Trump Corruption

Book: DA Considered RICO Charges Against Trump

The New York Times reports: Donald J. Trump grew his business, fortune and fame “through a pattern of criminal activity,” according to a new book by a veteran prosecutor, who reveals that the Manhattan district attorney’s office once considered charging the former president with racketeering, a law often used against the Mafia. The prosecutor, Mark F. Pomerantz, resigned in protest …

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Trump: I Know The Secret Words To End Ukraine War

“Frankly, I don’t think Putin wanted to do it. I think he was sort of forced in by the statements being made by Biden. It can be negotiated within 24 hours. You have to get them both in a room. And there are things you can say to them, which I won’t reveal now, which will guarantee that this war …

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Trump: DeSantis Cried While Begging For Endorsement

“He had nothing! He was dead, he was leaving the race, he came over and he begged me, begged me, for an endorsement. He was getting ready to drop out. “There were tears coming down from his eyes. He said, ‘If you endorse me, I’ll win.’ So I end up doing it, and he wins. “They say it was like …

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Trump Plans To Attack DeSantis As Being Pro-Vaccine

The New York Times reports: In December 2021, Mr. Trump was taken aback by the boos he received from an ardently pro-Trump audience after he told them he had taken a coronavirus booster shot. The boast has since vanished from his speeches and now Mr. Trump is trying to blunt Mr. DeSantis’s perceived advantage with the anti-vaccine base. In a …

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Trump Issues Sweeping Attack On Transgender Rights

NBC News reports: Former President Donald Trump vowed in a video released Tuesday that, if re-elected, he would punish doctors who provide gender-affirming care to minors and push schools to “promote positive education about the nuclear family” and “the roles of mothers and fathers” as part of a wide-ranging set of policies to use federal power to target transgender people. …

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New York AG Seeks Sanctions For Trump’s Stupid Lies

Bloomberg News reports: New York’s attorney general said she will seek sanctions against former President Donald Trump, his three oldest children and their lawyers for making “demonstrably false” denials in response to the state’s $250 million fraud suit. Attorney General Letitia James said Tuesday in a letter to the court that the Trumps’ formal answer to the state’s suit was …

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Trump Pleaded The Fifth 400+ Times In NY Case

CBS News reports: Trump sat for questioning under oath on Aug. 10, and the video shows him politely answering the opening questions from state Attorney General Letitia James. But as the questioning about his finances began in earnest, the former president—and now candidate for that same office—invoked the Fifth Amendment and continued to do so for nearly four hours. “This …

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Trump Sues Bob Woodward Over Interview Tapes

Bloomberg News reports: In a lawsuit filed Monday against Bob Woodward, Simon & Schuster Inc., and the publisher’s parent company Paramount Global, Trump claimed that although he had given Woodward consent to record their conversations “for the sole purpose of a book,” that didn’t extend to packaging those recordings as an audiobook. The complaint alleges violations of Trump’s copyright interests …

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Navarro Raises $240K In Defense Fund Money Beg

Posted on the Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo: Peter Navarro is a brave and dedicated American patriot who deserves a medal for his distinguished White House public service. Instead, they put Peter Navarro in leg irons — and now they want to put him in prison. Why do Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden want to put Peter Navarro in prison now? …

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World Famous Liar Lies That He “Never Had An Affair”

Post this afternoon to Trump’s Truth Social account: With murders and violent crime surging like never before in New York City, the Radical Left Manhattan D.A., Alvin Bragg, just leaked to the Fake News Media that they are still going after the Stormy ”Horseface” Daniels Bull….!Working closely with the Weaponized Justice Department, this is a continuation of the Greatest Witch …

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New York Grand Jury Hears Evidence In Trump Case

The New York Times reports: The Manhattan district attorney’s office on Monday will begin presenting evidence to a grand jury about Donald J. Trump’s role in paying hush money to a porn star during his 2016 presidential campaign, laying the groundwork for potential criminal charges against the former president. The grand jury was recently impaneled, and witness testimony will soon …

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Trump To Host Three Tournaments For Saudi Regime

The New York Times reports: Former President Donald J. Trump’s golf courses will host three tournaments this year for the breakaway league that Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is underwriting, deepening the financial ties between a candidate for the White House and top officials in Riyadh. LIV Golf, which in the past year has cast men’s professional golf into turmoil …

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Trump: Wind Turbines “Destroy All The Planes” [VIDEO]

Time Magazine reports: Well, that was something. By the time former President Donald Trump left a high school auditorium Saturday afternoon—his return to the campaign trail after an unusually sleepy start to his 2024 campaign—he had ricocheted off many of his standbys: indulging conspiracy theories, nursing conservatives’ fears about race and gender, and offering an alternative reality to his successor’s …

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What Will Meta Do About Trump’s QAnon Extremism?

The New York Times reports: In September, former President Donald J. Trump went on Truth Social, his social network, and shared an image of himself wearing a lapel pin in the form of the letter Q, along with a phrase closely associated with the QAnon conspiracy theory movement: “The storm is coming.” In doing so, Mr. Trump ensured that the …

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Truth Socials Ads: Scams, Snake Oil, Fake Merchandise

The New York Times reports: Between posts about conspiracy theories and right-wing grievances was an unusual advertisement: a photo of former President Donald J. Trump holding a $1,000 bill made of gold, which he was apparently offering free to supporters. But there were a few catches: The bill was not free, it was not made of gold, and it was …

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Trump Claims Trump Organization Doesn’t Legally Exist

The Insider reports: Donald Trump, his real-estate company and his three eldest children have filed an extraordinary, nose-thumbing response to the $250 million fraud lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James in September, stating that “Trump Organization” is branding shorthand — not a legal entity — so it can’t be sued. “To the extent a response is required, …

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Trump’s New Education Platform: Principals Elected By Parents, Patriotism Certifications For Teachers [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: Former President Trump called for school principals to be elected by students’ parents in a new campaign video released on Thursday. “More than anyone else, parents know what their children need,” Trump said. “If any principal is not getting the job done, the parents should be able to vote to fire them and select someone who will. …

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Navarro’s Contempt Trial To Be Delayed For Months

CNN reports: A federal judge on Friday delayed the contempt of Congress trial for former Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro, likely for months, to allow for additional pre-trial debate over the role executive privilege could play when the case goes to a jury. Over the course of a nearly two-hour hearing Friday, US District Judge Amit Mehta grilled Justice Department …

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Trump Loses Bid To Dismiss Lawsuit By Capitol Police

Bloomberg News reports: Former president Donald Trump failed to persuade a judge to throw out a civil lawsuit brought by Capitol Police officers over injuries they suffered during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. US District Judge Amit Mehta on Thursday rejected Trump’s claim that presidential immunity protected him from liability for actions that were within his official duties. The arguments …

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Trump Secretly Donated $1M To Arizona 2020 “Audit”

The Guardian reports: One of the enduring mysteries surrounding the chaotic attempts to overturn Donald Trump’s defeat in the 2020 presidential battle has been solved: who made a secret $1m donation to the controversial election “audit” in Arizona? The identity of one of the largest benefactors behind the discredited review of Arizona’s vote count has been shrouded in secrecy. Now …

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