Trump Corruption

Forbes reports: Former President Donald Trump released “Trump Watches”—ranging from $499 to $100,000—as the latest addition to the collection of merchandise he’s offering his fans, joining sneakers, NFT trading cards, silver coins and more. [JMG: bibles! bitcoin!] The Trump Watch website describes the top-tier watch—the $100,000 Trump Victory Tourbillon—as “almost entirely made out of 18 Carat Gold and decorated with …

CBS News reports: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who represented former President Donald Trump in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, has been disbarred from practicing law in the District of Columbia, a local appeals court ruled Thursday. Giuliani’s law license in the District of Columbia had been temporarily suspended since the summer 2021, but the …

“We did much better, by the way, in the election of 2020 than we did in 2016. Just remember that millions and millions of votes — more votes than any sitting president in the history of our country — but they beat us by a whisker. They beat us just by a little whisker. He beat us from the basement.” …

NBC News reports: A Democratic group is launching a legal fund to help secretaries of state in key states defend against an anticipated post-election deluge of lawsuits. In plans shared first with NBC News, the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State plans to spend at $5 million to support top election officials in Maine, Michigan, North Carolina and Nevada. Officials …

“If I were the president, I would inform the threatening country, in this case Iran, that if you do anything to harm this person [meaning himself], we are going to blow your largest cities and the country itself to smithereens. We’re going to blow it to smithereens. “You can’t do that. And there would be no more threats. There would …

The New York Times reports: Former President Donald J. Trump’s campaign cut ties late last week with a number of digital firms that had been fund-raising for the campaign and slashed the commission that the remaining vendors can retain by 10 percentage points, according to four people briefed on the changes. The moves come as Mr. Trump has fallen far …

The Daily Beast reports: Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s former lawyer who testified for the state in Trump’s criminal trial in New York this past spring, told MSNBC on Tuesday that he intends on leaving the country if his former boss—who has been threatening his opponents with prosecution—is elected president again. “I’m already working on a foreign passport with a completely …

“I briefly watched an interview of Stephen Colbert on highly government subsidized PBS, and found it fascinating for only one reason — Why would they be wasting time and the public’s money on this complete and total loser? “He is not funny, which he gets paid far too much to be, he is not wise, he is VERY BORING, and …

The New York Post reports: Former President Donald Trump went full televangelist during a campaign appearance in Georgia Tuesday, praying on stage and thanking God for sparing him from two assassination attempts in recent weeks. “That was a lucky one,” the 78-year-old said during remarks in Savannah while reflecting on a July 13 attempt on his life during a rally …

“They’re now creating criminal havoc throughout the country. Aurora, Colorado, you saw that, where Venezuela gangs are taking over real estate, they become real estate developers. How nice. “They’re taking over real estate and they have weapons that even our military has said, ‘Who’s giving them these weapons?’ But Aurora is a mess. The governor’s a mess. “You know, the …

The Washington Examiner reports: A federal district court judge ruled Tuesday that special counsel Jack Smith can file a more-than-180-page evidence brief in the Jan. 6 case against former President Donald Trump, dismissing claims from Trump’s legal team that allowing the filing would be unfair and overtly political as the election approaches. “As the court explained, allowing the Government to …

Talking Points Memo reports: On April 8, a shocking article appeared under the banner of the “Washington Post.” The headline declared that President Joe Biden, who was at the time running for a second term, “needs migrants” to win the election. It went on to allege that Biden and the Democratic Party had “smuggled over 320,000 illegals by plane through …

CNN reports: Former New York City Mayor and Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani has been told he must pay a bill of about $300,000 for a forensic accounting firm’s work to trace his money in his now-aborted bankruptcy proceeding. The dispute over how much Giuliani owes to the accounting firm Global Data Risk was the last vestige of his efforts …

Cleveland’s Fox affiliate reports: In the state of Ohio, private citizens have the ability to legally file criminal charges. Tuesday, a Haitian nonprofit called Haitian Bridge Alliance did just that, bringing criminal charges against former President Donald Trump and Ohio Sen. JD Vance. The bench memorandum and supporting affidavit filed at Clark County Municipal Court comes following unfounded claims from …

The Washington Post reports: Republican nominee Donald Trump further escalated his long-running bid to discredit federal law enforcement by accusing agencies on Monday of mishandling the investigation of last week’s apparent assassination attempt and demanding Florida officials take over the case. “OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM IS CORRUPT AND DISCREDITED, especially as it pertains to the 45th President of the United States, …

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump on Monday shared a baseless claim by a MAGA OnlyFans model who alleged her nail salon stylist’s cousin is being paid $700 a week by Kamala Harris’ campaign to participate in protests. “I just left my nail salon and my nail tech said their one cousin is in South Philly and she is getting …

“I would like to thank Governor Jim Pillen of Nebraska for trying to help the Republican Party simplify the complexity of the State’s Electoral Map. It would have been better, and far less expensive, for everyone! “Unfortunately, a Democrat turned Republican(?) State Senator named Mike McDonnell decided, for no reason whatsoever, to get in the way of a great Republican, …

“I wish the American media was half as interested in the stress on the local schools, the stress on the hospitals, and unaffordable housing as they are in debunking a story that comes from the residents of Springfield. Did you ever think about listening to people speak their truth instead of listening to some bureaucrat and assuming that everything they …

“Donald Trump didn’t do anything with Mark Robinson. What if we ran an ad against Walz because his preacher said something about praising the attack of 9/11? “What if we ran an ad saying he said something nice about a cleric who celebrated October 7th? “They would kick the crap out of us because we would be having guilt by …

The Daily Beast reports: Speaking at a rally in Pennsylvania, the former president—who polls worse among female voters than his opponent, Kamala Harris—specifically addressed women during his remarks. “I always thought women liked me,” Trump said. “I never thought I had a problem. But the fake news keeps saying women don’t like me—I don’t believe it.” The Republican nominee then …