Trump Corruption

“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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

ABC News reports: Former President Donald Trump has been processed as a criminal defendant, including having his fingerprints taken. Trump then entered a Manhattan courtroom for an unprecedented arraignment. Trump didn’t speak to the press as he headed into the courtroom at 2:28 p.m., nearly one hour after he entered the courthouse at 1:23 p.m. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg …

NBC News reports: Donald Trump has arrived at the New York City courthouse where he was arrested and will be arraigned later Tuesday on dozens of charges related to hush money payments — the first time in American history that a former president will face criminal charges. Trump arrived at the courthouse at 100 Centre St. in Lower Manhattan in …

The New York Times reports: Donald J. Trump is expected to surrender to the authorities in Manhattan on Tuesday and appear in court for the first time as a criminal defendant to face more than two dozen felony charges, a remarkable spectacle that will play out before a divided nation. On Tuesday morning, as helicopters circled overhead, the streets outside …

The Hill reports: The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the Department of Justice Tuesday in ordering testimony from former chief of staff Mark Meadows and other top Trump White House staffers in DOJ’s Jan. 6 investigation. Trump had appealed a sealed decision from then-D.C. District Court Judge Beryl Howell last week that rejected his claims of executive privilege …

Mediate reports: The maximum sentences for the 34 felony counts former President Donald Trump reportedly faces add up to a staggering 136 years in prison — although he’s not likely to face anything near that number. Yahoo! News Chief investigative correspondent Michael Isikoff attributed his reporting to “a source who has been briefed on the procedures for the arraignment of …

The New York Daily News reports: Trump, 76, is expected to appear before State Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan in Manhattan around 2:15 p.m. Tuesday on still-unknown criminal charges stemming from prosecutors’ long-running investigation into his business dealings. Trump is expected to arrive at the DA’s offices in the lower Manhattan courthouse at 100 Centre St several hours before appearing …

ABC News reports: Judge Juan Merchan will allow five pool still photographers to snap for several minutes before the arraignment formally starts, according to a decision issued Monday night. No video cameras will be allowed, though Judge Merchan conceded, “That this indictment involves a matter of monumental significance cannot possibly be disputed. Never in the history of the United States …

Posted last night to Trump’s Truth Social account: Wow! District Attorney Bragg just illegally LEAKED the various points, and complete information, on the pathetic Indictment against me. I know the reporter and so, unfortunately, does he. This means that he MUST BE IMMEDIATELY INDICTED. Now, if he wants to really clean up his reputation, he will do the honorable thing …

Reuters reports: Beefing up his legal team, Trump hired Todd Blanche, a prominent white-collar criminal defense lawyer and former federal prosecutor, to lead his defense, two sources familiar with the matter said. Blanche and other Trump lawyers on Monday urged the judge not to allow videography, photography and radio coverage of the arraignment. In a letter to the court, they …

Forbes reports: The former president’s fortune dropped from an estimated $3.2 billion last fall to $2.5 billion today. The biggest reason? His social media business, once hyped to the moon, has come crashing down, erasing $550 million from his net worth—so far. In December 2021, a group of big-money investors promised to inject $1 billion in cash into the venture—but …

The Hill reports: Former President Trump departed his Florida home Monday afternoon as he travels to New York City for his Tuesday court date. Trump’s motorcade departed his Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach shortly after 12:15 p.m. EDT en route to a local airport. CNN, Fox News and MSNBC all aired live coverage of the SUVs making their way …