Trump Corruption

The Columbus Dispatch reports: While more than 100,000 fans will cram inside Beaver Stadium Saturday for Penn State’s game against Ohio State, one of the people vying to become the leader of the free world will not be among them. In a late change of plans, former president and current Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will not be making the …

Law & Crime reports: The high-dollar economic woes of Mike Lindell and his small-town Minnesota-based company MyPillow continue apace. So does the litigation. Last week, the pro-Donald Trump conspiracy theorist and his once-lucrative business sued several lending companies over the eye-popping repayment terms of a $600,000 merchant cash advance. Under the terms of the agreement signed in September, Lindell and …

The Hill reports: Reggaeton star Nicky Jam walked back his previous endorsement of former President Trump Wednesday in the wake of fallout over a poorly received joke at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday. In an Instagram post in Spanish, the singer born Nick Rivera Caminero explained he had endorsed Trump for his economic proposals, with “[Trump] being a …

The Daily Mail reports: Donald Trump ‘jumped’ on a blonde 6′ 1′ pageant queen, ‘grabbing her body everywhere’ after inviting her up to a suite at his New York hotel for ‘a private talk’, the woman has claimed exclusively to DailyMail.com. And it was only because of her height and strength that Beatrice Keul could fight off the former president, …

From the Las Vegas Sun editorial board: Donald Trump’s racism, sexism, xenophobia and penchant for corruption have long made him unfit for any public office, let alone the presidency. But as he continues his bid for a second term in the White House, there is an unsettling and undeniable shift that is leading many experts, observers and even some Trump …

Axios reports: Lawmakers in both parties are bracing themselves for a tumultuous period after the Nov. 5 election, with many openly expressing fears of political violence. Democrats, in particular, see it as virtually inevitable that Trump will challenge the election results if he loses, raising the specter of nationwide civil unrest or even a repeat of the Jan. 6 attack. …

CBS News reports: Former President Donald Trump’s campaign said it is suing Bucks County after some voters trying to participate in the county’s mail-in ballot voting on demand process faced long lines on the final day. Pennsylvania doesn’t have early voting on voting machines like other states — its closest thing to it is called mail ballot voting on demand. …

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump is ramping up his assertions of foul play in Pennsylvania as Election Day nears, claiming that voter fraud is already skewing the results against him. Taking to Truth Social on Wednesday morning, the Republican nominee declared that the state was “cheating” on “levels rarely seen before.” The call echoed his comments at a campaign …

“I have no idea who he is. Somebody said there was a comedian that joked about Puerto Rico or something, and I have no idea who he is. Never saw him. Never heard of them. And don’t want to hear of him. And I have no idea. “They put a comedian in, which everybody does. You throw comedians in, you …

Axios reports: Speaking on the Upper East Side, Bannon spoke and took questions. At one point, a man identified himself as “Robby Roadsteamer” and asked the convicted felon a question. “Steve, Robby Roadsteamer here,” he said, as Bannon grinned awkwardly, perhaps sensing something was amiss. “I’m wondering, when’s the next insurrection? And can we storm the Burger King after this?” …

Indianapolis’s Fox affiliate reports: A former Republican candidate running for an Indiana seat in the U.S. House of Representatives has been arrested and charged with stealing several election ballots during a recent voting machine test. Larry L. Savage Jr., a candidate in the Republican 5th District primary held earlier this year, was arrested Tuesday morning by Madison County authorities and …

The Guardian reports: Donald Trump accused Kamala Harris of running a campaign of hate at his Mar-a-Lago club in a display of projection days after his rally in New York became embroiled by racist and crude comments that aides worried might have broken through to voters in the final days of the presidential race. The event was open to reporters …

Axios reports: If he winds up losing the election, Trump already has lined up a scapegoat. Trump is making clear that he’ll blame Michael Whatley, the RNC chair who Trump tasked with building the party’s massive “election integrity” team. In fact, in private conversations with allies recently, Trump has said he believes the only reason he could lose the election …

Politico reports: Donald Trump has a serious Puerto Rico problem — in Pennsylvania. Many Puerto Rican voters in the state are furious about racist and demeaning comments delivered at a Trump rally. Some say their dismay is giving Kamala Harris a new opening to win over the state’s Latino voters, particularly nearly half a million Pennsylvanians of Puerto Rican descent. …

The Hill reports: Former President Trump says he does not know the controversial comedian who performed at his Madison Square Garden rally Sunday and didn’t hear him speak — his most extensive public comments yet on the controversy surrounding Tony Hinchcliffe’s remarks about Puerto Rico. “I don’t know him; someone put him up there. I don’t know who he is,” …

“You’re not recognizable if something goes wrong. If something goes wrong, and Marjorie Taylor Greene with that beautiful blonde hair is driving down the highway in a hydrogen car, and the problem with the hydrogen car, if something goes wrong, it’s like the atom bomb went off. You’re not recognizable. But they say, ‘We think we have it under control.’ …

The Bulwark reports: Donald Trump’s campaign was left scrambling Sunday night after roast-comic Tony Hinchcliffe made insulting jokes about Hispanic and black people on stage at the ex-president’s Madison Square Garden rally. The lines sparked immediate backlash and even condemnation from fellow Republicans. But four top campaign sources said it could have been even worse. “He had a joke calling …

CNN reports: The fate of Rudy Giuliani’s $3.5 million Palm Beach, Florida, condo, which he says is his primary residence, is now in the hands of a federal judge in Manhattan. He plans to stay in the Palm Beach condo now but will be blocked from doing anything that could diminish its value while the judge sorts out whether his …

“FoxNews spends far too much time promoting the Democrats, their surrogates, and their agenda. Today I watched, over and over again, an angry and totally out of control Michelle Obama trying to save the dying Campaign of Comrade Kamala Harris. “I’m leading in Michigan, by a lot, because of great support from Autoworkers, Arab Americans, Jewish Americans, and all other …

NBC News reports: Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner is suing Elon Musk and his super PAC to block their million-dollar giveaway to registered voters, seeking to halt the lottery-style stunt that election experts, and the Justice Department, have warned might violate federal law. Krasner is seeking an injunction: He argued in a filing Monday that the effort is an illegal, …