Trump Corruption

Posted this morning to Trump’s Truth Social account: Why doesn’t Fox and Friends show all of the Polls where I am beating Biden, by a lot. They just won’t do it! Also, they purposely show the absolutely worst pictures of me, especially the big “orange” one with my chin pulled way back. They think they are getting away with something, …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Georgia’s most powerful Republican politicians rejected pro-Donald Trump calls to change the state constitution to give the governor direct authority to pardon those convicted of crimes. Far-right Trump supporters have pressed Kemp and other GOP leaders to pursue an overhaul of pardon rules after the former president was charged this week with orchestrating a far-ranging “criminal …

ABC News reports: Former President Donald Trump’s promised press conference to refute the allegations in the indictment handed up by the Fulton County DA’s Office is now very much in doubt, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News. Sources tell ABC News that Trump’s legal advisors have told him that holding such a press conference with dubious claims …

Fox News reports: In connection with efforts to overturn the 2020 election, over half of registered voters think former President Donald Trump did something illegal. That’s according to a new Fox News Poll conducted before Trump and 18 others were indicted in Georgia for alleged efforts to challenge his 2020 election defeat in the state. Fifty-three percent believe Trump did …

“Although state officials in all fifty states must ultimately certify the results of the voting in their state, the final decision as to who the state legislatures authorize be sent to the Electoral College is a decision made solely by the legislature. “Any legislative body may decide on the basis of overwhelming evidence of fraud to send electors to the …

Atlanta’s CBS affiliate reports: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has asked a judge to set a trial date of March 4, 2024, for former President Donald Trump and his 18 co-defendants. Willis also asked to schedule arraignments for the defendants for the week of September 5, according to a court filing, and says the proposed dates “do not conflict” …

“There’s no chance in my view that Fani Willis goes [to trial] within two years. Everybody will have motions galore. And if it takes her, you know, two years — I mean, heaven forbid that Trump wins the presidency — then there will be a fight to the Supreme Court over whether she can proceed against the sitting president during …

“There’s a two-tiered system of justice; it seems like there’s one for Donald Trump and one for everyone else. How in the world do we have the most liberal county in Georgia, D.C., New York City – all these places that voted against him. I don’t think he could get a fair trial, to be frank with you. I don’t …

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 …