Trump Corruption

DOJ Seeks Protective Order After Latest Trump Threat

Politico reports: Prosecutors on Friday night called a judge’s attention to a social media post from Donald Trump — issued hours earlier — in which they say the former president appeared to declare that he’s “coming after” those he sees as responsible for the series of formidable legal challenges he is facing. Attorneys from special counsel Jack Smith’s team said …

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Gag Order Time: Trump Posts Attack On Prosecutors

CNN reports: Donald Trump’s campaign released a new video Friday attacking the prosecutors who have brought cases against or are investigating the former president one day after Trump was arrested and arraigned for a third time. The video attacks federal special prosecutor Jack Smith, New York Attorney General Letitia James, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and Fulton County District Attorney …

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Trump Waives Appearance On New Docs Charges

The Hill reports: Former President Trump waived his right to appear for his upcoming arraignment on a superseding indictment in the classified documents case. Trump has already appeared in court to plead not guilty to the 37 counts contained in the original indictment, but his arraignment on three newly filed charges is scheduled for Aug. 10. In a court filing …

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Trump To Appeal To Stop Prosecution By Georgia DA

The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports: Lawyers for former President Donald Trump declared late Thursday that they will appeal a judge’s ruling that shot down their bid to gut Fulton County District Fani Willis’s prosecution of alleged criminal interference in Georgia’s 2020 presidential election. They will challenge an order issued earlier this week by Fulton Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who …

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Trump Calls On SCOTUS To “Intercede” In His Case

Posted this morning to Trump’s Truth Social account: CRAZY! My political opponent has hit me with a barrage of weak lawsuits, including D.A., A.G., and others, which require massive amounts of my time & money to adjudicate. Resources that would have gone into Ads and Rallies, will now have to be spent fighting these Radical Left Thugs in numerous courts …

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Trump Was Pissed Judge Didn’t Call Him “Mr. President”

“I’m learning tonight that Trump left here in a sour and dejected mood. He was, quote, ‘pissed off,’ according to someone who spoke to him. I am told that the former president, one thing that irked him particularly, was during that hearing today that lasted about 27 minutes, was when the magistrate judge referred to him as simply ‘Mr. Trump.’ …

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Trump Lawyer: All Were “Aware He Lost The Election”

“I think that everybody was made aware that he lost the election. But that doesn’t mean that was the only advice he was given. As anybody understands what happens in the Oval Office, there are a numerous amount of advisers and politicians and lawyers – not just one or two – that are giving you advice and telling you what …

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Trump Lawyer Admits To One Of The Charges On Fox

Newsweek reports: One of Donald Trump’s lawyers has been accused of confirming allegations that the former president has been cited over in his latest federal indictment during a round of media interviews. Attorney John Lauro appeared on both Fox News and Newsmax on Thursday, after Trump pleaded not guilty in Washington, D.C. to four charges in relation to Special Counsel …

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House Democrats Petition Court: Televise Trump’s Trial

Via press release from Rep. Adam Schiff: Today, Representative Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), joined by Representatives Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), and Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), called on the Judicial Conference to authorize the live broadcasting of court proceedings in the case of the United States of America v. Donald J. Trump. The current policy of the Judicial Conference permits judges …

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John Eastman Lawyer: He Will Not Cooperate With DOJ

The New York Times reports: A lawyer for John Eastman, the architect of a plan central to former President Donald J. Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election, said on Thursday that he was “99.99 percent sure” that Mr. Eastman was among the unnamed co-conspirators mentioned in an indictment of Mr. Trump unsealed in Washington this week. The lawyer, Harvey …

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Trump Pleads Not Guilty To Four Felony Charges

The Washington Post reports: Former president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he plotted to overturn the 2020 election in the runup to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump appeared for his arraignment in a federal courthouse in Washington, just blocks away from where his supporters stormed the Capitol to try to keep …

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Trump Now In Federal Custody At DC Courthouse

The Messenger reports: Donald Trump tread now-familiar ground for him on Thursday afternoon: surrendering himself for arrest and processing — this time on charges of illegally conspiring to stay in power while still president of the United States but after his defeat in the 2020 election. It’s a process that Trump first experienced in April, after a New York grand …

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45% Of Republicans Won’t Vote For Trump If Convicted

Reuters reports: About half of Republicans would not vote for Donald Trump if he were convicted of a felony, a sign of the severe risks his legal problems pose for his 2024 U.S. presidential bid, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Thursday. The former president and current front-runner in the Republican nomination contest for the November 2024 presidential …

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LIVE VIDEO: Trump Arrives For Third Arrest This Year

USA Today reports: If you’re keeping score, this will be Trump’s third arrest this year. A formal arrest is part of the arraignment process, as happened with Trump in New York state court in early April over hush money charges and in Florida federal court in June on allegations involving classified documents. Three arrests – and counting, possibly. A state …

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Barricades Placed Overnight Outside DC Courthouse

Washington DC’s NBC affiliate reports: Former President Donald Trump is expected to appear in a Washington, D.C., federal courthouse circled by law enforcement, security barriers and news reporters on Thursday to face a judge over charges he tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Trump is scheduled to be arraigned at the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse on Constitution Avenue NW …

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Bannon: Trump’s Arrest Is “A Day Of Jubilation For Us”

“This is a day of jubilation for us. We’re going to get an opportunity, ladies and gentlemen, to adjudicate the 2020 election and all the fraud and all the stealing and all illegitimacy of the Biden regime. So my point is we’re on offense. It gives us a chance in front of the whole world in a federal courthouse with, …

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Trump Vows Retribution: “Soon It Will Be Our Turn”

Someone is very upset about his impending arrest: Look, it’s not my fault that my political opponent in the Democrat Party, Crooked Joe Biden, has told his Attorney General to charge the leading (by far!) Republican Nominee & former President of the United States, me, with as many crimes as can be concocted so that he is forced to spend …

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Trump Rages: Getting A Fair Trial In DC Is “Impossible”

Posted last night to Trump’s Truth Social account: The latest Fake “case” brought by Crooked Joe Biden & Deranged Jack Smith will hopefully be moved to an impartial Venue, such as the politically unbiased nearby State of West Virginia! IMPOSSIBLE to get a fair trial in Washington, D.C., which is over 95% anti-Trump, & for which I have called for …

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Bill Barr: Trump Doesn’t Have First Amendment Defense

“I really don’t think that’s a valid argument. As the indictment says, you know, they’re not attacking his First Amendment right. He can say whatever he wants. He can even lie. He can even tell people that the election was stolen when he knew better. But that does not protect you from entering into a conspiracy. All conspiracies involve speech, …

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Trump To Be Fingerprinted At Today’s DC Arraignment

The New York Times reports: Former President Donald J. Trump is expected to appear at 4 p.m. on Thursday in the U.S. federal courthouse at the foot of Capitol Hill, the site of a yearslong government effort to hold accountable those who tried to subvert democracy. The former president will fly down on his private jet from his golf club …

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