Trump Corruption

Axios reports: Behind the bluster, former President Trump’s campaign is preparing staff members to wind down the operation while privately acknowledging that Trump could lose Tuesday’s election. It’s unusual for Trump or his campaign to portray anything but rosy scenarios. But an email to staff on Friday offered a clear-eyed view of what could happen in this coin-flip election. Zoom …

The Hill reports: A judge on Friday rejected Elon Musk’s attempt to move to federal court a lawsuit challenging his $1 million daily giveaways to registered voters in swing states, enabling a hearing to proceed before Election Day. Musk’s attorneys have accused Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner (D) of attempting to rush a court-ordered stop to the giveaways. By trying …

ProPublica reports: Former President Donald Trump’s social media company outsourced jobs to workers in Mexico even as Trump publicly railed against outsourcing on the campaign trail and threatened heavy tariffs on companies that send jobs south of the border. The firm’s use of workers in Mexico was confirmed by a spokesperson for Trump Media, which operates the Truth Social platform. …

The New York Times reports: Former President Donald J. Trump told supporters on Sunday that he “shouldn’t have left” the White House at the end of his term during an end-of-campaign rally where he vented angrily about a spate of new public polls showing him losing ground to Vice President Kamala Harris and joked about reporters being shot at. The …

“I have a piece of glass over here and I don’t have a piece of glass there and I have this piece of glass here. But all we have really over here is the fake news, right? And to get me, somebody would have to shoot through the fake news, and I don’t mind that so much. I don’t mind, …

“No President has done more for FARMERS, and the Great State of Iowa, than Donald J. Trump. In fact, it’s not even close! All polls, except for one heavily skewed toward the Democrats by a Trump hater who called it totally wrong the last time, have me up, BY A LOT. I LOVE THE FARMERS, AND THEY LOVE ME.” – …

The Daily Beast reports: Jeffrey Epstein described himself as Donald Trump’s “closest friend” and claimed intimate knowledge of his proclivity for sex, including cuckolding his best friends, according to recordings obtained exclusively by the Daily Beast. The convicted pedophile even boasted of his closeness to Trump and his now-wife Melania by claiming, “the first time he slept with her was …

The Daily Beast reports: Elon Musk’s mom Maye Musk stunned Fox News host Neil Cavuto when she appeared to suggest that she would visit polling stations in New York to recast several votes in the coming election. “You don’t have to have ID. Actually my Canadian friends are going to go and vote because you don’t have to have ID. …

“As to Liz Cheney, she is selling out conservatism to stay relevant. You’re telling me you are pro-life, and you want this lady to be president who believes in abortion up to the moment of birth? “You’re telling me you believe in a strong military when she advocated getting out of Afghanistan – the last person in the room with …

From the New York Times editorial board: You already know Donald Trump. He is unfit to lead. Watch him. Listen to those who know him best. He tried to subvert an election and remains a threat to democracy. He helped overturn Roe, with terrible consequences. Mr. Trump’s corruption and lawlessness go beyond elections: It’s his whole ethos. He lies without …

The Huffington Post reports: Former President Donald Trump used apparent technical issues during a Friday rally to toy with the idea of attacking people working the event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. “You’ve got to be kidding. Do you want to see me knock the hell out of people backstage?” asked the GOP presidential nominee, who called it a “pretty stupid situation” …

“She wants to tax companies. You know what happens when you tax them? They leave. A lot of these big companies, you know, they’re run by inter– they live in Switzerland. They have very glamorous lives. They have the life that I could’ve had if I decided not to do this, actually. “Somebody said to me, ‘Are you glad you …

NBC News reports: The handful of Americans who have won $1 million checks from tech billionaire Elon Musk’s super PAC have a few things in common. Per the giveaway’s stated rules, they are all registered voters, according to public records. They all live in presidential battleground states, according to the same records. And presumably they have all signed Musk’s petition …

ABC News reports: A series of emails sent by a group led and funded by MyPillow CEO and election denier Mike Lindell have been referred to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to federal officials, after election officers across the country began finding what they said were misleading email messages. Those emails included a survey asking for, among other things, …

Phoenix’s NBC affiliate reports: Arizona’s top prosecutor tells 12News she is investigating whether Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump violated state law by making a “death threat” against former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney during remarks Thursday night at an event in Glendale. “I have already asked my criminal division chief to start looking at that statement, analyzing it for whether it …

From the Wall Street Journal editorial board: The best argument for a Trump victory is that it would be suitable penance for the many Democratic failures at home and abroad. A spending-fueled inflation that shrank real wages. Adversaries on the march. Abuses of regulatory power and law enforcement. If Ms. Harris wins, progressives will claim vindication and pursue more of …

“From a professional point of view, just totally dispassionate, professional point of view, all of the little factors seem in Trump’s favor. It could be — if you look at the factors very, very carefully and take them for what they’re worth, he will win a tight victory, a small margin of difference in the popular vote, maybe a percent …

The New York Post reports: The Donald Trump campaign filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday, alleging that the Washington Post has made illegal in-kind contributions to Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign through its fawning coverage. According to the six-page complaint, the Washington Post made the in-kind contributions through an alleged “coordinated communications” strategy that benefits the …

NPR reports: Did you see those Kamala Harris ads on Facebook? Be careful. They might have duped you. A series of ads that look like they are from the Harris campaign are spreading falsehoods about her current policy positions, including that she wants to institute a mandatory gun-buyback program and give Medicare benefits and drivers’ licenses to undocumented immigrants. None …

Axios reports: Donald Trump has been radically transparent in his pledge to use — and abuse — the power of the presidency to seek retribution against Americans he believes have wronged him. He may not keep an official list, but a review of Trump’s public remarks reveals a vast catalog of perceived enemies whom he has marked for imprisonment, prosecution …