Trump Corruption

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. …

Rolling Stone reports: Donald Trump launched yet another attack against the daughter of New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the trial regarding the former president’s alleged hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. In a Truth Social post on Saturday, Trump shared a link to a New York Post article about the judge’s daughter, …

From the Moonie Times column posted today by Trump: In his time on Earth, Christ spent his public days doing good works. His efforts helped people, both collectively and individually, in a variety of ways and his general ideas made the world around him a better place. Jesus drew crowds wherever He went. He was celebrated by a segment of …

The Meidas Touch reports: David Zere, host of the MAGA Real America’s Voice show Breaking Point, kicked off a firestorm of social media misinformation Friday when he falsely claimed that disgraced former President Donald Trump had paid off the mortgage for the family of slain NYPD officer Jonathan Diller. Trump used the wake for Officer Diller, who was killed at …

The Hollywood Reporter reports: In Saturday’s cold open, Trump (played by James Austin Johnson) noted that it’s Easter — “the time of year when I compare myself to Jesus Christ. That’s just the thing I do now and people seem to be OK with it. I’m gonna keep doing it. And if you think that this is a bad look, …

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump’s former Secretary of Defense revealed on Friday that he will not be voting for his former boss who announced he had fired him in a tweet. On Friday’s episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, the host asked Mark Esper whether he would be voting for Joe Biden in the 2024 election. “There’s no …

“We’re still a country that’s armed to the teeth, right? I know the most dangerous people have access to the most dangerous weapons in this country. The violent rhetoric is we saw, you know, just yesterday from the former president’s Truth account, where his glorifying of violence continues to go up. “And one part of this that really concerns me …

“It is appalling and insulting that Joe Biden’s White House prohibited children from submitting religious egg designs for their Easter Art Event, and formally proclaimed Easter Sunday as ‘Trans Day of Visibility.’ Sadly, these are just two more examples of the Biden Administration’s years-long assault on the Christian faith. We call on Joe Biden’s failing campaign and White House to …

“His goal is to fuel up his supporters, to fuel up his supporters for the sole purpose of getting them to act no differently and as stupidly as they did on January 6th. His goal is to get them to attack these individuals, these critics of his as often and as frequently as they possibly can, whether it’s going to …

Mediaite reports: RNC co-chair Lara Trump laughed it off when NBC News correspondent Garrett Haake asked about an arrangement that earmarks donations for a PAC that pays former President Donald Trump’s legal fees. Lara Trump joked that anyone who hasn’t had to hire a lawyer deserves congratulations, and said people could “easily opt out” of the arrangement. “If you do …

The Daily Beast reports: Retired American generals vehemently say that no, Donald Trump cannot deploy SEAL Team 6 to kill a political rival. Gun groups howl that the United States is turning into Communist China. And a convicted Jan. 6 rioter warns that President Joe Biden could someday get sued over the death of a jogger in Georgia. These are …

NBC News reports: Former President Donald Trump shared a video on social media Friday that included an image of President Joe Biden bound and restrained in the back of a pickup truck. The 20-second video, which Trump indicated was taken Thursday in Long Island, New York, shows a truck emblazoned with “Trump 2024” and a large picture depicting Biden tied …

Law & Crime reports: When Rudy Giuliani defamed two poll workers with bunk allegations of election fraud in 2020, it triggered a wave of threats so acute, one of the workers was forced to flee her longtime home in Georgia. Now, the ally to former President Donald Trump — and his co-defendant in the racketeering case in Fulton County — …

Raw Story reports: Donald Trump’s legal team Friday unveiled a letter to the judge in the ex-president’s hush money case, seeking to fight expansion of the established gag order — and “taking a swipe” at the jurist’s daughter once again. Trump, who recently caused a stir when he lashed out at the judge’s daughter on social media and included her …