Trump Corruption

The Washington Post reports: Five days before Donald Trump became president in January 2017, a manager at a bank branch in Cairo received an unusual letter from an organization linked to the Egyptian intelligence service. It asked the bank to “kindly withdraw” nearly $10 million from the organization’s account — all in cash. Inside the state-run National Bank of Egypt, …

The Huffington Post reports: Simone Biles celebrated her “black job” after winning her second all-around gymnastics gold at the Paris Olympics. “I love my black job,” the nine-time Olympic medalist wrote on X, formerly Twitter, sharing a tweet from singer Ricky Davila that read: “Simone Biles being the GOAT, winning Gold medals and dominating gymnastics is her black job.” Former …

Axios reports: Moments before former President Trump took the stage at the National Association of Black Journalists annual convention in Chicago on Wednesday, the organization’s president was called back to address an issue. Trump did not want to be fact-checked live and was refusing to go on stage, NABJ president Ken Lemon told Axios. “[Trump’s team] said, ‘Well, can you …

“Well, as usual, it was a win for Putin or any other country that deals with us. It wouldn’t have happened with us. We would have gotten it back. We wouldn’t have had to pay anything. “We wouldn’t have had to let some of the great killers of the world go, because that’s what’s happened, as you know. And the …

“Well, they’re the weird ones. That’s a weird deal going on there. They’re the weird ones. Nobody’s ever called me weird. I’m a lot of things, but weird I’m not. And I’m upfront. And he’s not either, I will tell you. J.D. is not at all. They are. “I mean, who wants to have open borders where prisoners—that’s weird—where prisoners …

“So when are they going to release the details of the prisoner swap with Russia? How many people do we get versus them? Are we also paying them cash? Are they giving us cash (Please withdraw that question, because I’m sure the answer is NO)? “Are we releasing murderers, killers, or thugs? Just curious because we never make good deals, …

The Associated Press reports: A New York appeals court on Thursday denied Donald Trump’s bid to end a gag order in his hush money criminal case, rejecting the Republican president’s argument that his May conviction “constitutes a change in circumstances” that warrants lifting the restrictions. A five-judge panel in the state’s mid-level appellate court ruled that the trial judge, Juan …

The Guardian reports: Chuck Schumer will introduce a bill in the Senate today to declare explicitly that presidents do not have immunity from criminal conduct, overriding last month’s supreme court ruling that Donald Trump has some immunity for his actions as president. The No Kings Act, which would apply to presidents and vice-presidents, has more than two dozen Democratic co-sponsors. …

Axois reports: Donald Trump’s audacious lie about Vice President Kamala Harris’ race confirmed what many had long suspected: running against a Black woman could summon the former president’s worst impulses. Amid outrage from Democrats and discomfort from Republicans, Trump is doubling down on his incendiary claim that Harris recently “became a Black person” for political convenience. In one fell swoop, …

The Washington Post reports: Former president Donald Trump falsely accused Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) of being a “proud member of Hamas” at a rally Wednesday night, lodging another insult directed at a prominent Jewish American. “Chuck Schumer refused to shake the Israeli prime minister’s hand,” Trump told his supporters in Harrisburg, Pa. “Chuck Schumer has become a …

The Daily Beast reports: Former President Donald Trump, who ended his appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists conference in Chicago early and questioned Vice President Kamala Harris’ race in a series of now-viral remarks, took to Truth Social on Wednesday to announce that he “crushed it” during the interview. “The questions were Rude and Nasty, often in the …

First question from ABC News reporter Rachel Scott: You have pushed false claims about some of your rivals, from Nikki Haley to former President Barack Obama, saying that they were not born in the United States, which is not true. You have told four congresswomen of color, who were American citizens, to go back to where they came from. You …

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The Washington Post reports: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested that Vice President Harris wouldn’t be able to stand up to world leaders because of her appearance, adding that he didn’t want to spell it out but viewers would know what he meant. “She’ll be like a play toy,” Trump — who has a history of using sexist attacks and …

Fox News reports: Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell echoed a popular new line of criticism against the Trump campaign that has been amplified by major outlets like CNN and MSNBC, especially as Vice President Harris continues to solidify support for the nomination. “His policies are so creepy, they’re so weird,” Swalwell said of Trump and his vice presidential candidate, JD Vance. …

Politico reports: If Donald Trump returns to the presidency, he’ll have another shot at achieving a goal that eluded him last time: Changing the colors of Air Force One to his beloved red, white and dark blue. And he’ll likely do it — even though replacing the traditional light-blue-and-white design with Trump’s preferred scheme would be complicated and expensive. According …

ABC News reports: Fred Trump III, the nephew of former President Donald Trump, said his uncle is “atomic crazy,” that he witnessed him using racial slurs decades ago — and that he plans to vote for Kamala Harris. The Trump way was to be “complex and sometimes cruel,” Fred Trump said in an interview with ABC News’ Aaron Katersky. “And …

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump, posted a bonkers conspiracy theory suggesting that the FBI had advance knowledge of — or even ordered — the assassination attempt against him. Trump made his contribution to the din in a late-night flurry of Truth Social posts that included re-posting one user’s suggestion, a photo of Director Wray pointing toward himself with a …

“One of the most shameful days in this nation’s history. They were attempting to stop the certification of an election that President Joe Biden won fairly. “Three of Trump’s supporters died that day of apparent medical emergencies. One Trump supporter was fatally shot by police as she approached the floor of the House of Representatives along with a violent mob. …

“She was watching [the shooting] live, it was all over the place, it was on television, it was on your network, but it was all over the place and she was watching. And I asked her that, I mean I wasn’t there, I was on the ground — when the world started to, when you could talk to people and …