Trump Corruption

CBS News reports: President Biden and President-elect Trump will meet in the Oval Office on Wednesday, the White House announced on Saturday. The meeting will be held at 11 a.m. local time, according to the statement from Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. Mr. Biden extended the invitation for the meeting. Such a meeting is customary between the outgoing president and the …

The New York Times reports: President-elect Donald J. Trump has not yet submitted a legally required ethics pledge stating that he will avoid conflicts of interest and other ethical concerns while in office, raising concerns that his refusal to do so will hamper the smooth transition to power. Mr. Trump’s transition team was required to submit the ethics plan by …

“Governor Gavin Newscum is trying to KILL our Nation’s beautiful California. For the first time ever, more people are leaving than are coming in. He is using the term ‘Trump-Proof’ as a way of stopping all of the GREAT things that can be done to ‘Make California Great Again,’ but I just overwhelmingly won the Election. “People are being forced …

The Washington Post reports: Tens of thousands of people are expected in Washington ahead of Inauguration Day in January to protest President-elect Donald Trump and policy priorities that they say will undermine the rights of women, immigrants, the LGBTQ+ community and racial and religious minorities. The demonstration, dubbed the “People’s March on Washington,” is scheduled for Jan. 18, two days …

NBC News reports: Special counsel Jack Smith has asked the judge in Donald Trump’s election interference criminal trial to hit pause on the process and give him a month to formally request how to move forward — likely the first step in ending the prosecution. In a filing on Friday, Smith said that “as a result of the election” the …

CNN reports: Hushed discussions have now morphed into an all-out battle that is playing out directly from the patio of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida. Almost every single table was filled Wednesday night amid maneuvering over who was sitting where and how close their table was to where Trump usually holds court, at a table behind a velvet …

Politico reports: Donald Trump’s return to power means hundreds of people who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, are likely to go unpunished. The nationwide manhunt, which prosecutors have dubbed the largest and most complex in American history, is expected to come to an abrupt conclusion once Trump takes over. On Thursday, the Justice Department announced that it has …

The Washington Post reports: The Pentagon anticipates major upheaval once President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House, amid fears that the once and future commander in chief will follow through on vows to deploy the military domestically against American citizens, demand fealty from key leaders and attempt to remake the nonpartisan institution into one explicitly loyal to him. The …

Reuters reports: As U.S. election exit polls began to point to a second presidency for Donald Trump, many Americans were already looking for another kind of exit: moving abroad. Google searches for “move to Canada” surged 1,270% in the 24 hours after U.S. East Coast polls closed on Tuesday, company data shows. Similar searches about moving to New Zealand climbed …

The New York Times reports: President-elect Donald J. Trump on Thursday named Susie Wiles, the Florida strategist who has run his political operation for nearly four years, as his White House chief of staff for his incoming administration. In choosing Ms. Wiles, Mr. Trump turned to an aide he knows well and who has worked closely with him, understands how …

NBC News reports: President-elect Donald Trump told NBC News on Thursday that one of his first priorities upon taking office in January would be to make the border “strong and powerful.” When questioned about his campaign promise of mass deportations, Trump said his administration would have “no choice” but to carry them out. As a candidate, Trump had repeatedly vowed …

“He [Jack Smith] should go to prison for engaging in a criminal conspiracy against President Trump. He was smart enough to say that he’s going away. It’s amazing he did it the day after the election, after he said that nothing he was doing was about the election, this was just about the law — that he announces after Trump …

ABC News reports: Trump’s Agenda47 campaign proposed eliminating the Department of Education — which, according to the DOE website, “establishes policy for, administers and coordinates most federal assistance to education.” In a campaign video, Trump said he wants states — not the federal government — to have control over schools. However, he has also outlined plans to further restrict content …

Reuters reports: A federal judge on Thursday threatened to hold former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani in civil contempt for failing to surrender his luxury apartment and other belongings to two Georgia election workers he defamed and owes $148 million. U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman in Manhattan had on Oct. 22 ordered Giuliani, formerly a U.S. Attorney and personal …

“I’m going to be heavily involved on the transition. I want to make sure now that we know who the real players are, the people who will actually deliver on the president’s message, the people who don’t think that they know better than the duly elected president of the United States. I want to make sure that those people are …

Axios reports: America just elevated one man to an unfathomable status: the most powerful civilian — ever. Elon Musk — the most influential backer of President-elect Trump, thanks to his money, time and X factor — now sits at the pinnacle of power in business, government influence and global information (and misinformation) flow. Imagine you wanted to help mold America. …

“Well, you know, ever since he won the election, my phone is blowing up, from hundreds of reporters, most from haters, that hate the administration. But look, I want to make it clear, Tom Homan has not asked for a position, I have not politicked or asked, I certainly haven’t asked for a cabinet position, no offer has been made …

The Hill reports: Tech billionaire Elon Musk attributed Trump’s election victory, at least in part, to the lengthy podcast interviews he did during the campaign. In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Musk said Trump’s podcast appearances showed the American public that he was a “normal person.” “This is why I posted on X, like, nothing would do more damage to …

“No one speaks for the President but the president, and what the president said and as he said it last night on the stage is that he’s going to be a president for everybody, and we’ve got an opportunity right now to unify the country to bring this country back together. “Listen, there’s going to be a lot of hyperbole …

Politico reports: Donald Trump’s victory means the nation’s first convicted-criminal-turned-president-elect is headed for the White House instead of a prison cell. That’s because Trump’s Nov. 26 sentencing hearing in the hush money case almost certainly won’t happen. Imposing a sentence now — even a non-prison sentence like home confinement, probation or community service — would interfere with the soon-to-be president’s …