Trump Corruption

The Guardian reports: Donald Trump’s social media company Trump Media managed to go public last week only after it had been kept afloat in 2022 by emergency loans provided in part by a Russian-American businessman under scrutiny in a federal insider-trading and money-laundering investigation. Through leaked documents, the Guardian has learned that ES Family Trust operated like a shell company …

Axios reports: Former President Trump at a Tuesday night rally in Wisconsin said he wants Election Day this year to be called “Christian visibility day.” It comes as Republicans criticize the Biden White House for recognizing Transgender Day of Visibility — which happened to fall on Easter Sunday this year. “Such total disrespect to Christians, and Nov. 5 is going …

The New York Times reports: Mr. Trump held at least 75 percent of the vote in every state as of 11 p.m. But Nikki Haley, who dropped out of the race early last month, still took at least 10 percent of the vote in all four states, a sign of lingering discontent in the Republican Party with Mr. Trump’s candidacy. …

Grand Rapids’ NBC affiliate reports: The sister of murder victim Ruby Garcia said she and her family were home watching live, in disbelief, as former President Donald Trump told an audience in Grand Rapids that he had spoken with “some of her family.” “He did not speak with any of us, so it was kind of shocking seeing that he …

Bloomberg News reports: Donald Trump has sued two co-founders of his newly public Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., claiming they set the company up improperly and shouldn’t get any stock in it. In the latest legal skirmish over who gets how much of the hot but flailing meme stock, Trump alleges that Andy Litinsky and Wes Moss violated an …

Law & Crime reports: Donald Trump is trying to resurrect a lawsuit against CNN on appeal following his defeat in a lower court when he tried and failed to claim that the network defamed him when it used the “Hitlerian” term the “Big Lie” in reference to his pervasive and debunked claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election. The …

Mediaite reports: Real patriots looking for the best weapon to carry to the next MAGA rally are in luck — Parler, the right-leaning social media platform, featured a sponsored post promoting a free Trump Knife emblazoned with the slogan “Keep America Great”! Now, many people use knives like the one pictured above for various reasons — opening boxes, cuttings things …

The Meidas Touch reports: This morning, just hours after Judge Merchan expanded the gag order, Trump posted a video on his Truth Social page where he quoted George Washington Law School Professor Jonathan Turley discussing the integrity of the New York legal system. The video features an interview of Turley during a Fox News segment in which Brian Kilmeade, one …

“I just was informed that another corrupt New York Judge, Juan Merchan, GAGGED me so that I can not talk about the corruption and conflicts taking place in his courtroom with respect to a case that everyone, including the D.A., felt should never have been brought. “They can talk about me, but I can’t talk about them??? That sounds fair, …

USA Today reports: Former President Donald Trump was hit with a wider gag order in his New York criminal hush money case after repeatedly targeting the judge’s daughter in social media posts. The late Monday order from Judge Juan Merchan blocks Trump from making public statements about family members of the judge or Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg if the …

ABC News reports: Former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants have secured a $175 million bond in their New York civil fraud case, according to a court filing. Trump secured the bond through Knight Specialty Insurance Company, which is owned by the privately-held Hankey Group, whose chairman told ABC News that he considers himself a Donald Trump supporter. “This is …

Raw Story reports: Mark Meadows is demanding that his Georgia election racketeering case be dismissed due to the Supremacy Clause in the U.S. Constitution, according to court records revealed by investigative reporter Zach Merchant. Meadows’ attorneys requested Monday an evidentiary hearing to discuss his argument in the Fulton County court where he and former President Donald Trump face multiple criminal …

CNN reports: The Manhattan district attorney’s office on Monday asked the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal trial related to hush money payments to expand the gag order to stop the former president from attacking family members of people involved in the case. Trump’s lawyers oppose any expansion of the gag order that they say already goes too far and indicated …

The Daily Beast reports: U.S. authorities have targeted an apartment in a Donald Trump-branded luxury Manhattan tower, where they are looking to seize a $7 million unit prosecutors say was illicitly obtained by one of Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso’s children. A forfeiture complaint filed Friday in Manhattan federal court and obtained by The Daily Beast says the action “concerns the …

Reuters reports: Shares of Donald Trump’s social media company plunged more than 23% on Monday, wiping out the gains from its debut last week, after disclosing millions in losses and saying it would struggle to meet its financial liabilities going forward. Trump Media & Technology Group lost more than $58 million in 2023, the company said in a filing, sending …

The New York Times reports: Two Israeli journalists traveled to Palm Beach, Fla., a little over a week ago, hoping to elicit from Donald J. Trump a powerful expression of support for their country’s war in Gaza. Instead, one of them wrote that what they heard from Mr. Trump at Mar-a-Lago “shocked us to the core.” “Both U.S. presidential candidates, …

The Associated Press reports: Thunder and lightning delayed the start of the Easter egg roll at the White House for 90 minutes on Monday, but the event eventually kicked off under gray skies with many youngsters wearing ponchos or colorful jackets against light rain. More than 40,000 people — 10,000 more than last year — were expected to participate in …

“Do you believe in miracles? Remember those words by sports broadcaster Al Michaels when the underdog US Hockey team won the Olympic Gold in the 1980 Winter Olympics? History has branded that game ‘The Miracle on Ice.’ I believe a miracle, sent directly by God, is happening right in front of us, right now. You just have to open your …

Axios reports: Former President Trump’s social media company lost over $58 million on just $4.1 million in revenue during 2023, according to new SEC filings. There is a massive disconnect between the financial fundamentals and stock performance of Trump Media & Technology Group, which is valued at more than $7 billion after going public last week. Most of its expenses …

Axios reports: If Donald Trump returns to the White House, close allies want to dramatically change the government’s interpretation of Civil Rights-era laws to focus on “anti-white racism” rather than discrimination against people of color. Trump’s Justice Department would push to eliminate or upend programs in government and corporate America that are designed to counter racism that has favored whites. …