Trump Corruption

CNN reports: Rudy Giuliani is staring down hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal bills and sanctions amid numerous lawsuits in addition to the new criminal charges – related to his work for Donald Trump after the 2020 election. In court on Monday, the former New York City mayor said the legal quagmires have left him effectively out of cash. …

“She’s a politician and not a lawyer. Not an honest, honorable lawyer. This is a ridiculous application of the racketeering statute. There’s probably no one that knows it better than I do. Probably some that know it as well. I was the first one to use it in white-collar cases, but in major cases like the Boesky case and the …

Axios reports: The extraordinary collision course between former President Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign and his legal morass will be on stark display the next two weeks. His two-week schedule features nearly half a dozen court hearings and 2024 campaign-related events, previewing what’s to come over the next 15 months as he navigates his re-election bid. Trump won’t have to attend …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Former President Donald Trump and his 18 co-defendants will be booked at the Fulton County Jail, the sheriff’s office said Tuesday. “At this point, based on guidance received from the District Attorney’s office and presiding judge, it is expected that all 19 defendants named in the indictment will be booked at the Rice Street Jail,” Fulton …

The New York Times reports: The federal prosecutors who charged former President Donald J. Trump this month with conspiring to overturn the 2020 election got access this winter to a trove of so-called direct messages that Mr. Trump sent others privately through his Twitter account, according to court papers unsealed on Tuesday. While it remained unclear what sorts of information …

CNBC reports: Several of the attorneys who spearheaded President Donald Trump’s frenzied effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election tried, and failed, to collect payment for the work they did for Trump’s political operation, despite the fact that their lawsuits and false claims of election interference helped the Trump campaign and allied committees raise $250 million in the …

“What they accused our campaign and my father-in-law of doing in 2016, conspiring somehow with Russia to win an election. Hillary Clinton herself and the DNC actually did these things. And I think beyond that, this is what is frustrating to people, to see them throwing everything at the wall, to see anything that might stick for Donald Trump because …

ABC News reports: Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows officially filed Tuesday to move the case brought against him by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis into federal court, just a day after he was indicted along with former President Donald Trump and 17 others on charges of attempting to overturn Trump’s election loss in the state. The …

Religion News Service reports: While most of those indicted are lawyers or people with close connections to Trump, at least one is a faith leader: an Illinois pastor and former police chaplain charged in connection with efforts to intimidate Georgia election workers. The indictment singles out the Rev. Stephen Cliffgard Lee, a pastor within the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod denomination, alleging …

“I predict there will be some convictions. I think the strategy is to get bad convictions, but to get them fast in New York, in Florida, in Washington, and in Fulton County, then they’ll be reversed on appeal, but they’ll be reversed on appeal after the election. “That’s why everybody’s rushing to get these cases tried. We now know that …

Atlanta’s NBC affiliate reports: Jenna Ellis, who began working for Trump in November 2019, also attended the Dec. 3, 2020, Georgia Senate hearing where Trump allies claimed voter fraud handed the election to Biden. State election officials debunked those claims, but Ellis continued to push claims of voter fraud, according to Fulton County prosecutors. Ellis also authored two memos sent …

Politico reports: One of the first big battles in the new racketeering case against Donald Trump is likely imminent: Should the former president face a jury in state or federal court? Although the charges were filed in state court in Fulton County, Ga., Trump is sure to attempt to “remove” the case to federal court, where he would potentially have …

“He loves the country. He knows the country is in trouble. And I think we all love the country. We wouldn’t be waking up and doing this every day if we didn’t. We’re in a bad state right now and this is third-world stuff. It’s incredibly frightening. He will surrender. Obviously, you see that there’s a bit of an ego …

“This indictment is an affront to American Democracy and does permanent, irrevocable harm to our justice system. It’s just the next chapter in a book of lies with the purpose of framing President Donald Trump and anyone willing to take on the ruling regime. They lied about Russian collusion, they lied about Joe Biden’s foreign bribery scheme, and they lied …

Posted just now to Trump’s Truth Social account: A Large, Complex, Detailed but Irrefutable REPORT on the Presidential Election Fraud which took place in Georgia is almost complete & will be presented by me at a major News Conference at 11:00 A.M. on Monday of next week in Bedminster, New Jersey. Based on the results of this CONCLUSIVE Report, all …

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump is trying to put on hold one of the January 6-related lawsuits he faces because he is now facing criminal charges. The lawsuit accuses Trump of having responsibility for the death of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick and is at an early stage. But if it moves forward, “Forcing President Trump to defend this …

Posted early this morning to Trump’s Truth Social account: So, the Witch Hunt continues! 19 people Indicated tonight, including the former President of the United States, me, by an out of control and very corrupt District Attorney who campaigned and raised money on, “I will get Trump.” And what about those Indictment Documents put out today, long before the Grand …

The Independent reports: Mr Trump’s arraignment date has not been set yet. But in a press conference on Monday evening, Ms Willis announced that arrest warrants have been issued for Mr Trump and his 18 co-defendants and gave them a deadline of 25 August at noon to surrender. Georgia law is unique in that it requires cameras be allowed in …

The New York Times reports: A grand jury in Atlanta spent hours hearing evidence Monday as prosecutors began laying out their investigation of Donald J. Trump and some of his former advisers, whose efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 election could result in a criminal indictment — the fourth against the former president. The proceedings stretched into the evening, with …

ABC News reports: New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan declined to recuse himself from overseeing former President Donald Trump’s hush-money case in New York, ruling Monday that Trump “has failed to demonstrate that there exists concrete, or even realistic reasons for recusal to be appropriate.” Trump has been charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in …