Trump Corruption

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 …

CNBC reports: Former President Donald Trump on Monday threatened John Deere with a 200% tariff if the agricultural manufacturer moves production to factories in Mexico. “They’ve announced a few days ago that they’re going to move a lot of their manufacturing business to Mexico,” the Republican nominee said at a policy roundtable in Smithton, Pennsylvania, hosted by the Protecting America …

NBC News reports: Former President Donald Trump plans to return to Butler, Pennsylvania, where he faced an assassination attempt in July, for a rally next month, according to three sources familiar with the campaign’s schedule. The event is scheduled for Oct. 5 — one month before Election Day — said the sources, who requested anonymity to share information about a …

Raw Story reports: Former President Donald Trump made a glaring mistake in a new digital ad campaign targeted at Republican voters in Georgia, using imagery from the wrong Georgia, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The message is accompanied by an image of a vast, meadowed mountain range, overlaid with the words “REGISTER TO VOTE FOR TRUMP. CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION” which …

“The Democrats are talking about how they’re working so hard to get millions of votes from Americans living overseas. Actually, they are getting ready to CHEAT! “They are going to use UOCAVA to get ballots, a program that emails ballots overseas without any citizenship check or verification of identity, whatsoever. (Foreign interference?) “Remember they say, we have the ‘most secure …

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump Jr. reposted a claim Sunday that Kamala Harris used a teleprompter during her interview with Oprah Winfrey. The accusation was quickly debunked by supporters of the Democratic presidential nominee, who insisted that Winfrey was using the teleprompter and not Harris. One fact-checker wrote on X that it is clear from the sound on the …

CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale reports: Trump wrote, “A long time ago, Oprah Winfrey asked me to do her last Network Television Show. The final week of her show was a big deal, and it was my honor, with my family, to do it.” Facts First: Trump’s claim is false. He did not appear on the last episode in 2011, nor …

The Hill reports: The Democratic National Committee launched a billboard campaign on Monday calling former President Trump “chicken” for not agreeing to a second debate with Vice President Harris on CNN. The mobile billboard, which features Trump’s face on a chicken, will be deployed outside of his rally in Indiana, Pa. on Monday. Separate billboards will be set up across …

The New York Times reports: Voters across the Sun Belt say that Donald J. Trump improved their lives when he was president — and worry that a Kamala Harris White House would not — setting the stage for an extraordinarily competitive contest in three key states, according to the latest polls from The New York Times and Siena College. The …

“Okay, well maybe I don’t believe I don’t believe the dogs and the cats thing, but there are literally people moving in by the by the thousands in the case of Springfield. “And I think one of the problems here is that somehow Americans who are not intolerant, they’re not bigots, they’re not- but they are troubled by the fact …

The Wall Street Journal reports: Some Republicans are supporting Green Party candidate Jill Stein’s long-shot bid for the presidency, attempting to bolster a campaign that could siphon liberal voters from Vice President Kamala Harris. The support, including from allies of former President Donald Trump, has Democrats worried Stein will be a spoiler for Harris in places such as Michigan, Wisconsin …