Trump Corruption

NYT: Trump Still Searching For “Another Roy Cohn”

The New York Times reports: Seated far to the left of the defendant, former President Donald J. Trump, in a Manhattan criminal courtroom on Tuesday was a lawyer who has never tried a case in court, whose phone was seized by federal agents executing a warrant last year, and who once hosted syndicated news segments bombastically defending the Trump White …

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Bill Barr: Trump’s Legal Woes “Assure” That He’ll Lose

Politico reports: Former Attorney General William Barr said Sunday he thought the case for which President Donald Trump has been indicted is deeply flawed, but also said Trump has acted imprudently in attacking the judge and others in the case. “I don’t think it is appropriate or wise. The president notoriously lacks self-control and he frequently gets himself into trouble,” …

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ABC Poll: Majority Say Trump “Did Something Illegal”

ABC News reports: With former President Donald Trump now formally charged on criminal charges, a majority of Americans (53%) believe he intentionally did something illegal, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll. An additional 11% say he acted wrongly but not intentionally. Only 20% believe Trump did not do anything wrong, and 16% say they don’t know, per the ABC …

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Trump Wishes Happy Easter To “Weak Pathetic RINOs”

Another totally normal holiday message from Hair Furor: HAPPY EASTER TO ALL, INCLUDING THOSE THAT DREAM ENDLESSLY OF DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY BECAUSE THEY ARE INCAPABLE OF DREAMING ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE. THOSE THAT ARE SO INCOMPETENT THEY DON’T REALIZE THAT HAVING A BORDER AND POWERFUL WALL IS A GOOD THING, & HAVING VOTER I.D., ALL PAPER BALLOTS, & SAME DAY VOTING …

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Omarosa: There’s A Safe Containing Dirt On Trump

Raw Story reports: Appearing on MSNBC on Saturday afternoon, Omarosa Manigault Newman claimed repeatedly that former National Enquirer CEO David Pecker maintained a safe where he stored stories and pictures that could be damaging to Donald Trump’s reputation. According to Manigault Newman, who also briefly worked in the Trump White House, Pecker used to employ a West Coast staffer named …

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Trump’s Team Is Working To Keep “The Crazies” Out

NBC News reports: Gone from the inner circle are figures who sought their own publicity like campaign chiefs Corey Lewandowski, Steve Bannon and Brad Parscale. So are the sycophants who believed the best way to curry favor with Trump was to execute on his most outlandish ideas, like Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell. “We have less people who try to …

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NYT: Georgia DA May “Go Big” On Trump Charges

The New York Times reports: The indictment of Donald J. Trump in New York over hush-money payments to a porn star was a global spectacle, with the former president glumly returning to his old stomping grounds in Manhattan as TV networks closely tracked his procession of black SUVs on their way to the courthouse. In Georgia, however, there is another …

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Trump: DeSantis Staffers Are Begging Me For Jobs

Posted this morning to Trump’s Truth Social account: We’re getting lots of job requests from people currently working for the Social Security/Medicare cutting (JUST WATCH!) DeSanctimonious Campaign. Ron’s Poll numbers are dropping so fast and furious that many people are speculating he’s not going to run. Just hired ‘Kiss of Death’ [political consultant] Jeff Roe, who dropped YoungKim, to see …

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GA Prosecutor: Trump’s Racism Claims Are “Ridiculous”

Atlanta’s ABC affiliate reports: Former President Donald Trump accused Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis of being a racist. Trump made those comments just hours after his arraignment on 34 felony counts in New York City. She told Channel Action News in an exclusive interview on Wednesday that she doesn’t care what Trump thinks. “The comment does not concern me …

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Trump Told Arraignment Cops He Weighs 240 Pounds

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump told police he weighs 240 pounds and stands at 6 feet, 2 inches when he was arraigned at a lower Manhattan courthouse this week, Mediaite has learned. Perps are required to provide certain personal information to police during arraignments, including their height, weight, and occupation. That information is recorded alongside the names of their …

