Trump Corruption

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 …

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 …

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 …

“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, …

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 …

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 …

“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, …

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 …

The New York Times reports: The indictment of former President Donald J. Trump in connection with his efforts to retain power after his 2020 election loss left a number of unanswered questions, among them: Who is Co-Conspirator 6? But a close look at the indictment and a review of messages among people working with Mr. Trump’s team provides a strong …

The Washington Post reports: Donald Trump’s attorney, John Lauro, has been making the rounds hoping to bolster the idea that the latest indictment against the former president is fundamentally a political charge, telling CBS on Wednesday that Trump’s team would seek a change of venue — potentially West Virginia, which he argued is “much more diverse” than D.C. Trump’s efforts …

Posted this afternoon to Trump’s Truth Social account: I feel badly for Mike Pence, who is attracting no crowds, enthusiasm, or loyalty from people who, as a member of the Trump Administration, should be loving him. He didn’t fight against Election Fraud, which we will now be easily able to prove based on the most recent Fake Indictment & information …

Mediaite has the transcript: ED O’KEEFE: Real quick, the Trump campaign yesterday called this reminiscent of Nazi Germany in the 1930s, the former Soviet Union and other authoritarian dictatorial regimes. JOHN LAURO: I think that’s what all Americans are concerned about. ED O’KEEFE: But comparing this to the Nazis! JOHN LAURO: All Americans are concerned about this, the criminalization of …

From the Wall Street Journal editorial board: Donald Trump’s post-election behavior in 2020 was deceitful and destructive, and his malfeasance on Jan. 6, 2021, was disgraceful, but was it criminal? That’s the claim in the extraordinary indictment issued Tuesday by a federal grand jury established by special counsel Jack Smith. This is a remarkably broad theory of “conspiracy to defraud …

Today’s money beg from Hair Furor: Patriot, With Crooked Joe’s corrupt DOJ having unlawfully INDICTED yours truly yet again, reports indicate that I could now face a combined 561 YEARS in prison from the Left’s witch hunts. 6 LIFETIMES…There’s only ONE MESSAGE someone can send by trying to throw you in jail for 6 lifetimes, and that’s FEAR. The fear …

The Associated Press reports: The federal judge assigned to the election fraud case against former President Donald Trump has stood out as one of the toughest punishers of rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attack fueled by Trump’s baseless claims of a stolen election. She has also ruled against him before. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, a former …

CNN reports: Following Tuesday’s indictment of Donald Trump, Washington, DC, metro police said they are working with federal law enforcement partners to plan for the former president’s initial court appearance on Thursday. “The Metropolitan Police Department is working closely with our federal law enforcement partners to monitor the situation and plan accordingly to ensure the safety of DC residents and …

Axios reports: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was identified by multiple media outlets as matching prosecutors’ description of “Co- conspirator 1,” who is accused of spreading “knowingly false claims.” He pursued legal strategies that official Trump campaign lawyers would not. The indictment’s description of “co-conspirator 2” appears to match that of John Eastman, an attorney and former law …

“I long ago stopped being careful and I don’t worry about the Jack Smiths of this world. I have a chapter in my book called ‘Stand Up to Bullies’, so here’s what I say to Jack Smith. After the Supreme Court threw out your [Bob McDonnell] case, which should have been a disgrace and you should’ve gone and found another …

“This is an incredibly weak, baseless, convoluted indictment. It is bizarrely centered around what is clearly protected speech, zero criminal statutes, because there are none that were applicable that are actually written into law. It is based on an obscure law from the Civil War. So let’s be even more clear. This indictment is frankly not worth the paper that …

“His crime was believing and saying that the election was rigged. That’s what they want to send him to jail for. Now, excuse me. How is that any different from when the Democrats complained that things were rigged in 2016? We all know what this is. This is just another in a long line of political hit jobs under the …