Trump Corruption

Politico reports: Three Georgia Republicans who falsely claimed to be electors for Donald Trump — and are now charged alongside him in a sprawling racketeering indictment brought by local prosecutors — say they took the steps they did because Trump, then the sitting president, told them to. In a series of court filings this week, those false electors, who became …

The Hill reports: President Biden on Friday chimed in on former President Trump’s mug shot, saying his top political rival is a “handsome guy” after he was booked in Fulton County, Ga. When asked about the mug shot, Biden told reporters, “I did see it on television. Handsome guy.” The president also bashed the GOP debate, arguing that the candidates …

Rolling Stone reports: Prosecutors in Arizona are “aggressively” ramping up their criminal probe into the 2020 fake electors plot aimed at keeping then-President Donald Trump in power. They’re not just looking at the fake electors, though. Rudy Giuliani is also now high on their list. Two sources with knowledge of the matter tell Rolling Stone that in the past several …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: One hour before the deadline to surrender expired, Illinois pastor Stephen Lee became the last of the 19 defendants accused in the sweeping election racketeering case to surrender to the Fulton County Jail. Lee already has a bond agreement in place at $75,000. He is charged with violating the state’s RICO Act, influencing witnesses, conspiracy to …

NBC News reports: Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark has surrendered to Georgia authorities after being charged in the racketeering case along with former President Donald Trump and 17 others last week in connection with efforts to overturn the 2020 election. He was booked at the Fulton County Jail early Friday and released on a $100,000 bond. Clark, who served …

The Daily Beast reports: The former president’s re-election campaign announced in an email that it would give away a “free” premium cotton t-shirt with Trump’s scowly mugshot printed on it for a measly donation of $47. A caption on the shirt reads “NEVER SURRENDER”—which, of course, is legally and literally what Trump was doing when he had that picture taken. …

CNN reports: In all, the former president was in Atlanta for more than an hour and a half. “I did nothing wrong,” Trump told reporters before boarding the plane. Trump described the criminal case against him as “a travesty of justice.” Later Thursday, he told the right-wing network Newsmax that being at Fulton County jail was “a “terrible experience.” “I …

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump spent the late-night hours following his arrest posting messages of support from fans, including a bonkers QAnon-friendly meme. The meme features a photo of Trump with 20 or so semiautomatic pistols pointed at his face, each emblazoned with labels like “Pedophiles” (a Q reference) and “FBI” and other conspiratorial references. Other messages reposted by …

The New York Times reports: Former President Donald J. Trump returned to X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, on Thursday night after a hiatus of more than two years. Mr. Trump posted a link to his website and a photo of his mug shot in his first new post on X since Twitter banned his account after …

Axios reports: A large crowd of Trump supporters, protestors, journalists and curious onlookers toughed the Georgia heat on Thursday to await former President Trump’s expected arrival at the Fulton County Jail. Trump’s plane departed New Jersey on Thursday evening, and he posted on social media that he expects to arrive at the jail around 7:30pm. He could have his mug …

The Washington Post reports: A Trump supporter indicted last week in Fulton County, Ga., for allegedly harassing an election worker was charged earlier this year with attacking an FBI agent working on the Justice Department’s parallel investigation of efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. The arrest of Harrison William Prescott Floyd III, which has not been previously reported, offers …

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump shared a video saying the Covid-19 vaccine, which was developed with funding from his administration, is responsible for killing people. The post – originally posted by an account called “Yoshi The Patriot” on Twitter – says, “Wake me up when DeSantis apologizes for vaccinating more people than Trump and Fauci combined. Here is desantis …

Posted just now to Trump’s Truth Social account: 231,000,000 Views, and still counting. The Biggest Video on Social Media, EVER, more than double the Super Bowl! But please excuse me, I have to start getting ready to head down to Atlanta, Georgia, where Murder and other Violent Crimes have reached levels never seen before, to get ARRESTED by a Radical …

The Daily Beast reports: Mark Meadows, Donald Trump’s former chief of staff, surrendered to authorities in Georgia on Thursday on allegations he—along with the former president and 17 others—schemed to keep Trump in power after losing the 2020 election. Along with the onetime Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, Meadows had begged for an urgent delay to the deadline for his …

Bloomberg News reports: The criminal trial over the alleged attempt by Donald Trump and 18 others to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia should start Oct. 23, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis told a judge, about five months earlier than her first proposal. Willis made the request in a filing Thursday in Atlanta, the same day Trump is expected …

CNBC reports: Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ bond was set at $100,000 on Thursday in the Georgia criminal case accusing ex-President Donald Trump and his allies of illegally trying to overturn the state’s 2020 election results. Meadows was charged with racketeering and soliciting a violation of an oath by a public officer. Meadows is seeking to move …

Axios reports: Former President Trump’s upcoming arraignment in the Georgia election case could be the biggest public spectacle yet in his web of legal challenges. The 2024 GOP frontrunner is facing his fourth indictment in four months, but this time around he’s expected to have a mugshot taken, and it could be the only trial in which court proceedings are …

The New York Times reports: Just before his visit to an Atlanta jail to be booked on 13 felony counts, Donald J. Trump has shaken up his Georgia legal defense team, adding Steve Sadow, a veteran criminal defense lawyer who has taken on a number of high-profile cases. Mr. Trump’s decision comes soon after one of his lawyers, Drew Findling, …

Slate reports: In the interview posted onto X, the website formerly known as Twitter, at the same time as the Republican presidential debate Wednesday night, former President Donald Trump was boasting about his poll numbers when Tucker Carlson suddenly cut him off. “If the protests didn’t work, and you got elected anyway; the impeachment didn’t work, twice; indictment is not …

NBC News reports: The rally, promoted by the far-right activist Laura Loomer, is expected at 10 a.m. ET Thursday, the day Trump has said he plans to turn himself in. Trump posted a link to a Newsweek article about the rally on his social media platform, Truth Social, as well as a screenshot of a Loomer post calling on Trump …