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Axios: How Trump May Talk Himself Into A Gag Order

Axios reports: Six hours after a New York judge warned former President Trump he could be penalized for any remarks that endangered others, Trump stepped to a microphone in Florida — and practically dared the judge to do just that. “I have a Trump-hating judge,” Trump said in a barrage of insults aimed at Judge Juan Merchan, the judge’s family, …

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Eric Trump: Dems Will “Lie, Cheat, And Steal To Win”

“It doesn’t make any sense when people are getting murdered in the street, when people are getting shot on Fifth Avenue. It makes no sense at all. Alvin Bragg should be ashamed of himself. Letitia James should be ashamed of himself [sic], and all of these people. “We have to stop the games. We have to stop the nonsense. We …

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Trump Calls For Defunding The DOJ And The FBI

Another late night all-caps rant from Hair Furor: REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS SHOULD DEFUND THE DOJ AND FBI UNTIL THEY COME TO THEIR SENSES. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TOTALLY WEAPONIZED LAW ENFORCEMENT IN OUR COUNTRY AND ARE VICIOUSLY USING THIS ABUSE OF POWER TO INTERFERE WITH OUR ALREADY UNDER SIEGE ELECTIONS! Which was followed by this: Almost every legal and political analyst …

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Eric Trump: “Tens Of Thousands” Protested Yesterday

The Daily Beast reports: The second son of the former president inflated the numbers of supporters flying the Trump flag across Florida and New York, claiming that in Florida “tens and tens of thousands” lined the streets, while in Manhattan, “every single intersection was closed..there was an army around Trump Tower…there’s an army around the courthouse.” Trump appeared to ignore …

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Trump’s $36 Fake Mugshot T-Shirt Shows Him As 6’5″

Axios reports: The Trump campaign is capitalizing on the former president’s arrest Tuesday. An email from Trump’s 2024 campaign was sent advertising a t-shirt with a fake mug shot of former President Trump, with the phrase “NOT GUILTY” below it. The shirt is free with a $47 contribution to the campaign. The shirt can also be purchased for $36 from …

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Trump Threatened With Gag Order For Violent Posts

Mediaite reports: Judge Juan Merchan said he would not issue a gag order at this time, but warned Trump not to incite violence. Fox News’s Bryan Llenas interviewed Fox legal producer Jake Gibson, who was in the courtroom during the arraignment, about some of the details regarding the proceedings. “The prosecution brought up all of the social media posts that …

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LIVE VIDEO: Manhattan DA Holds Press Conference

PBS NewsHour reports: New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg will hold a news conference on Tuesday following former President Donald Trump’s arraignment. The event is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m. More details are expected to emerge Tuesday about the Manhattan district attorney’s case against Trump. The indictment has remained under seal since the grand jury investigating hush money payments …

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INDICTMENT: Illegal Conspiracy To Undermine Election

CNN reports: The indictment against Donald Trump alleges the former president was involved in a conspiracy to undermine the integrity of the 2016 election. Prosecutors alleged Trump was part of an unlawful plan to suppress negative information — including an illegal payment of $130,000 that was ordered by the defendant to suppress information that would hurt his campaign. The indictment …

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Trump Demands NYC Trial Be Moved To Staten Island; Junior, Eric Trump, MTG Post Photo Of Judge’s Daughter

The Daily Mail reports: Donald Trump has demanded that the Stormy Daniels hush money case be moved from Manhattan to the more Republican-friendly Staten Island. The former president tore into the judge’s supposed anti-Trump sentiment on Truth Social and said the new location would be ‘very fair and secure’, as protesters and the world’s media swarmed the Manhattan court where …

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Trump Pleads Not Guilty To All 34 Felony Charges

Reuters reports: Donald Trump, the former president and front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records after an investigation into hush money paid to a porn star. A photo taken by a photographer in the courtroom showed Trump sitting at the defense table, flanked by lawyers. Five photographers were …

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