you lose it at 40 and 50, also,” Trump said on SiriusXM’s “The Megyn Kelly Show.” “But no, he’s not too old at all. He’s grossly incompetent.” The former president also pushed back on the polling data, suggesting Americans think Biden, …

CNBC reports: Donald Trump on Wednesday offered to “exchange” his right to a speedy trial in his Georgia election-conspiracy case for an Atlanta judge ruling that would have the former president tried separately from 18 other defendants. Trump’s co-defendant Mark Meadows, who served as his White House chief of staff, shortly afterward filed an identical offer waiving a speedy trial …

ABC News reports: In a rare post-trial hearing, a court security officer testified before the judge overseeing former Trump adviser Peter Navarro’s contempt of Congress case, after Navarro’s attorneys moved for a mistrial. Navarro, who under Donald Trump was director of the White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, was found guilty last week of two counts of contempt …

Reuters reports: Former U.S. President Donald Trump and his lawyers may only review classified evidence in a secure place as he prepares for a criminal trial over his handling of secret documents after he left office in 2021, a judge ruled on Wednesday. He had opposed strict security protocols for the classified evidence as inconvenient, saying he and his lawyers …

CNBC reports: A federal judge denied former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ request for an emergency stay of a ruling that sent his Georgia election interference case back to state court, a court filing showed Wednesday. Meadows, former President Donald Trump’s final chief of staff, had asked U.S. District Judge Steve Jones to pause his ruling pending an …

The New York Times reports: Over the past several months, Mr. Trump has kept a close watch on House Republicans’ momentum toward impeaching Mr. Biden. Mr. Trump has talked regularly by phone with members of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus and other congressional Republicans who pushed for impeachment. Mr. Trump has encouraged the effort both privately and publicly. Ms. Greene, …

NBC News reports: A judge on Tuesday denied former President Donald Trump’s request to move a Colorado case aimed at removing him from the state’s 2024 ballot to federal court. In a four-page order, Chief U.S. District Judge Philip A. Brimmer sent the lawsuit back to a state court in Denver County, where it was filed last week by a …

Bloomberg News reports: Donald Trump’s two federal trials won’t be on TV next year after a key judicial body didn’t take action to change the rules. The Judicial Conference of the United States didn’t discuss calls from lawmakers to authorize cameras in the courtrooms for the Trump cases when the judges met Tuesday for their semiannual meeting. The group’s meetings …

Talking Points Memo reports: Groups pushing to disqualify Donald Trump from 2024 ballots struck again Tuesday, filing a lawsuit in Minnesota Supreme Court to bar him from the state’s presidential primary ballot. Free Speech for People filed the complaint on behalf of a handful of Minnesota voters, naming Minnesota secretary of state Steve Simon (D) as the respondent. The lawsuit …

Posted to Trump’s Truth Social account: So, lets get this straight! We did a hostage TRADE with Iran. We gave them 5 very tough, smart people that they desperately wanted. We likewise got back 5 people BUT, we also gave them 6 BILLION DOLLARS! How much of a kickback does Crooked Joe Biden get? Does anyone realize how much money …

“We’re now entering week five [of my disbarment trial], and there will be at least another week, six weeks of a full trial addressing claims against me that were initiated by this radical left-wing group called States United Democracy Center. This is part of the overall effort to disbar every attorney that had any involvement with the Trump legal challenges …

“You know, today I’m thinking, unfortunately, that our country is in more danger than it was before September 11, largely because of Biden and two of the people that were there today, Harris and Mayorkas. “It really prompted me and I think Bernie [Kerik] to leave a little bit earlier than we would. It’s hard to be there with them, …

NBC News reports: Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys filed court papers Monday that marked his first attempt to get charges against him dismissed in the Georgia election interference case. Trump’s attorneys adopted a motion filed by lawyers for Kenneth Chesebro, who allegedly crafted the legal theory behind the so-called fake electors scheme. Chesebro last week asked Fulton County Superior Court …

Posted before dawn to Trump’s Truth Social account: Page 1: In the New York State Case against me by Trump Hating Attorney General Letitia James, who campaigned on “I will get TRUMP,” a case that never should have been brought, I have easily shown & proven that I am worth Billions of Dollars more than information listed on my Financial …

The Associated Press reports: Russian President Vladimir Putin asserted Tuesday that the criminal cases against former U.S. President Donald Trump are political revenge that show the fundamental corruption of the United States. “As for the prosecution of Trump, for us what is happening in today’s conditions, in my opinion, is good because it shows the rottenness of the American political …

CBS News reports: Attorneys for former President Donald Trump want a new judge in his 2020 election interference case. In a filing Monday, they argued that Judge Tanya Chutkan should recuse herself from the case for previous statements they say give the appearance of bias. They did not outright accuse Chutkan of being biased against Trump, but highlighted statements they …

Posted this afternoon to Trump’s Truth Social account: The many Biden Election Interference Cases against me, both Criminal and Civil, are Unconstitutional for many reasons, including the fact that delay for political reasons is a taking away of my RIGHTS, as well as the RIGHTS of a vast majority of the Country whose views and opinions I represent. Think of …

Reuters reports: Mark Meadows, a former aide to Donald Trump who was charged in Georgia with trying to overturn the former U.S. president’s 2020 election loss, has appealed a judge’s ruling denying his bid to move the case to federal court, a court filing showed on Monday. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones on Friday denied a bid by Meadows to …

The Daily Mail reports: As Rudy Giuliani rounded off a week that saw him endure the most humiliating moment of his career, his longtime girlfriend Maria Ryan was beaming as she flashed a massive new ring on her wedding finger in New York City. The hospital administrator, who has been romantically linked to the former NYC mayor since 2018, was …

Posted to Trump’s Truth Social account: In a phony and probably rigged Wall Street Journal poll, coming out of nowhere to softened the mental incompetence blow that is so obvious with Crooked Joe Biden, they ask about my age and mentality. Where did that come from? A few years ago I was the only one to agree to a mental …