Trump Corruption

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump had trouble finding a place to hold Thursday’s rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after his campaign stiffed the city almost $445,000 the last time it was in town, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported. Originally event organizers wanted to hold the former president’s rally at the Albuquerque Convention Center, but the city refused to …

CNN reports: Elon Musk’s misinformation megaphone has created a “huge problem” for election officials in key battleground states who told CNN they’re struggling to combat the wave of falsehoods coming from the tech billionaire and spreading wildly on his X platform. Election officials in pivotal battleground states including Pennsylvania, Michigan and Arizona have all tried – and largely failed – …

Politico reports: A Philadelphia judge moved up and relocated a court hearing on Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s lawsuit aimed at halting Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day giveaway to swing-state voters. The moves followed complaints by Krasner that he’s receiving threats and antisemitic messages in connection with the case. On the social media platform X, which Musk owns, Musk amplified a …

The Washington Post reports: More than two dozen popular podcasts have aired claims preemptively casting doubt on the integrity of the 2024 election, disseminating unsubstantiated claims on a popular medium that operates largely outside the view of tech industry monitors. “The Joe Rogan Experience,” “The Ben Shapiro Show,” “The Charlie Kirk Show” and “The Dan Bongino Show” are among 26 …

CNN reports: Tech billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk is trying to move a lawsuit over his $1 million giveaway to voters into federal court, potentially averting a hearing Thursday in Philadelphia state court that he was required to attend. Lawyers for the Tesla CEO filed a “motion of removal” in federal court late Wednesday night. This typically pauses the …

“They got Beyoncé. They said, ladies and gentlemen, they said Beyoncé’s coming to sing and she came but she didn’t sing. And then Kamala came on as Beyoncé was leaving without singing even one song and they booed the hell out of both of them. We don’t need Beyoncé, we don’t need anybody. All you got is me, and I …

Raw Story reports: Kimberly Guilfoyle warned viewers on a right-wing network Wednesday to be on the lookout for manipulated voting machines — a MAGA-pushed conspiracy theory that has cost major networks hundreds of millions of dollars in defamation lawsuits. Speaking on Real America’s Voice, Guilfoyle told viewers “We’re going to be on the lookout for any of this ‘thousand mules’ …

NBC News reports: Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would “protect” women “whether the women like it or not,” a comment the Harris campaign immediately pounced on. Trump said at his rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, that his “people” previously told him they did not think he should say that he wanted to “protect the women of our …

The Guardian reports: A judge ordered all parties, including Elon Musk, to attend a court hearing in Philadelphia on Thursday in a lawsuit seeking to stop a political action committee controlled by the billionaire from awarding $1m to registered US voters in battleground states before the 5 November election. The Philadelphia district attorney’s office filed the lawsuit on Monday. It …

CNN reports: Donald Trump broke out the props Wednesday in the final days of this chaotic campaign as the former president seized on a garbled remark by President Joe Biden that seemed to insult Trump voters as “garbage.” Trump emerged from his plane ahead of a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, wearing a bright orange and yellow safety vest before …

The Associated Press reports: Favre, who won three NFL Most Valuable Player awards and a Super Bowl for Green Bay in the 1990s, praised Trump before the former president arrived, telling the crowd, “Much like the Packer organization, Donald Trump and his organization was a winner.” “The United States of America won with his leadership,” Favre said. In relying on …

Wired reports: In Michigan, canvassers and paid door knockers for the former president, contracted by a firm associated with America PAC, have been subjected to poor working conditions: A number of them have been driven around in the back of a seatless U-Haul van, according to video obtained by WIRED, and threatened that their lodging at a local motel wouldn’t …

The Hill reports: Trade and manufacturing experts say Trump’s tariff threats are already having an effect on global supply chains, with businesses making advanced purchases of imported goods and buying up extra warehouse space ahead of the election. Sébastien Breteau, CEO of supply chain compliance firm QIMA, said Chinese exports to North America are up 13 percent since the start …

The Independent reports: The first oral arguments in the civil suit, brought by accuser Noelle Dunphy, unfolded on Wednesday after a series of delays in the case that was first filed in early 2023. Dunphy, who claims to be his former employee, is accusing Giuliani of wide-ranging misconduct, including sexual harassment, assault, battery and a hostile work environment. The hearing …

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump spoke at a rally in North Carolina on Wednesday and claimed that U.S. newspapers that decided not to endorse in the presidential race were actually endorsing him. The LA Times and Washington Post, which both have billionaire owners, made headlines last week for refusing to make an endorsement, despite reportedly being ready to endorse …

The Columbus Dispatch reports: While more than 100,000 fans will cram inside Beaver Stadium Saturday for Penn State’s game against Ohio State, one of the people vying to become the leader of the free world will not be among them. In a late change of plans, former president and current Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will not be making the …

Law & Crime reports: The high-dollar economic woes of Mike Lindell and his small-town Minnesota-based company MyPillow continue apace. So does the litigation. Last week, the pro-Donald Trump conspiracy theorist and his once-lucrative business sued several lending companies over the eye-popping repayment terms of a $600,000 merchant cash advance. Under the terms of the agreement signed in September, Lindell and …

The Hill reports: Reggaeton star Nicky Jam walked back his previous endorsement of former President Trump Wednesday in the wake of fallout over a poorly received joke at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday. In an Instagram post in Spanish, the singer born Nick Rivera Caminero explained he had endorsed Trump for his economic proposals, with “[Trump] being a …

The Daily Mail reports: Donald Trump ‘jumped’ on a blonde 6′ 1′ pageant queen, ‘grabbing her body everywhere’ after inviting her up to a suite at his New York hotel for ‘a private talk’, the woman has claimed exclusively to DailyMail.com. And it was only because of her height and strength that Beatrice Keul could fight off the former president, …

From the Las Vegas Sun editorial board: Donald Trump’s racism, sexism, xenophobia and penchant for corruption have long made him unfit for any public office, let alone the presidency. But as he continues his bid for a second term in the White House, there is an unsettling and undeniable shift that is leading many experts, observers and even some Trump …