Trump Corruption

Politico reports: Election observers, elected leaders and some of Trump’s own allies agree on one operating premise: On election night, no matter what the results show, how many votes remain uncounted and how many advisers tell him otherwise, Donald Trump will declare himself the winner. And from there, he could embark on a risky but plausible challenge to overturn the …

CNBC reports: “Mark Cuban is a Loser,” Trump wrote in a Saturday Truth Social post. “Wouldn’t take his phone calls anymore while at the White House, and he went rogue. A weak and pathetic ‘bully,’ he’s got nothing going. Really low clubhead speed, a total non-athlete!” Trump’s insults come several days after Cuban mocked the Republican presidential nominee’s tariff proposals …

The Associated Press reports: His father had Alzheimer’s disease late in life, one potential risk factor. Trump’s public appearances are often marked by rambling. He regularly confuses timelines, events and people.  At a town hall-style forum in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Trump seemed to have no recollection of meeting with a severely injured veteran and his family. The veteran’s wife noted …

The Washington Post reports: Seventeen days from the election, here in arguably the most decisive swing state, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump spent the first 10 minutes of his speech without mentioning politics. Instead, he delivered a long tribute to Arnold Palmer, the late golfer who was born here and is the namesake of the airport where Trump was speaking. …

The Daily Beast reports: A cringe-inducing video featuring Lara Trump dancing to a remixed Taylor Swift song has earned Donald Trump’s campaign ridicule and prompted calls for the pop superstar to sue over the track’s use. Posted to the Trump campaign’s official account Thursday, the clip features a bevy of women supporters of the GOP nominee—including the former president’s daughter-in-law, …

“Listen, the reality is this country is not working right now. It’s not working. Everything is unaffordable. There’s not a single person watching this right now that thinks anything in this country is affordable because it’s not. We have a candidate right now in Kamala that can’t even get through an interview. These aren’t serious people. She’s never actually had …

The Hill reports: Bruce Springsteen is sounding off on Donald Trump after the former president spent much of a recent campaign event listening to songs, with the “Born in the U.S.A.” singer saying that “swaying to music” is his job. “The whole thing of standing and swaying for 40 minutes at your town hall? I mean, swaying to music, that’s …

“Early voting is underway, so get everyone you know and go out and vote. Go tomorrow. It’s just starting. Go and vote. Make sure you vote and bring all our friends that want to vote for us. “Tell them, ‘Jill. Get your fat husband off the couch. Get that – get that fat pig off the couch. Tell him to …

USA Today reports: Donald Trump’s rally in Detroit hit a snag on Friday night when the audio stopped working and the Republican presidential nominee passed the time walking around on the stage for about 18 minutes waiting for a fix. The former president was in the middle of a riff about the economy in Michigan’s largest city when his microphone …

NBC News reports: Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday called the judge overseeing the Jan. 6-related federal criminal case against him “the most evil person,” despite threats U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has already faced from his supporters. Trump also called special counsel Jack Smith, who has faced threats from Trump supporters as well, “a sick puppy” — a …

Wired reports: The defiant fist-raised photo from his post-assassination-attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania—according to the Trump Watches marketing materials – will be etched on the back of Fight watch. According to the Associated Press, TheBestWatchesonEarth LLC advertised a product it can’t deliver, as that image is owned by the 178-year-old news agency. This week, the AP told WIRED it is pursuing …

Open Secrets reports: An initiative called Progress 2028 that purports to be Kamala Harris’ liberal counter to the conservative Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 is actually run by a dark money network supporting former President Donald Trump. Building America’s Future, the dark money group at the helm of the network, has steered money to a constellation of groups and initiatives boosting …

Politico reports: Former President Donald Trump’s transition operation is compiling lists of names of people to keep out of a second Trump administration. The lists of undesirable staffers include people linked to the Project 2025 policy blueprint; officials who resigned in protest of Trump’s response to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol; and others perceived as disloyal …

The Associated Press reports: Former President Donald Trump on Friday compared the people jailed on charges that they stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to the more than 120,000 people of Japanese origin incarcerated on U.S. soil during World War II. “Why are they still being held? Nobody’s ever been treated like this,” he said in an interview …

Fox News reports: Former President Donald Trump recalled one of the “craziest” nights of his young life in a recent interview with Tyrus on his OutKick show. On “Maintaining with Tyrus,” Trump was asked what the all-time best prizefight he had been to. Trump was heavily involved in the boxing world. Trump Plaza and Trump Taj Mahal put on some …

Raw Story reports: Donald Trump was scheduled to appear with former Fox News personality Dan Bongino for an interview on Friday, but a few minutes into their discussion, the ex-president abruptly ended the questioning. Bongino, who has been supportive of Trump in the past, appeared to be confused. “Can I get, Dan, off the record, I gotta get going,” Trump …

CNN reports: Special counsel Jack Smith on Friday released a massive trove of heavily redacted documents in his 2020 election subversion criminal case against former President Donald Trump. There are nearly 2,000 pages in a massive trove of documents released Friday, but nearly all of the pages appear to be completely redacted. The redacted appendices filed on the public docket …

The Washington Post reports: During Donald Trump’s presidency, his D.C. hotel charged the U.S. Secret Service 300 percent or more above standard government rates on multiple occasions, and at times charged the government agency more than it did other patrons — including a Chinese business and members of a foreign royal family, according to a new report released Friday by …

Ainsley Earhardt: Now they’re ramping up their rhetoric. And when she sat down with Bret there, she said, talking about you, “he’s unstable.” When she was speaking at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, she called you “unstable and unhinged.” And then in this new ad that they’ve rolled out, she’s saying “unhinged, more unstable and unchecked.” What is your response …

The Bulwark reports: Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis privately told Bob Woodward that he agrees with the assessment laid out in his book War, which paints Donald Trump as a unique and menacing threat to the country. Woodward said he recently received an email from Mattis, who served under Trump before resigning in protest. In the email, Mattis seconded the …