Trump Corruption

The Guardian reports: Donald Trump is expected to be represented at his first court appearance to face federal criminal charges for retaining national security materials and obstruction of justice by two of his existing lawyers, despite trying to recruit a local Florida lawyer willing to join his legal defense team. The lawyers making an appearance with Trump on Tuesday will …

NBC News reports: Amid heightened security and anticipated protests, former President Donald Trump is set to appear Tuesday in federal court in Miami to face charges he misled investigators and mishandled the country’s secrets. Trump, 76, is scheduled to appear before a magistrate judge at 3 p.m. ET, when he’ll be arraigned alongside his co-defendant and aide, Walt Nauta, 40. …

The Hill reports: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and his deputies are steering clear of defending former President Trump from felony charges brought by the Justice Department, signaling a deep split within the GOP over how to handle the former president’s legal problems. Asked if he viewed the special prosecutor’s case as more credible than the charges brought forth …

Bloomberg News reports: Between Al Capone, telenovela stars and a long list of narcos, Miami has had a long history of high-profile defendants. But none like Donald Trump. As the former president prepares to appear in city court on Tuesday to face criminal charges, Miami police are gearing up for crowds ranging from 5,000 to 50,000 people, said chief Manuel …

“This is what I’ll tell you, two things can be true at the same time: One, the DOJ and FBI have lost all credibility with the American people and getting rid of just senior management isn’t going to be enough to fix this. This is going to take a complete overhaul, and we have to do that. “Two, the second …

ABC News reports: A plurality of Americans think that former President Donald Trump should have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to his handling of classified documents, yet a near equal number say the charges are politically motivated, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll. Nearly half — 48% — of Americans think Trump should have …

Miami’s CBS affiliate reports: Preparations are underway in South Florida for the arrival of former President Donald Trump. Mr. Trump is expected to fly into Miami International Airport on Monday afternoon and stay the night at Trump National Doral Miami. CBS News reports on Tuesday a motorcade will escort him to the Wilkie D. Fergusson Jr. courthouse in downtown Miami …

Posted today to Trump’s Truth Social account: Now that the ‘seal’ is broken, in addition to closing the border & removing all of the ‘criminal’ elements that have illegally invaded our country, making America energy independent, & even dominant again, & immediately ending the war between Russia & Ukraine, I will appoint a real special ‘prosecutor’ to go after the …

The Associated Press reports: Criminals and gangs grabbed the money. But so did a U.S. soldier in Georgia, the pastors of a defunct church in Texas, a former state lawmaker in Missouri and a roofing contractor in Montana. All of it led to the greatest grift in U.S. history, with thieves plundering billions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief aid …

Everybody knew that this was coming: Governor Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, who I didn’t know very well, called me before his last election to say he was in BIG trouble and very much needed my Endorsement. I LOVE Oklahoma & won 76 out of 76 Districts, something that never happened before. Ronald Reagan was next with 56. Anyway, I gave …

“This is a devastating indictment. I speak here as an alumnus of the Justice Department myself, because not only is it powerful, it’s very narrowly tailored. They didn’t throw everything up against the wall to see what would stick. This really is a rifle shot. “And I think it’s – it should be – the end of Donald Trump’s political …

Mediaite reports: Fox News Analyst Jonathan Turley painted a grave outlook for former President Donald Trump following the unsealed indictment alleging he violated the Espionage Act. Turley has previously been aggressive in his defense of most — if not all — of Trump’s legal problems but has previously called the unsealed indictment “extremely damning.” “All the government has to do …

Posted this afternoon to Trump’s Truth Social account: Virtually everyone is saying that the Indictment is about Election Interference & should not have been brought, except Bill Barr, a “disgruntled former employee” & lazy Attorney General who was weak & totally ineffective. He doesn’t mean what he’s saying, it’s just MISINFORMATION.Barr’s doing it because he hates “TRUMP” for firing him. …

Rolling Stone reports: Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s production company released a statement Saturday condemning the unauthorized use of a monologue from their recent film Air in a new donation-seeking campaign video posted by Donald Trump. “We had no foreknowledge of, did not consent to and do not endorse or approve any footage or audio from Air being repurposed by …

“It started out under the Presidential Records Act and the Archives trying to retrieve documents that Trump had no right to have. But it quickly became clear that what the government was really worried about were these classified and very sensitive documents. “And so the government’s agenda was to get those, protect those documents, and get them out. And I …

The New York Times reports: The criminal case against President Donald J. Trump over his hoarding of classified documents was randomly assigned to Judge Aileen M. Cannon, a court official for the Southern District of Florida said on Saturday. The chief clerk of the federal court system there, Angela E. Noble, also confirmed that Judge Cannon would continue to oversee …

The Hill reports: Senate Republican leaders, including Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), are staying quiet about former President Trump’s indictment on 37 criminal charges, letting him twist in the wind and breaking with House Republican leaders who have rushed to Trump’s defense. McConnell, who is careful not to comment on Trump or even repeat his name in public, has said to …

Mediaite reports: Trump addressed Georgia’s state Republican Convention on Saturday, just a day after special counsel Jack Smith’s 37-count criminal indictment against the ex-president was unsealed and revealed to include 31 counts of violations of the Espionage Act. “In this whole fake indictment, they don’t even once mention the Presidential Records Act, he said. “Because they want to use something …

Politico reports: Donald Trump vowed Saturday to continue running for president even if he were to be convicted as part of the 37-count federal felony indictment that was issued against him this week. “I’ll never leave,” Trump said in an interview aboard his plane. “Look, if I would have left, I would have left prior to the original race in …

Posted today to Trump’s Truth Social account: AMERICA WENT TO SLEEP LAST NIGHT WITH TEARS IN ITS EYES. SOMEDAY SOON, HOWEVER, IT WILL BE ABLE TO WIPE AWAY THOSE TEARS AND SMILE, BIGGER THAN EVER BEFORE, FOR WE WILL HAVE DEFEATED THE RADICAL LEFT MARXISTS, FASCISTS, COMMUNISTS, LUNATICS, & DERANGED MANIACS, & CLEARED THE PATH TO PUT AMERICA FIRST & …