Trump Lies

Vice News reports: Trump told Newsmax Tuesday night that he was “down there” near the World Trade Center and helped out after the attacks, a claim he’s been making for two decades now. But while he was near the site in the days after the attack, he’s never proven that he helped — and he’s lied about charitable donations to …

Axios reports: Stephanie Grisham has quietly written a top-secret memoir of her four years in Donald Trump’s White House, and a publishing source says she’ll reveal “surprising new scandals.” What to watch: The book — “I’ll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw in The Trump White House” — will be published Oct. 5 by Harper Collins. A former West …

Mediaite reports: Former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway said Wednesday she was rejecting a request from the Biden administration that she resign from the United States Air Force Academy’s board — or face termination. “Your decision is disappointing but understandable given the need to distract from a news cycle that has you mired in multiple self-inflicted crises and plummeting poll numbers,” …

ESPN reports: Former President Donald Trump has signed a contract to provide commentary on a “gamecast” of Saturday’s boxing event headlined by Evander Holyfield vs. Vitor Belfort, Triller told ESPN on Tuesday. His son Donald Trump Jr. will join him at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. “I love great fighters and great fights,” Donald Trump Sr. …

The Daily Beast reports: A local criminal investigation into then-President Donald Trump’s attempt to meddle with Georgia’s 2020 election recount is inching forward, as Fulton County investigators have interviewed elections officials and received documents from the agency, according to three people with direct knowledge of the probe. “They’ve asked us for documents, they’ve talked to some of our folks, and …

CNN reports: Melania Trump’s disinterest in public political life runs deep enough that she has gone so far as to tell several friends that not only does she not intend to bolster her husband’s inflated political ambitions, she has zero desire for a White House redux, according to several people who spoke with CNN about her mindset. “Being first lady …

Axios reports: Former President Trump is in advanced talks to sell rights to his Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., sources tell Axios. The removal of Trump’s big, golden name from Pennsylvania Avenue would be a symbolic bombshell savored by opponents. The historic building became a prop and symbol for both sides in the political wars. The hotel was a …

The Washington Post reports: Inside Trump Tower, swank suit-maker Marcraft Clothes once rented the entire 18th floor, outfitting its offices with fireplaces, mahogany-lined closets and two bars for schmoozing customers. But then Marcraft fell $664,000 behind on rent and went out of business last year — its assets having dwindled to $40.75 in a checking account and “1,200 damaged coats,” …

Newsweek reports: Documents released on August 31 under a court order include text messages from former Trump campaign official Jeff DeWit and Randy Pullen, a spokesperson for the audit. In those messages, DeWit offered to contribute $175,000 to a so-called “dark money” group called the Guardian Defense Fund, of which Pullen was the treasurer, and later asked about contributions to …

The Insider reports: Christianné Allen resigned from her position as the communications director for Rudy Giuliani, whose mounting legal troubles include a defamation lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems and a federal investigation into whether he violated foreign lobbying laws through his work in Ukraine. Allen, who has worked for Giuliani since September 2019, told The Daily Beast that she would …

Law & Crime reports: Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) asked a federal judge to force former President Donald Trump to “personally” pay fees for his “audacious” election-subversion efforts, days after a brutal sanctions ruling imperiled the law licenses of nine lawyers who attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 election in key states. “More than eight months ago, former …

NBC New York reports: Almost 20 years after being dubbed America’s Mayor, Rudy Giuliani says he knows that people think he’s gone off the rails. “I don’t care,” he told NBC New York during a recent interview at the World Trade Center Memorial in which he discussed everything from the prospect of going to jail to allegations he is an …

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to invoke executive privilege in an effort to block the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot from obtaining a massive tranche of documents it’s demanding from several US government agencies, despite his successor having the ultimate say over whether the information can be shared. The document requests from …

Forbes reports: A federal judge in Michigan sanctioned pro-Trump attorneys including Sidney Powell and Lin Wood that alleged widespread election fraud Wednesday, ruling the attorneys should face a range of punishments—including undergoing legal education and potentially facing disbarment—for their lawsuit that attempted to overturn President Joe Biden’s win in the state. The Michigan sanctions motion was one of a number …

Real Clear Politics reports: Former President Donald Trump called being woke a “shortcut to losing everything we have” at a rally in Cullman, Alabama on Saturday. “Do you think that General Patton was woke?” Trump asked the audience. “I don’t think he was too woke. I think he was the exact opposite.” “You know what woke means? It means you’re …

“Look, when President Trump was president, you didn’t see crisis after crisis. You just didn’t see it. I shudder to think about what COVID would have been like under Joe Biden. “We’ve seen Afghanistan blow up. Crime in the streets. You named it all. What would COVID have been like? Because I was in the White House when it was …

The New York Post reports: Former President Donald Trump on Monday asked a Florida judge to issue a preliminary injunction in his case against YouTube that would compel the company to reinstate his access to the platform. Trump’s lawyers said they plan to make similar requests in his suits against Facebook and Twitter in the coming weeks. The request for …

CNBC reports: Cyber Ninjas, the private firm leading a partisan and much-criticized audit of millions of ballots cast in Arizona during the 2020 election, has refused to comply with a congressional probe into the company, House Democrats said. In a letter dated Sunday to Cyber Ninjas CEO Douglas Logan, the Democrats said they “will be forced to consider other steps …

Salon reports: Though August 13th passed without any developments and his South Dakota “cyber symposium” fell flat, the infamous MyPillow CEO is still in Trump’s good graces — earning a glowing endorsement from the previous commander-in-chief at a packed rally in Cullman, Alabama, Saturday night. Lindell was even given a prominent speaking slot at the event, using the time to …

Salon reports: The infamous pillow salesman-turned-2020 election conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell claimed to be harboring a Colorado election official, who is on the FBI’s radar for allegedly leaking confidential election information, in a “safe house.” The MyPillow CEO made the admission during a broadcast on his FrankSpeech website Thursday night, claiming that Mesa County clerk Tina Peters was being secretly …