Trump Corruption

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Monday moved to quash the final report of the special purpose grand jury that is recommending indictments for those who meddled with Georgia’s 2020 presidential election. The court filing also seeks to prevent the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office from using any evidence derived from the special grand jury …

Raw Story reports: Late-night host John Oliver began his Sunday show by highlighting the news that Donald Trump thinks he’s getting arrested on Tuesday. “If you’re wondering how he’s doing right now, don’t worry because, in this video that he released directed toward farmers, it seems like he’s doing great,” Oliver said sarcastically. He showed a clip of the video …

CNN reports: Atlanta-area prosecutors are considering bringing racketeering and conspiracy charges in connection with Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation. Investigators have a large volume of substantial evidence related to a possible conspiracy from inside and outside the state, including recordings of phone calls, emails, text messages, …

Posted last night to Trump’s Truth Social account: It is the District Attorney of Manhattan who is breaking the law by using the fake and fully discredited testimony (even by the SDNY [Southern District of New York]!) of a convicted liar, felon and jailbird, Michael Cohen, to incredibly persecute, prosecute, and indict a former president, and now leading (by far!) …

“Their whole goal is to destroy the civil society and the morality that undergirds it. That’s the mission of the Democrat party. “How many times have they gone after this man? What exactly has he done to deserve this? Why are they studying his life like they are studying an archaeological site? “Why are they looking for novel legal theories …

The Hill reports: Former Trump economic advisor Gary Cohn said he is “anti-protest” in response to former President Trump calling for his supporters to demonstrate against what he said was his looming arrest in connection to a New York state investigation. “I’m anti-protest, so I don’t think we should be protesting anything,” Cohn said in an interview with CBS’s Face …

From the editorial board of the New York Daily News: If Trump is right, he will have to surrender for his arrest, using either the entrance at 100 Centre St. or at 1 Hogan Place. With his Secret Service detail present, he will be handcuffed, booked, fingerprinted and have his mug shot taken. He will be humiliated and may have …

Posted last night to Trump’s Truth Social account: IT’S TIME!!! WE ARE A NATION IN STEEP DECLINE, BEING LED INTO WORLD WAR III BY A CROOKED POLITICIAN WHO DOESN’T EVEN KNOW HE’S ALIVE, BUT WHO IS SURROUNDED BY EVIL & SINISTER PEOPLE WHO, BASED ON THEIR ACTIONS ON DEFUNDING THE POLICE, DESTROYING OUR MILITARY, OPEN BORDERS, NO VOTER I.D., INFLATION, …

Politico reports: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg offered a private retort to Donald Trump’s message Saturday urging supporters to protest his expected indictment, telling office employees in an email that “we do not tolerate attempts to intimidate our office or threaten the rule of law in New York,” according to a copy obtained by POLITICO. “Our law enforcement partners will …

Rachel Maddow called into MSNBC today. A transcript: I don’t think we’ve had a clear view of what his legal defense is going to be, but his overall defense is going to be to try to raise the civic cost of indicting him. He is trying to bring intimidation and pressure to bear against the prosecutors who are considering right …

From this morning’s all-caps raging Truth Social post: OUR NATION IS NOW THIRD WORLD & DYING. THE AMERICAN DREAM IS DEAD! THE RADICAL LEFT ANARCHISTS HAVE STOLLEN OUR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, AND WITH IT, THE HEART OF OUR OUR COUNTRY. AMERICAN PATRIOTS ARE BEING ARRESTED & HELD IN CAPTIVITY LIKE ANIMALS, WHILE CRIMINALS & LEFTIST THUGS ARE ALLOWED TO ROAM THE …

The Texas Tribune reports: Texas is the first stop on the 2024 presidential campaign trail for Donald Trump, the former president’s team announced Friday. In this third consecutive bid for the White House, Trump will hold a rally March 25 at the Waco Regional Airport. While facing criminal charges and less vocal support from Texas GOP leaders, Trump hopes to …

The New York Daily News reports: Former President Donald Trump will not refuse to surrender if the Manhattan district attorney criminally indicts him, his lawyer told the Daily News Friday. “There won’t be a standoff at Mar-a-Lago with Secret Service and the Manhattan DA’s office,” Joe Tacopina said. If Trump is charged, he must surrender to New York authorities and …

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump has posted on Facebook for the first time since January 6, 2021, the day that rioters attacked the US Capitol. “I’M BACK!” Trump wrote in the post, which included a short CNN clip of him from the night he was elected president during which he said: “Sorry to keep you waiting. Complicated business. Complicated.” …

The New York Times reports: A federal judge ruled on Friday that prosecutors overseeing the investigation into former President Donald J. Trump’s handling of classified documents can pierce assertions of attorney-client privilege and compel one of his lawyers to answer more questions before a grand jury, two people familiar with the matter said. In making her ruling, the judge, Beryl …

NBC News reports: Local, state and federal law enforcement and security agencies are preparing for the possibility that former President Donald Trump is indicted as early as next week, according to five senior officials familiar with the preparations. Law enforcement agencies are conducting preliminary security assessments, the officials said, and are discussing potential security plans in and around the Manhattan …

The Guardian reports: Top executives at Donald Trump’s social media company started to become concerned last spring about $8m that they had accepted from opaque entities in two emergency loans when its auditors sought further details about the payments, according to documents, emails and sources familiar with the matter. The payments had come at a critical time for Trump Media …

The Washington Post reports: Federal officials cannot find two gifts received by President Donald Trump and his family from foreign nations, including a life-size painting of Trump from the president of El Salvador and golf clubs from the Japanese prime minister, according to a new report from House Democrats. The gifts are among more than 100 foreign gifts — with …

Axios reports: YouTube will lift its restrictions on former President Trump’s channel Friday, a spokesperson confirmed to Axios. The restrictions have prevented Trump from posting any new YouTube videos to his account, which has more than 2.6 million followers, for over two years. YouTube initially suspended Trump’s account in January 2021, several days following the January 6 insurrection, after his …

CNN reports: At least two dozen people – from Mar-a-Lago resort staff to members of Donald Trump’s inner circle at the Florida estate – have been subpoenaed to testify to a federal grand jury that’s investigating the former president’s handling of classified documents, multiple sources familiar with the investigation told CNN. On Thursday, Trump’s communications aide Margo Martin, who worked …