Trump Corruption

The New York Times reports: The Trump Organization pursued a deal last year to open a luxury hotel on a former site of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to people involved in the previously unreported talks, as well as documents reviewed by The New York Times. The property’s proximity to the nexus of governmental power evoked Mr. Trump’s erstwhile …

Axios reports: Recent revelations about former President Trump’s personal relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin have raised questions about whether Trump violated U.S. law. News of Trump’s reported phone calls with Putin have caught the attention of his opponents as a possible violation of the Logan Act, which restricts private citizens from engaging in diplomatic affairs with U.S. rivals. A …

Law & Crime reports: Andrew Giuliani has moved to intervene in a federal lawsuit that defamed 2020 election workers have filed against Rudy Giuliani, telling a judge that there’s photo proof his father gifted him several New York Yankees World Series rings years ago — making those valuables off-limits for collection. Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss, in the …

The Washington Post reports: “The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt” was a feminist triumph that reinforced her legacy as both a quote machine and an accomplished political actor. Betty Ford’s “The Times of My Life” was a groundbreaking confessional that changed the country’s understanding of addiction. So where does “Melania” — a plain-black-covered book written by a woman who rightly assumes …

The Meidas Touch reports: In his initial filing for bankruptcy to attempt to delay the collection of the massive defamation judgment obtained by Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shay Moss, Rudy Giuliani was forced to admit that the Trump campaign owed him $2 million in unpaid legal fees. Now he is begging a court not to collect that money …

CNN reports: Vice President Kamala Harris sought to counter rampant misinformation around the federal government’s response to Hurricanes Helene and Milton Wednesday, telling CNN in an interview that comments suggesting that federal assistance has run out from former President Donald Trump and his allies is “unconscionable” and could serve to discourage people in the path of the storm from seeking …

TMZ reports: Donald Trump says he’s got some Pinocchio in him , saying he’s “basically a truthful person” during a podcast interview and the statement had the podcast host laughing in his face. The 45th POTUS stopped by Andrew Schulz’s Flagrant with Akaash Singh podcast and he launched into a discussion of the ads his presidential opponent Kamala Harris is …

“BETA MALE Howard Stern made a fool of himself on his low rated radio show when he ‘interviewed’ Lyin’ Kamala Harris, and hit her with so many SOFTBALL questions that even she was embarrassed. He looked like a real fool, working so hard to make a totally incompetent and ill-equipped person look as good as possible, which wasn’t very good. …

The Hollywood Reporter reports: When asked about the possibility of future Trump threats at The Apprentice‘s New York premiere, just a little over a block away from Trump Tower, director Ali Abbasi stood by his movie and doubted Trump’s team would sue. “I doubt they have the balls [to come after the film],” Abbasi told The Hollywood Reporter. “I don’t …

The Texas Tribune reports: Elon Musk gave $1 million last month to a powerful tort reform group that is one of the main political forces backing Republicans in battleground legislative races this fall, marking the tech mogul’s deepest foray yet into Texas politics. Musk’s donation to Texans for Lawsuit Reform is especially notable because of the group’s poor standing among …

Mediaite reports: CNN anchor Kate Bolduan hammered Trump National Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt over former President Donald Trump’s lies about hurricane response and ended the interview by telling Leavitt she never answered her question after “I offered you three times!” On Wednesday morning’s edition of CNN News Central, Bolduan went ten rounds with Leavitt over the storm misinformation — then …

“Well, I don’t believe that poll at all. Our commander-in-chief, the leader of the free world. No one buys that Kamala Harris has the capability to do that job. And polls like that, I think, are absolutely ridiculous. I get slipped beverage napkins every time I get on an airplane saying, ‘We can’t wait to vote for Trump,’ ‘Go Trump,’ …

The Associated Press reports: Thousands of copies of Donald Trump’s “God Bless the USA” Bible were printed in a country that the former president has repeatedly accused of stealing American jobs and engaging in unfair trade practices — China. Global trade records reviewed by The Associated Press show a printing company in China’s eastern city of Hangzhou shipped close to …

“I’ve never seen this before, but the producers of 60 Minutes sliced and diced (‘cut and pasted’) Lyin’ Kamala’s answers to questions, which were virtually incoherent, over and over again, some by as many as four times in a single sentence or thought, all in an effort, possibly illegal as part of the ‘News Division,’ which must be licensed, to …

The New York Times reports: Less than a month before Election Day, Donald J. Trump’s campaign has not yet participated in the government’s official presidential transition process, a significant break from past practice that could threaten the seamless transfer of power should the Republican nominee win election. Mr. Trump’s team has missed two key deadlines to sign agreements with the …

CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale reports: After Donald Trump was asked in a Monday interview about the future prospects of Gaza, the former president made a curious claim: “You know, I’ve been there, and it’s rough.” There is no public evidence of Trump ever having been to Gaza, which has been governed by militant group Hamas since 2007. He certainly didn’t …

“The New York Times is one of the most dishonest of all. I watched this, New York Times, and it’s a classic. Wait until you see what I’m going to do with them, you’re going to have so much fun. “In 3, 4, 5 days, this is the most dishonest newspaper. They are disgusting. But the radical left, I mean, …

“Before we begin, I would like to tell you that there’s a very violent hurricane that’s coming down the line. And it’s a Category 5, which is something that I’ve never heard, a Category 5 actually coming on to land, but it looks like it’s going to, and right smack in the middle of Florida. “Nobody’s seen a line like …

The Associated Press reports: One of Trump’s longest-term allies, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, blamed Trump’s ongoing false claims that the 2020 election was rigged to a cult of personality in which the former president’s ensconcement at Mar-a-Lago and circle of aides and advisers “constantly feed this narrative,” according to the book. The weekend after Russia invaded Ukraine, Graham was …

Axios reports: FEMA warned Tuesday that falsehoods related to hurricanes are significantly impeding their response efforts, and putting hundreds of thousands of lives at risk as Hurricane Milton barrels toward Florida and others pick up the pieces from Hurricane Helene. FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell said the level of disinformation has hit a level “that I’ve never seen before.” “I anticipated …